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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 John D. Reid. 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_SHELL
*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 John D. Reid. Example name: tube.k

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  Short Crush Tube Impacted by a Moving Wall
  $
  $  J.D. Reid    2/14/95, 1/17/96, 2/15/00
  $
  $  Units: mm, kg, ms, kN, GPa, kN-mm
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Control Ouput
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION 
  $   endtim    endcyc     dtmin    endeng    endmas
       20.00
  $
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
  $     hgen      rwen    slnten     rylen
           2         2
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  $       dt       lcdt
         1.0
  $
  *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
  $    neiph     neips    maxint    strflg    sigflg    epsflg    rltflg    engflg
  
  $   cmpflg    ieverp    beamip
                     1
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
  $       dt       lcdt
      999999
  $
  $
  *DATABASE_GLSTAT
  $       dt
         0.1
  $
  *DATABASE_MATSUM
  $       dt
         0.1
  $      
  *DATABASE_NODOUT
  $       dt
         0.1
  $
  *DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
  $      id1       id2       id3
       99999       259         7
  $
  *DATABASE_RWFORC
  $       dt
         0.1
  $
  *DATABASE_SLEOUT
  $       dt
         0.1
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Contacts - Sliding Interfaces
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE
  $     ssid      msid     sstyp     mstyp    sboxid    mboxid       spr       mpr
           0
  $  Equating ssid to zero means that all segments are included in the contact
  $
  $       fs        fd        dc        vc       vdc    penchk        bt        dt
        0.08      0.08
  $
  $      sfs       sfm       sst       mst      sfst      sfmt       fsf       vsf
  
  $
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Stone Walls
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *RIGIDWALL_PLANAR_MOVING_FORCES
  $     nsid    nsidex     boxid
           0         0         0
  $
  $       xt        yt        zt        xh        yh        zh      fric
         0.0       0.0     274.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0
  $
  $  sw mass    sw vel
     800.000      8.94
  $
  $     soft      ssid     node1     node2     node3     node4
           0         0     99999
  $
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Materials and Parts
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $ 
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *PART
  $      pid       sid       mid     eosid      hgid      grav    adpopt      tmid
  corner 1
           1         1         1
  corner 2
           2         1         1
  corner 3
           3         1         1
  corner 4
           4         1         1
  $
  $
  *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
  $      mid        ro         e        pr      sigy      etan      eppf      tdel
           1 7.830E-06     200.0       0.3     0.366               0.750
  $
  $        C         p      lcss      lcsr
          40         5
  $
  $ Values for plastic stress/strain curves
       0.000     0.025     0.049     0.072     0.095     0.118     0.140     0.182
       0.366     0.424     0.476     0.507     0.529     0.546     0.559     0.584
  $
  $
  *SECTION_SHELL
  $      sid    elform      shrf       nip     propt   qr/irid     icomp
           1         2              3.0000
  $       t1        t2        t3        t4      nloc
         2.0       2.0       2.0       2.0
  $ 
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Constraints, Boundary & Initial Conditions
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  $$$$   Nodal single point constraints
  $
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
  $      nid cid x y z rx ry rz
  $
  *END

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This example has been taken from the introductory class of John D. Reid. Example name: tube.k

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This example has been taken from the introductory class of John D. Reid. Example name: tube.k