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Airbag II

This example shows how to pressurize an airbag using *AIRBAG_SIMPLE_AIRBAG_MODEL keyword. *MAT_FABRIC offers a special orthotropic material for the modeling of airbags. Nodes to surface contact is specified against a plate and a pipe. 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: airbag.deploy.k

The used Keywords in alphabetical order.

*AIRBAG_SIMPLE_AIRBAG_MODEL
*CONTACT_NODES_TO_SURFACE
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*DATABASE_ABSTAT
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DEFINE_CURVE
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*END
*KEYWORD
*MAT_ELASTIC
*MAT_FABRIC
*MAT_RIGID
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*SET_PART_LIST
*TITLE

Reduced Input

Reduced Input

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

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  Airbag and Structure
  *AIRBAG_SIMPLE_AIRBAG_MODEL
  $        i         i         i         f         f         f         f         f
  $      sid    sidtyp      rbid      vsca      psca      vini       mwd      spsf
           1         1
  $rbid!=0 i
  $        n
  $        f         f         f         i         f         f         f         f
  $       cv        cp         t      lcid        mu         a        pe        ro
   1.736E+03 2.430E+03 1.200E+03         1 7.000E-01 0.000E+00 1.470E+01 3.821E-06
  $        i
  $      lou
  
  *SET_PART_LIST
  $        i         f         f         f         f
  $      sid       da1       da2       da3       da4
           1
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i         i         i
  $     pid1      pid2      pid3      pid4      pid5      pid6      pid7      pid8
           3
  *DEFINE_CURVE
  $        i         i         f         f         f         f
  $     lcid      sidr      scla      sclo      offa      offo
           1         0 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
  $                  f                   f
  $           abscissa            ordinate
             0.000E+00           0.000E+00
             3.200E-02           2.600E+01
             4.500E-02           6.000E-01
             8.000E-02           1.000E-01
  *CONTACT_NODES_TO_SURFACE
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i         i         i
  $     ssid      msid     sstyp     mstyp    sboxid    mboxid       spr       mpr
           3         1         3         3                             1         1
  $        f         f         f         f         f         i         f         f
  $       fs        fd        dc        vc       vdc    penchk        bt        dt
         0.5       0.5
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $      sfs       sfm       sst       mst      sfst      sfmt       fsf       vsf
      1.0000   0.06667
  *CONTACT_NODES_TO_SURFACE
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i         i         i
  $     ssid      msid     sstyp     mstyp    sboxid    mboxid       spr       mpr
           3         2         3         3                             1         1
  $        f         f         f         f         f         i         f         f
  $       fs        fd        dc        vc       vdc    penchk        bt        dt
         0.5       0.5
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $      sfs       sfm       sst       mst      sfst      sfmt       fsf       vsf
      1.0000   0.06667
  *MAT_ELASTIC
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $      mid        ro         e        pr        da        db         k
           1   7.84e-4  30.00e+6      0.30
  $*MAT_RIGID
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $      mid        ro         e        pr         n    couple         m     alias
           2   7.84e-4  30.00e+6      0.30
  $        f         f         f
  $      cmo      con1      con2
  
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $   lco/a1        a2        a3        v1        v2        v3
  
  *MAT_FABRIC
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $      mid        ro        ea        eb        ec      prba      prca      prcb
           3   1.00e-4   2.00e+6   2.00e+6   2.00e+6      0.35      0.35      0.35
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $      gab       gbc       gca       gse        el       prl    lratio      damp
     1.53e+6   1.53e+6   1.53e+6
  $        f
  $     aopt
  
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f
  $       xp        yp        zp        a1        a2        a3
  
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f
  $       v1        v2        v3        d1        d2        d3
  
  *SECTION_SHELL
  $        i         i         f         f         f         f         i
  $      sid    elform      shrf       nip     propt   qr/irid     icomp
           1         0
  $        f         f         f         f         f
  $       t1        t2        t3        t4      nloc
       0.500     0.500     0.500     0.500
  $icomp =1  10f
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $       b1        b2        b3        b4        b5        b6        b7        b8
  *SECTION_SHELL
  $        i         i         f         f         f         f         i
  $      sid    elform      shrf       nip     propt   qr/irid     icomp
           2         9                   4                             1
  $        f         f         f         f         f
  $       t1        t2        t3        t4      nloc
       0.015     0.015     0.015     0.015
  $icomp =1  10f
  $        f         f         f         f         f         f         f         f
  $       b1        b2        b3        b4        b5        b6        b7        b8
  
  *PART
  $ c
  $ head
   Plate - Elastic
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i
  $      pid       sid       mid     eosid      hgid    adpopt
           1         1         1         0         0         0
  *PART
  $ c
  $ head
   Cylinder - Rigid          
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i
  $      pid       sid       mid     eosid      hgid    adpopt
           2         1         2         0         0         0
  *PART
  $ c
  $ head
   Airbag - Fabric           
  $        i         i         i         i         i         i
  $      pid       sid       mid     eosid      hgid    adpopt
           3         2         3         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION
  $        f         i         f         f         f
  $   endtim    endcyc     dtmin    endneg    endmas
   1.000E-02
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  $        f         i
  $  dt/cycl      lcdt
   2.000E-04
  *DATABASE_ABSTAT
  $        f         i
  $  dt/cycl      lcdt
   2.000E-04
  *NODE
  $     i8               f               f               f       i       i   
  $   node               x               y               z      tc      rc
  *ELEMENT_SHELL
  $      i       i       i       i       i       i
  $    eid     pid      n1      n2      n3      n4
  *END

Figures

Figures

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

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Animated Result

Animated Result

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

Result

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