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Symtube

A quarter of a symmetric short crush tube is impacted by a moving wall. Corner elements are removed on desired initial crush area. For symmetry constraints *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE command 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: symtube.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: symtube.k

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  Symmetric Short Crush Tube Impacted by a Moving Wall
  $
  $ Symmetric model - 1/4 of the tube
  $   - Remove corner elements on desired initial crush area (2 shells)
  $       shells commented out: 409, 410
  $
  $
  $  J.D. Reid    1/31/00
  $
  $  Units: mm, kg, ms, kN, GPa, kN-mm
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Control Ouput
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION 
  $   endtim    endcyc     dtmin    endneg    endmas
        15.0
  $
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
  $     hgen      rwen    slnten     rylen
           2         2         2
  $
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  $       dt
         1.0
  $
  $$$   store each state output in its own d3plot file  (ieverp = 1)
  $
  *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
  $    neiph     neips    maxint    strflg    sigflg    epsflg    rltflg    engflg
  
  $   cmpflg    ieverp    beamip
                     1
  $
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
  $       dt
      999999
  $
  *DATABASE_GLSTAT
  $       dt
         0.1
  *DATABASE_MATSUM
  $       dt
         0.1
  $      
  *DATABASE_NODOUT
  $       dt
         0.1
  $
  *DATABASE_HISTORY_NODE
  $      id1       id2       id3       id4       id5       id6       id7       id8
       99999       414       486
  $
  *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
  
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Stone Walls
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *RIGIDWALL_PLANAR_MOVING_FORCES
  $     nsid    nsidex     boxid
           0
  $
  $       xt        yt        zt        xh        yh        zh      fric
         0.0       0.0     274.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0
  $
  $  sw mass    sw vel
     800.000   8.94000
  $
  $     soft      ssid     node1     node2     node3     node4
                           99999
  $
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Materials and Parts
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $ 
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  *PART
  $      pid       sid       mid     eosid      hgid     igrav    adpopt
  corner1
           1         1         1
  $
  $
  *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
  $      mid        ro         e        pr      sigy      etan      eppf      tdel
           1 7.830E-06     200.0       0.3     0.207               0.750
  $
  $        c         p      lcss      lcsr
          40         5
  $  PLASTIC STRESS/STRAIN CURVES
  $     eps1      eps2      eps3      eps4      eps5      eps6      eps7      eps8
  $      es1       es2       es3       es4       es5       es6       es7       es8
       0.000     0.080     0.160     0.400     0.750
       0.207     0.250     0.275     0.290     0.300
  $
  $
  *SECTION_SHELL
  $      sid    elform      shrf       nip     propt   qr/irid     icomp
           1         2              3.0000
  $       t1        t2        t3        t4      nloc
        2.00      2.00      2.00      2.00
  $
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Constraints, Boundary & Initial Conditions
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....1....>....2....>....3....>....4....>....5....>....6....>....7....>....8
  $
  $ NODAL SINGLE POINT CONSTRAINTS
  $
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
  $      NID CID X Y Z RX RY RZ
  $
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $$$$  Define Nodes and Elements
  $
  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  $
  $...>....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: symtube.k

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Animated Result

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