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Hourglass

This is an example to demonstrate hourglassing. 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: hourglass.k

The used Keywords in alphabetical order.

*BOUNDARY_SPC_SET
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_HOURGLASS
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
*DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
*DATABASE_MATSUM
*DATABASE_NODOUT
*DEFINE_CURVE
*ELEMENT_SOLID
*END
*KEYWORD
*LOAD_NODE_POINT
*MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SOLID
*SET_NODE_LIST
*TITLE

Reduced Input

Reduced Input

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

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD 
  *TITLE
  HOURGLASS DEMONSTRATION
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION
   0.0100000   
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
   1.000E-03
  *DATABASE_NODOUT
   1.000E-04
  *DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
          70
  *DATABASE_MATSUM
   1.000E-04
  *DATABASE_GLSTAT
   1.000E-04
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
  $     HGEN      RWEN    SLNTEN     RYLEN
           2         1         1         1
  *CONTROL_HOURGLASS
  $      IHQ        QH
           1      0.10
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *PART
  SOLID:       BEAM 
  $      PID     SECID       MID  
           1         1         1     
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
           1 7.89000-9 2.10000+5 0.3000000 270.00000 0.0000000 1.00000+8 0.0000000
   0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0
   0.0000000 1.34900-3 0.0487900 0.0953100 0.1398000 0.2231000 0.2624000 10.000000
   0.0000000 270.39999 320.29999 366.29999 402.50000 438.79999 439.79999 440.79999
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *SECTION_SOLID
           1         0
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *DEFINE_CURVE
           1         0 
        0.00000000E+00      0.00000000E+00
        1.00000000E-02      2.50000000E+04
        1.00000000E+20      2.50000000E+04
  *LOAD_NODE_POINT
          70         2       1  1.0                0
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_SET
          51         0         1         1         1         1         1         1
  *SET_NODE_LIST
         51
         630       631       632       639       640       766       769       770
         772       774
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *NODE
  $
  *ELEMENT_SOLID
  $
  *END

Figures

Figures

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

Result

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