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Spinning Bar

A bar is given an initial angular velocity and its free rotation is computed. To eliminate hourglassing, a fully-integrated solid element formulation is used. 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: spinning-bar.k

The used Keywords in alphabetical order.

*CONTROL_ACCURACY
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_OUTPUT
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
*DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
*DATABASE_MATSUM
*DATABASE_NODOUT
*ELEMENT_SOLID
*END
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
*KEYWORD
*MAT_ELASTIC
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SOLID
*TITLE

Reduced Input

Reduced Input

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

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  spinning bar
  $
  $  J.D. Reid    2/11/00 - original model obtained from Jim Day (LSTC)
  $
  $  Units: unknown
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Control Ouput
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION 
  $   endtim    endcyc     dtmin    endeng    endmas
       0.010
  $
  *CONTROL_TIMESTEP
  $   dtinit      scft      isdo    tslimt     dt2ms      lctm     erode     ms1st
                  0.70
  $
  *CONTROL_ACCURACY
  $      osu       inn
           1         2
  $
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
  $     hgen      rwen    slnten     rylen
           2         2         2
  $
  *CONTROL_OUTPUT
  $    npopt    neecho    nrefup    iaccop     opifs    ipnint    ikedit
           1         3
  $
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  $       dt      lcdt
      0.0002
  $
  $
  *DATABASE_GLSTAT
  $       dt
      0.0001
  $
  *DATABASE_MATSUM
  $       dt
      0.0001
  $
  *DATABASE_NODOUT
  $       dt
      0.0001
  $
  *DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
  $      id1       id2       id3       id4       id5       id6       id7       id8
          88       101
  $
  $   88 - node at end of beam (ctr of end)
  $  101 - node at center of model
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Initial Conditions
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
  $      sid      styp     omega        vx        vy        vz
           1         2     1000.
  $       xc        yc        zc        nx        ny        nz     phase
         0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0
  $
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Parts and Materials
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *PART
  $      pid       sid       mid     eosid      hgid      grav    adpopt      tmid
  bar
           1         1         1
  $
  *MAT_ELASTIC
  $      mid        ro         e        pr
           1  3.00E-04  1.00E+07      0.30
  $
  *SECTION_SOLID
  $      sid    elform
           1         2
  $
  $   - fully-integrated solid element formulation to eliminate hourglassing
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Nodes and Elements
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *END

Figures

Figures

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

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Animated Result

Animated Result

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

Result

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