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Contact Automatic

A symmetric short crush tube is impacted by a moving wall. Corner elements are removed on desired initial crush area. See file symtube.k for exploitation of symmetry. Download is available in the download section of this document.

Keywords

Keywords

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tube.k

The used Keywords in alphabetical order.

*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
*DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
*DATABASE_MATSUM
*DATABASE_NODOUT
*DATABASE_RWFORC
*DATABASE_SLEOUT
*ELEMENT_BEAM
*ELEMENT_BEAM_THICKNESS
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*ELEMENT_SOLID
*END
*KEYWORD
*MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
*NODE
*PART
*RIGIDWALL_PLANAR_MOVING_FORCES
*SECTION_SHELL
*TITLE

Reduced Input

Reduced Input

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tube.k

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  Short Crush Tube Impacted by a Moving Wall
  $
  $
  $  Units: mm, kg, ms, kN, GPa, kN-mm
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Control Ouput
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION 
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $   ENDTIM    ENDCYC     DTMIN    ENDENG    ENDMAS
       20.00         0       0.0       0.0       0.0
  $
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
  $        i         i         i         i
  $     hgen      rwen    slnten     rylen
           2         2
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  $  DT/CYCL       LCDT  -  time interval between state dumps (D3PLOT) [PLTC] 
         1.0
  $
  *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i         i         i
  $    neiph     neips    maxint    strflg    sigflg    epsflg    rltflg    engflg
  
  $        i         i         i
  $   cmpflg    ieverp    beamip
                     1
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
  $  DT/CYCL       LCDT  - time interval between time history data dumps (D3THDT)
      999999
  *DATABASE_RWFORC
  $  DT/CYCL
         0.1
  $
  *DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
  $   DEFINE NODES THAT OUTPUT INTO NODOUT 
  $      ID1       ID2       ID3
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
       99999       259         7
  $      
  *DATABASE_NODOUT
  $  DT/CYCL
         0.1
  *DATABASE_GLSTAT
  $  DT/CYCL
         0.1
  *DATABASE_MATSUM
  $  DT/CYCL
         0.1
  *DATABASE_SLEOUT
  $  DT/CYCL
         0.1
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Contacts - Sliding Interfaces
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $
  *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $     SSID      MSID     SSTYP     MSTYP
           0
  $  EQUATING SSID TO ZERO MEANS THAT ALL SEGMENTS ARE INCLUDED FOR SINGLE SURFACE CONTACT
  $
  $       FS        FD
        0.08      0.08
  
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Materials and Parts
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $ 
  *PART
  corner 1
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      PID       SID       MID     EOSID      HGID    ADPOPT
           1         1         1
  $
  *PART
  corner 2
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      PID       SID       MID     EOSID      HGID    ADPOPT
           2         1         1
  $ 
  *PART
  corner 3
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      PID       SID       MID     EOSID      HGID    ADPOPT
           3         1         1
  $
  *PART
  corner 4
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      PID       SID       MID     EOSID      HGID    ADPOPT
           4         1         1
  $
  $
  *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      MID        RO         E        PR      SIGY      ETAN      EPPF      TDEL
           1 7.830E-06     200.0       0.3     0.366               0.750
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $        C         P      LCSS      LCSR
          40         5
  $ VALUES FOR PLASTIC STRESS/STRAIN CURVES
       0.000     0.025     0.049     0.072     0.095     0.118     0.140     0.182
       0.366     0.424     0.476     0.507     0.529     0.546     0.559     0.584
  $
  $
  *SECTION_SHELL
  $ SHELL ELEMENT CROSS-SECTIONAL PROPERTIES
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      SID    ELFORM      SHRF       NIP     PROPT   QR/IRID     ICOMP
           1         2              3.0000
  $       T1        T2        T3        T4      NLOC
         2.0       2.0       2.0       2.0
  $ 
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Nodes and Elements
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $ NODAL POINT CARDS
  *NODE
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $    NID               X               Y               Z      TC      RC
  $$  ADDITIONAL NODES FOR BEAM ELEMENTS
  $
  $ SOLID ELEMENTS
  $
  *ELEMENT_SOLID
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $    EID     PID      N1      N2      N3      N4      N5      N6      N7      N8
  $
  $ BEAM ELEMENTS
  *ELEMENT_BEAM_THICKNESS
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $    EID     PID      N1      N2      N3 
  $              A             ISS             ITT           IRR/J              SA
  *ELEMENT_BEAM
  $ SHELL ELEMENTS
  *ELEMENT_SHELL
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $    EID     PID      N1      N2      N3      N4   
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Constraints, Boundary & Initial Conditions
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $
  $ NODAL SINGLE POINT CONSTRAINTS
  $
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      NID CID X Y Z RX RY RZ
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Stone Walls
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $      NID       DOF       VAD      LCID        SF       VID
  $
  *RIGIDWALL_PLANAR_MOVING_FORCES
  $.../....1..../....2..../....3..../....4..../....5..../....6..../....7..../....8
  $     NSID    NSIDEX     BOXID
           0         0         0
  $
  $       XT        YT        ZT        XH        YH        ZH      FRIC
         0.0       0.0     274.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0
  $  SW MASS    SW VEL
     800.000   8.94000     
  $     SOFT      SSID     NODE1     NODE2     NODE3     NODE4
           0         0     99999
  $
  $
  *END

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