How to create an Accelerometer in Hypermesh for use in LS-DYNA Option 1 Create an elastic material collector (type 1) and use

e the following properties o Rho = 7.89E-09 o E = 210000 o NU = 0.3 Create a properties collector using SecSld as card image Create a component collector and call it accelerometer Create a 25 mm x 25 mm x 25mm cube in the new component you just created.

Link component, material and properties Translate the accelerometer you just created to the location specified in your test report (tools, translate) Create a *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY o Select 1D menu o Select rigids o Select multiple nodes (as in figure below)

o Select all 8 nodes of cube, and the 4 nodes to connect to your part (make sure you select all 8 nodes of the cube) o Select create (figure below) 1

Select card o Select element (click on the NRB you just created) o Select edit o Set the IPRT option to 1 (figure below) Go to the BCs menu Select control cards o Select Next (next page) o Select CONTROL_OUTPUT Turn on the optional card Set IPRTF to 2 (MAKE SURE IT IS SET = 2) Select return o Select DATABASE_OPTION Set RBDOUT to be 2E-04 Select return

How to create an Accelerometer in Hypermesh for use in LS-DYNA Option 2 Create a rigid material collector (type 20) and use the following properties o Rho = 7.89E-09 o E = 210000 o NU = 0.3 Create a properties collector using SecSld as card image Create a component collector and call it accelerometer Create a 25 mm x 25 mm x 25 mm cube in the new component you just created.

Link component, material and properties Translate the accelerometer you just created to the location specified in your test report (tools, translate) Connect your accelerometer (solid element) to sheet metal (based on location) using extra nodes for rigid bodies (connects a rigid body, accelerometer, to a non-rigid body) o Select BCs o Select interfaces o Toggle create o Type in a name o Type and card image = XtraNode o Select create edit o Select PID from the LS-DYNA card o Select the accelerometer component you just created o Toggle add o Select entity (under slave) o Select 4 nodes representing the accelerometer attachment o Select add o If you turn the element handle on in your options menu you will be able to see the slave nodes associated with the rigid part that you just added

Create a triangular element representing your co-ordinate system o Under element types change tri3 to accel and update the element you just created Assign accelerometer properties (i.e. selecting the output nodes) to the solid element o Select tools menu o Select safety menu o Select output block o Name = acc1 o Select the node you want to output data o Select create o You can view your LS-DYNA card that you just created by selecting edit.