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Adaptive II

Thinning of a strip is modeled with three node shell elements. Adaptive mesh refinement with three refinement levels is used. Compare example thinning2.k for usage of four node elements. Download is available in the download section of this document

Keywords

*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE
*CONTROL_ADAPTIVE
*CONTROL_CONTACT
*CONTROL_CPU
*CONTROL_DAMPING
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_OUTPUT
*CONTROL_SHELL
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
*DEFINE_CURVE
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*END
*KEYWORD
*MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*TITLE

Reduced Input

  *KEYWORD
  *control_adaptive
  $        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       2.e-3    20.                      3                                       1
                     1                          .095
  *PART
  
           1         1         1         0         0         0         1         0
  *TITLE
  adapt based on shell thinnig                                            
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION
   0.0199800         0 0.0000000         0 0.0000000
  *CONTROL_TIMESTEP
  $ base timestep on char length = shortest side
   0.0000000 0.6000000         2 0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_SHELL
   0.0000000         0         0         1         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_DAMPING
           0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000         0 0.0000000         0
  *CONTROL_CONTACT
   0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0         0         0         0
           0         0         0         0 0.0000000         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_OUTPUT
           0         0         0         0 0.0000000         0         0
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
           1         2         1         1
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
   2.00000-4                   0
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
   100.00000
  *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
           0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0
           0         0         0         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_CPU
   0.0000000
  *MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC
           1 7.00000-3 3.00000+6 0.3000000 40000.000 2000.0000 0.0000000
   0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  *SECTION_SHELL
           1         0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000         0
   0.1000000 0.1000000 0.1000000 0.1000000 0.0000000
  *NODE
  $
  *ELEMENT_SHELL
  $
  *DEFINE_CURVE
           1         0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
        0.00000000E+00      0.00000000E+00
        2.00200006E-02      1.70169997E+00
  *BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE
  $
  *END

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