The following table summarizes whether various ASCII output files contain nodal forces due to various loading or boundary conditions. NODFOR…
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Effective plastic strain is a monotonically increasing scalar value which is calculated incrementally as a function of (Dp)ij, the plastic…
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FOR UNIX VERSIONS ONLY In version ls940.1 of LS-DYNA, the following environment variables have been introduced: LSTC_FILE Defines the license…
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In some situations, an EOS is required in order to accurately simulate material behavior. An EOS determines the hydrostatic, or…
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A cross-section consists of a node set and one or more element sets. A node set alone does not constitute…
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Some messages that indicate an instability has occurred: out-of-range velocities negative volume in brick element termination due to mass increase…
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Single precision executables have “_s” in the filename whereas double precision executables have “_d” in the filename. Double precision run…
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In LS-DYNA, contact energies are reported in the SLEOUT file. Therein, four different values can be found: slave energy (SE) master energy…
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Definition of a consistent system of units (required for LS-DYNA): 1 force unit = 1 mass unit * 1 acceleration…
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