LS-DYNA User's Guide Archives - LSDYNA

LS-DYNA User’s Guide

Mass scaling

Mass Scaling for Minimum Time Step Size Adjusting density to user defined time step size Two alternatives Have the same…

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LS-Post binary database

LS-POST State Database Geometry Data Nodal coordinates Element connectivities User Node, Element and Material Numbers State Data Global Data Global…

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LS-DYNA User’s Guide

Time integration Time step size Dynamic relaxation Mass scaling Subcycling Contact modeling in LS-DYNA Contact treatment forms an integral part…

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Dynamic relaxation

assumed –> Damped System Damping: C = α · M mass proportional Approximate solution : Remark : or Remark :…

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Elements

Solids The 8-node solid element by default uses one point integration plus viscous hourglass control. Fully integrated brick elements are…

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Energy data

The energy data which is printed in the d3hsp and glstat files forms a useful check on an analysis. The…

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Contact modeling in LS-DYNA

Contact treatment forms an integral part of many large-deformation problems. Accurate modeling of contact interfaces between bodies is crucial to…

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Constraints and spotwelds

Constraint nodes 1. Common translational degrees of freedom in common x, y, or z translational DOF x-y, y-z, or x-z…

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Sense switch control

LS-DYNA has five terminal sense switch controls to determine the status of an in progress LS-DYNA simulation. To accomplish a…

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