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Explicit Dynamics Chapter 8 Analysis Settings PDF
Explicit Dynamics Chapter 8 Analysis Settings PDF
Explicit Dynamics:
Analysis Settings
– Solver Controls
– Damping Controls
– Erosion Controls
– Output Controls
• Solve Initiation
– Resume From Cycle
• Specifies the cycle (time step) from which to start the Solve.
– Default (cycle 0) is to start at the beginning (time zero).
• When resuming a simulation, changes to analysis settings will be
respected where possible.
– e.g. you often wish to resume a simulation with an extended End Time.
• Changes to any other features in the model (geometry
suppression, connections, loads, etc….) will not be respected.
• List of cycles from which to resume will only be populated if a
previous solve has been executed and restart files generated.
• Solve Termination
– Maximum Number of Cycles
• Specifies the maximum number of cycles (time increments)
allowed for the simulation.
– The simulation will stop once the specified value is reached.
– Enter a large number (default) to ensure simulation runs to the End
Time.
• Example energy conservation graph for model with symmetry plane and erosion
• If the time drops below this value the simulation will stop
• If left on Program Controlled (recommended), the value will be
set to 1/10th the Initial Time Step
• Update Frequency
– The frequency (in cycles) that mass scaling is performed.
• A value of zero (default) means mass scaling is only done once, at the start of
the simulation
• Solve Units
– The units the solver will use for the simulation
• For accuracy, only (mm, mg, ms) are allowed
• Different units can be used to set up problems and
view results.
• Shell Sublayers
– Used to compute Stress Resultants and Bending
Moments
– Default (3) usually provides sufficient accuracy
• Density Update
– Program Controlled (default, recommended)
– Incremental
– Total
• Minimum Velocity
– Computed nodal velocities below the
Minimum Velocity will be set zero
• Eliminates small velocities cause by noise
• Default is usually OK
• Maximum Velocity
– Computed nodal velocities above the
Maximum Velocity will be set equal to
the Maximum Velocity
• Can increase time step by eliminating
high velocities that are not influencing the
required solution
• Default is very large
• Radius Cutoff
– Nodes with the Radius Cutoff of a
symmetry plane will be snapped onto the
symmetry plane
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Explicit Dynamics: Analysis Settings
Damping Controls Training Manual
– Artificial Viscosity
• Introduced to prohibit instabilities developing
from shock formation / propagation
– Hourglass Damping
• Introduced to prohibit “hourglass” deformation
modes developing in solid hex elements and
quad shell elements
– Static Damping
• Applied to allow a static equilibrium solution to
be obtained from an Explicit Dynamic analysis
V
2
V V
q C Q d C L c for 0
V
V V
V
0 for 0
V
CQ is the Quadratic Artificial Viscosity coefficient
CL is the Linear Artificial Viscosity coefficient
* f KF X
2
FH C H cV 3
– Flanagan Belytschko
• Invariant under rigid body rotation (i.e. hourglass forces sum to zero)
• Recommended for simulations in which large rotations of hexahedral
elements are expected.
* f FB X
2
FH C H cV 3
• On Geometric Strain
eff
3
1 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 122 232 312
2 2 2 2
12
• On Material Failure
Defaults
– An element erodes immediately upon material failure.
• Elements using damage models will erode if the damage value reaches
1.0.
• Results
Defaults
– Results files contain data used for the main post-processing
operations in Explicit Dynamics (Contour Results, Probe Results,
etc…).
– Save Results on
• Equally Spaced Time Points (specify Number of points)
• Cycles (specify Cycles frequency)
• Time (specify Time frequency)
• Restart files
– Restart files contain all information required by the solver to run
(or restart) the simulation.
• Solution Output
– Solution Output contains general data for the overall
solution (momentum and energy summaries, energy
conservation, e.t.c.)
– Save Solution Output Data on
• Cycles (specify Cycles frequency)
• Time (specify Time frequency)
– By default, solution output data is recorded every 100
cycles.
• Frequency may need to be reduced for long running
simulations.
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