TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
1989-1990
1991-1992
1993-1994
1995
950
960
970
971
971R6
971R6.1
R7.0
R7.1
R8.0
R9.0
R10
R11
MATERIAL MODELS
SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION
CONTACT-IMPACT INTERFACES
INTERFACE DEFINITIONS FOR COMPONENT ANALYSIS
PRECISION
GETTING STARTED
DESCRIPTION OF KEYWORD INPUT
SUMMARY OF COMMONLY USED OPTIONS
EXECUTION SYNTAX
SENSE SWITCH CONTROLS
Procedure for LS-DYNA/MPP
FILES
RESTART ANALYSIS
VDA/IGES DATABASES
LS-PrePost®
EXECUTION SPEEDS
UNITS
GENERAL CARD FORMAT
*AIRBAG
*AIRBAG
Core Cards
*AIRBAG_SIMPLE_PRESSURE_VOLUME
*AIRBAG_SIMPLE_AIRBAG_MODEL
*AIRBAG_ADIABATIC_GAS_MODEL
*AIRBAG_WANG_NEFSKE
*AIRBAG_LOAD_CURVE
*AIRBAG_LINEAR_FLUID
*AIRBAG_HYBRID
*AIRBAG_HYBRID_JETTING
*AIRBAG_HYBRID_CHEMKIN
*AIRBAG_FLUID_AND_GAS
*AIRBAG_ALE
*AIRBAG_INTERACTION
*AIRBAG_PARTICLE
*AIRBAG_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY
*AIRBAG_SHELL_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY
*ALE
*ALE_AMBIENT_HYDROSTATIC
*ALE_COUPLING_NODAL_CONSTRAINT
*ALE_COUPLING_NODAL_DRAG
*ALE_COUPLING_NODAL_PENALTY
*ALE_COUPLING_RIGID_BODY
*ALE_ESSENTIAL_BOUNDARY
*ALE_FAIL_SWITCH_MMG
*ALE_FSI_PROJECTION
*ALE_FRAGMENTATION
*ALE_FSI_SWITCH_MMG
*ALE_FSI_TO_LOAD_NODE
*ALE_INJECTION
*ALE_MULTI-MATERIAL_GROUP
*ALE_PRESCRIBED_MOTION
*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_CURVE
*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_GROUP
*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_NODE
*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_SWITCH
*ALE_REFINE
*ALE_SMOOTHING
*ALE_STRUCTURED_MESH
*ALE_STRUCTURED_MESH_CONTROL_POINTS
*ALE_STRUCTURED_MESH_MOTION
*ALE_STRUCTURED_MESH_REFINE
*ALE_STRUCTURED_MESH_TRIM
*ALE_SWITCH_MMG
*ALE_TANK_TEST
*ALE_UP_SWITCH
*BOUNDARY
*BOUNDARY_ACOUSTIC_COUPLING
*BOUNDARY_ACOUSTIC_IMPEDANCE
*BOUNDARY_ACOUSTIC_MAPPING
*BOUNDARY_ALE_MAPPING
*BOUNDARY_AMBIENT
*BOUNDARY_AMBIENT_EOS
*BOUNDARY_CONVECTION
*BOUNDARY_COUPLED
*BOUNDARY_CYCLIC
*BOUNDARY_DE_NON_REFLECTING
*BOUNDARY_FLUX
*BOUNDARY_MCOL
*BOUNDARY_NON_REFLECTING
*BOUNDARY_NON_REFLECTING_2D
*BOUNDARY_PAP
*BOUNDARY_PORE_FLUID
*BOUNDARY_PRECRACK
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_ACCELEROMETER_RIGID
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_FINAL_GEOMETRY
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_ORIENTATION_RIGID
*BOUNDARY_PRESSURE_OUTFLOW
*BOUNDARY_PWP
*BOUNDARY_PZEPOT
*BOUNDARY_RADIATION
*BOUNDARY_RADIATION_SEGMENT
*BOUNDARY_RADIATION_SEGMENT_VF
*BOUNDARY_RADIATION_SET
*BOUNDARY_RADIATION_SET_VF
*BOUNDARY_SLIDING_PLANE
*BOUNDARY_SPC
*BOUNDARY_SPC_SYMMETRY_PLANE
*BOUNDARY_SPH_FLOW
*BOUNDARY_SPH_NON_REFLECTING
*BOUNDARY_SPH_SYMMETRY_PLANE
*BOUNDARY_SYMMETRY_FAILURE
*BOUNDARY_TEMPERATURE
*BOUNDARY_TEMPERATURE
*BOUNDARY_THERMAL_BULKFLOW
*BOUNDARY_THERMAL_BULKNODE
*BOUNDARY_THERMAL_WELD
*BOUNDARY_THERMAL_WELD_TRAJECTORY
*BOUNDARY_USA_SURFACE
*BOUNDARY_ELEMENT_METHOD
*BOUNDARY_ELEMENT_METHOD_CONTROL
*BOUNDARY_ELEMENT_METHOD_FLOW
*BOUNDARY_ELEMENT_METHOD_NEIGHBOR
*BOUNDARY_ELEMENT_METHOD_SYMMETRY
*BOUNDARY_ELEMENT_METHOD_WAKE
*CASE
*COMMENT
*COMPONENT
*COMPONENT_GEBOD
*COMPONENT_GEBOD_JOINT
*COMPONENT_HYBRIDIII
*COMPONENT_HYBRIDIII_JOINT
*CONSTRAINED
*CONSTRAINED_ADAPTIVITY
*CONSTRAINED_BEAM_IN_SOLID
*CONSTRAINED_BUTT_WELD
*CONSTRAINED_COORDINATE
*CONSTRAINED_EULER_IN_EULER
*CONSTRAINED_EXTRA_NODES
*CONSTRAINED_GENERALIZED_WELD
Spot Weld Card
Fillet Weld Card
Butt Weld Card
Cross Fillet Weld Card
Combined Weld Cards
*CONSTRAINED_GLOBAL
*CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION
*CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION_SPOTWELD
*CONSTRAINED_JOINT
*CONSTRAINED_JOINT_COOR
*CONSTRAINED_JOINT_STIFFNESS
Flexion-Torsion Joint Stiffness Cards
Generalized Joint Stiffness Cards
Translational Joint Stiffness Cards
*CONSTRAINED_JOINT_USER_FORCE
*CONSTRAINED_LAGRANGE_IN_SOLID
*CONSTRAINED_LINEAR_GLOBAL
*CONSTRAINED_LINEAR_LOCAL
*CONSTRAINED_LOCAL
*CONSTRAINED_MULTIPLE_GLOBAL
*CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
*CONSTRAINED_NODE_INTERPOLATION
*CONSTRAINED_NODE_SET
*CONSTRAINED_NODE_TO_NURBS_PATCH
*CONSTRAINED_POINTS
*CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODIES
*CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODY_INSERT
*CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODY_STOPPERS
*CONSTRAINED_RIVET
*CONSTRAINED_SHELL_IN_SOLID
*CONSTRAINED_SHELL_TO_SOLID
*CONSTRAINED_SPLINE
*CONSTRAINED_SPR2
*CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
*CONSTRAINED_TIE-BREAK
*CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE
*CONTACT
*CONTACT
Options for *Contact keyword
Remarks
Additional cards for *CONTACT keyword
ID Card.
MPP Cards. Variables set with these cards are only active when using MPP LS-DYNA.
Mandatory Card 1.
Mandatory Card 2.
Mandatory Card 3.
Card 4: AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TIEBREAK
Card 4: AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TIEBREAK_USER
Card 4: AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_COMPOSITE
Card 4: AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE_TIED
Card 4: AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_TIED_WELD AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_MORTAR_TIED_WELD
Card 4: CONSTRAINT_…_TO_SURFACE
Card 4: DRAWBEAD
Card 4: ERODING_..._SURFACE
Card 4: SURFACE_INTERFERENCE
Card 4: RIGID_TO_RIGID
Card 4: TIEBREAK_NODES
Card 4: TIEBREAK_SURFACE
Card 4: CONTRACTION_JOINT
THERMAL:
THERMAL FRICTION:
ORTHO_FRICTION:
Optional Card A:
Optional Card B:
Optional Card C:
Optional Card D:
Optional Card E:
Optional Card F:
General Remarks:
Contact Examples:
*CONTACT_ADD_WEAR
*CONTACT_AUTO_MOVE
*CONTACT_COUPLING
*CONTACT_ENTITY
*CONTACT_GEBOD
*CONTACT_GUIDED_CABLE
*CONTACT_INTERIOR
*CONTACT_RIGID_SURFACE
*CONTACT_1D
*CONTACT_2D
*CONTACT_2D_[SLIDING, TIED, & PENALTY]
*CONTACT_2D_[AUTOMATIC & FORCE_TRANSDUCER]
*CONTACT_2D_NODE_TO_SOLID
*CONTROL
*CONTROL_ACCURACY
*CONTROL_ACOUSTIC
*CONTROL_ADAPSTEP
*CONTROL_ADAPTIVE
*CONTROL_ADAPTIVE_CURVE
*CONTROL_ALE
*CONTROL_BULK_VISCOSITY
*CONTROL_CHECK_SHELL
*CONTROL_COARSEN
*CONTROL_CONTACT
*CONTROL_COUPLING
*CONTROL_CPU
*CONTROL_CPM
*CONTROL_DEBUG
*CONTROL_DISCRETE_ELEMENT
*CONTROL_DYNAMIC_RELAXATION
*CONTROL_EFG
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_ALE_COUPLING
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_BOUNDARY
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_CONTACT
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_INITIAL
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_OUTPUT
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_PROPERTIES
*CONTROL_EXPLICIT_THERMAL_SOLVER
*CONTROL_EXPLOSIVE_SHADOW
*CONTROL_FORMING
*CONTROL_FORMING_AUTO_NET
*CONTROL_FORMING_AUTOCHECK
*CONTROL_FORMING_AUTOPOSITION_PARAMETER
*CONTROL_FORMING_BESTFIT
*CONTROL_FORMING_INITIAL_THICKNESS
*CONTROL_FORMING_MAXID
*CONTROL_FORMING_ONESTEP
*CONTROL_FORMING_OUTPUT
*CONTROL_FORMING_PARAMETER_READ
*CONTROL_FORMING_POSITION
*CONTROL_FORMING_PRE_BENDING
*CONTROL_FORMING_PROJECTION
*CONTROL_FORMING_REMOVE_ADAPTIVE_CONSTRAINTS
*CONTROL_FORMING_SCRAP_FALL
*CONTROL_FORMING_SHELL_TO_TSHELL
*CONTROL_FORMING_STONING
*CONTROL_FORMING_TEMPLATE
*CONTROL_FORMING_TIPPING
*CONTROL_FORMING_TOLERANC
*CONTROL_FORMING_TRAVEL
*CONTROL_FORMING_TRIM_MERGE
*CONTROL_FORMING_TRIMMING
*CONTROL_FORMING_UNFLANGING
*CONTROL_FORMING_USER
*CONTROL_FREQUENCY_DOMAIN
*CONTROL_HOURGLASS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_AUTO
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_BUCKLE
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_CONSISTENT_MASS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_DYNAMICS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_EIGENVALUE
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_FORMING
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_GENERAL
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_INERTIA_RELIEF
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_JOINTS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC_DAMPING
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC_MODE
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODES
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_ORDERING
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_ROTATIONAL_DYNAMICS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLVER
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_STABILIZATION
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_STATIC_CONDENSATION_{OPTION}
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_MAT
*CONTROL_MPP
*CONTROL_MPP_CONTACT_GROUPABLE
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_ARRANGE_PARTS_OPTION
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_AUTOMATIC
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_BAGREF
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_CHECK_SPEED
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_CONTACT_DISTRIBUTE
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_CONTACT_ISOLATE
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_DISABLE_UNREF_CURVES
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_DISTRIBUTE_ALE_ELEMENTS
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_DISTRIBUTE_SPH_ELEMENTS
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_ELCOST
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_FILE
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_METHOD
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_NUMPROC
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_OUTDECOMP
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_PARTS_DISTRIBUTE
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_PARTSET_DISTRIBUTE
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_RCBLOG
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_SCALE_CONTACT_COST
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_SCALE_FACTOR_SPH
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_SHOW
*CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_TRANSFORMATION
*CONTROL_MPP_IO_LSTC_REDUCE
*CONTROL_MPP_IO_NOBEAMOUT
*CONTROL_MPP_IO_NOD3DUMP
*CONTROL_MPP_IO_NODUMP
*CONTROL_MPP_IO_NOFULL
*CONTROL_MPP_IO_SWAPBYTES
*CONTROL_MPP_MATERIAL_MODEL_DRIVER
*CONTROL_MPP_PFILE
*CONTROL_NONLOCAL
*CONTROL_OUTPUT
*CONTROL_PARALLEL
*CONTROL_PORE_AIR
*CONTROL_PORE_FLUID
*CONTROL_REFINE_ALE
*CONTROL_REFINE_ALE2D
*CONTROL_REFINE_MPP_DISTRIBUTION
*CONTROL_REFINE_SHELL
*CONTROL_REFINE_SOLID
*CONTROL_REMESHING
*CONTROL_REQUIRE_REVISION
*CONTROL_RIGID
*CONTROL_SHELL
*CONTROL_SOLID
*CONTROL_SOLUTION
*CONTROL_SPH
*CONTROL_SPOTWELD_BEAM
*CONTROL_START
*CONTROL_STAGED_CONSTRUCTION
*CONTROL_STEADY_STATE_ROLLING
*CONTROL_STRUCTURED
*CONTROL_SUBCYCLE
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_THERMAL_EIGENVALUE
*CONTROL_THERMAL_NONLINEAR
*CONTROL_THERMAL_SOLVER
*CONTROL_THERMAL_TIMESTEP
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*CONTROL_UNITS
*DAMPING
*DAMPING_FREQUENCY_RANGE
*DAMPING_GLOBAL
*DAMPING_PART_MASS
*DAMPING_PART_STIFFNESS
*DAMPING_RELATIVE
*DATABASE
*DATABASE
*DATABASE_ALE
*DATABASE_ALE_MAT
*DATABASE_BINARY
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PROP
*DATABASE_CPM_SENSOR
*DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION
*DATABASE_EXTENT
*DATABASE_EXTENT_AVS
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
*DATABASE_EXTENT_D3PART
*DATABASE_EXTENT_INTFOR
*DATABASE_EXTENT_MOVIE
*DATABASE_EXTENT_MPGS
*DATABASE_EXTENT_SSSTAT
*DATABASE_FATXML
*DATABASE_FORMAT
*DATABASE_FREQUENCY_ASCII
*DATABASE_FREQUENCY_BINARY
*DATABASE_FSI
*DATABASE_FSI_SENSOR
*DATABASE_HISTORY
*DATABASE_MASSOUT
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
*DATABASE_PAP_OUTPUT
*DATABASE_PROFILE
*DATABASE_PWP_FLOW
*DATABASE_PWP_OUTPUT
*DATABASE_RCFORC_MOMENT
*DATABASE_RECOVER_NODE
*DATABASE_SPRING_FORWARD
*DATABASE_SUPERPLASTIC_FORMING
*DATABASE_TRACER
*DATABASE_TRACER_GENERATE
*DEFINE
*DEFINE_ADAPTIVE_SOLID_TO_DES
*DEFINE_ADAPTIVE_SOLID_TO_SPH
*DEFINE_BEAM_SOLID_COUPLING
*DEFINE_BOX
*DEFINE_BOX_ADAPTIVE
*DEFINE_BOX_COARSEN
*DEFINE_BOX_DRAWBEAD
*DEFINE_BOX_NODES_ADAPTIVE
*DEFINE_BOX_SPH
*DEFINE_CONNECTION_PROPERTIES
*DEFINE_CONSTRUCTION_STAGES
*DEFINE_CONTACT_EXCLUSION
*DEFINE_CONTACT_VOLUME
*DEFINE_COORDINATE_NODES
*DEFINE_COORDINATE_SYSTEM
*DEFINE_COORDINATE_VECTOR
*DEFINE_CPM_BAG_INTERACTION
*DEFINE_CPM_CHAMBER
*DEFINE_CPM_GAS_PROPERTIES
*DEFINE_CPM_VENT
*DEFINE_CURVE
*DEFINE_CURVE_BOX_ADAPTIVITY
*DEFINE_CURVE_COMPENSATION_CONSTRAINT
*DEFINE_CURVE_DRAWBEAD
*DEFINE_CURVE_DUPLICATE
*DEFINE_CURVE_ENTITY
*DEFINE_CURVE_FEEDBACK
*DEFINE_CURVE_FLC
*DEFINE_CURVE_FLD_FROM_TRIAXIAL_LIMIT
*DEFINE_CURVE_FUNCTION
*DEFINE_CURVE_SMOOTH
*DEFINE_CURVE_STRESS
*DEFINE_CURVE_TRIAXIAL_LIMIT_FROM_FLD
*DEFINE_CURVE_TRIM
*DEFINE_DEATH_TIMES
*DEFINE_DE_ACTIVE_REGION
*DEFINE_DE_BOND
*DEFINE_DE_BY_PART
*DEFINE_DE_HBOND
*DEFINE_DE_INJECT_BONDED
*DEFINE_DE_INJECT_SHAPE
*DEFINE_DE_INJECTION_{OPTION}
*DEFINE_DE_MASSFLOW_PLANE
*DEFINE_DE_TO_BEAM_COUPLING
*DEFINE_DE_TO_SURFACE_COUPLING
*DEFINE_DE_TO_SURFACE_TIED
*DEFINE_DRIFT_REMOVE
*DEFINE_ELEMENT_DEATH
*DEFINE_ELEMENT_GENERALIZED_SHELL
*DEFINE_ELEMENT_GENERALIZED_SOLID
*DEFINE_FABRIC_ASSEMBLIES
*DEFINE_FIBERS
*DEFINE_FILTER
*DEFINE_FORMING_BLANKMESH
*DEFINE_FORMING_CLAMP
*DEFINE_FORMING_CONTACT
*DEFINE_FRICTION
*DEFINE_FRICTION_ORIENTATION
*DEFINE_FUNCTION
*DEFINE_FUNCTION_TABULATED
*DEFINE_GROUND_MOTION
*DEFINE_HAZ_PROPERTIES
*DEFINE_HAZ_TAILOR_WELDED_BLANK
*DEFINE_HEX_SPOTWELD_ASSEMBLY
*DEFINE_LANCE_SEED_POINT_COORDINATES
*DEFINE_MATERIAL_HISTORIES
*DEFINE_MULTI_DRAWBEADS_IGES
*DEFINE_NURBS_CURVE
*DEFINE_PART_FROM_LAYER
*DEFINE_PBLAST_AIRGEO
*DEFINE_PBLAST_GEOMETRY
*DEFINE_PLANE
*DEFINE_POROUS
*DEFINE_PRESSURE_TUBE
*DEFINE_REGION
*DEFINE_SD_ORIENTATION
*DEFINE_SET_ADAPTIVE
*DEFINE_SPH_ACTIVE_REGION
*DEFINE_SPH_DE_COUPLING
*DEFINE_SPH_INJECTION
*DEFINE_SPH_TO_SPH_COUPLING
*DEFINE_SPOTWELD_FAILURE
*DEFINE_SPOTWELD_FAILURE_RESULTANTS
*DEFINE_SPOTWELD_MULTISCALE
*DEFINE_SPOTWELD_RUPTURE_PARAMETER
*DEFINE_SPOTWELD_RUPTURE_STRESS
*DEFINE_STAGED_CONSTRUCTION_PART
*DEFINE_STOCHASTIC_ELEMENT_OPTION
*DEFINE_STOCHASTIC_VARIATION
*DEFINE_TABLE
*DEFINE_TABLE_2D
*DEFINE_TABLE_3D
*DEFINE_TABLE_MATRIX
*DEFINE_TARGET_BOUNDARY
*DEFINE_TRACER_PARTICLES_2D
*DEFINE_TRANSFORMATION
*DEFINE_TRIM_SEED_POINT_COORDINATES
*DEFINE_VECTOR
*DEFINE_VECTOR_NODES
EXAMPLES
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_INERTIA
*ELEMENT
*ELEMENT_BLANKING
*ELEMENT_BEAM
*ELEMENT_BEAM_PULLEY
*ELEMENT_BEAM_SOURCE
*ELEMENT_BEARING
*ELEMENT_DIRECT_MATRIX_INPUT
*ELEMENT_DISCRETE
*ELEMENT_DISCRETE_SPHERE
*ELEMENT_GENERALIZED_SHELL
*ELEMENT_GENERALIZED_SOLID
*ELEMENT_INERTIA
*ELEMENT_INTERPOLATION_SHELL
*ELEMENT_INTERPOLATION_SOLID
*ELEMENT_LANCING
*ELEMENT_MASS
*ELEMENT_MASS_MATRIX
*ELEMENT_MASS_PART
*ELEMENT_PLOTEL
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_ACCELEROMETER
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_PRETENSIONER
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_RETRACTOR
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_SENSOR
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_SLIPRING
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*ELEMENT_SHELL_NURBS_PATCH
*ELEMENT_SHELL_SOURCE_SINK
*ELEMENT_SOLID
*ELEMENT_SOLID_NURBS_PATCH
*ELEMENT_SPH
*ELEMENT_TRIM
*ELEMENT_TSHELL_{OPTION}
*END
*EOS
*FATIGUE
*FATIGUE
*FATIGUE_MEAN_STRESS_CORRECTION
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_ACCELERATION_UNIT
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_ACOUSTIC_BEM
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_ACOUSTIC_FEM
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_ACOUSTIC_FRINGE_PLOT
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_ACOUSTIC_INCIDENT_WAVE
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_ACOUSTIC_SOUND_SPEED
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_FRF
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_MODE
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_PATH
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_RANDOM_VIBRATION
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_RESPONSE_SPECTRUM_{OPTION}
*FREQUENCY_DOMAIN_SSD
*HOURGLASS
*INCLUDE
*INCLUDE
*INCLUDE_AUTO_OFFSET_{OPTION}
*INCLUDE_COMPENSATION
*INCLUDE_MULTISCALE_SPOTWELD
*INCLUDE_TRIM
*INCLUDE_UNITCELL
*INITIAL
*INITIAL_AIRBAG_PARTICLE_POSITION
*INITIAL_ALE_MAPPING
*INITIAL_AXIAL_FORCE_BEAM
*INITIAL_CONTACT_WEAR
*INITIAL_CRASHFRONT
*INITIAL_DETONATION
*INITIAL_EOS_ALE
*INITIAL_FATIGUE_DAMAGE_RATIO_{OPTION}
*INITIAL_FIELD_SOLID
*INITIAL_FOAM_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY
*INITIAL_GAS_MIXTURE
*INITIAL_HYDROSTATIC_ALE
*INITIAL_IMPULSE_MINE
*INITIAL_INTERNAL_DOF_SOLID
*INITIAL_LAG_MAPPING
*INITIAL_MOMENTUM
*INITIAL_PWP_DEPTH
*INITIAL_PWP_NODAL_DATA
*INITIAL_STRAIN_SHELL
*INITIAL_STRAIN_SHELL_NURBS_PATCH
*INITIAL_STRAIN_SOLID
*INITIAL_STRAIN_SOLID_NURBS_PATCH
*INITIAL_STRAIN_TSHELL
*INITIAL_STRESS_BEAM
*INITIAL_STRESS_DEPTH
*INITIAL_STRESS_SECTION
*INITIAL_STRESS_SHELL
*INITIAL_STRESS_SHELL_NURBS_PATCH
*INITIAL_STRESS_SOLID
*INITIAL_STRESS_SOLID_NURBS_PATCH
*INITIAL_STRESS_SPH
*INITIAL_STRESS_TSHELL
*INITIAL_TEMPERATURE
*INITIAL_VAPOR_PART
*INITIAL_VEHICLE_KINEMATICS
*INITIAL_VELOCITY
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_NODE
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_RIGID_BODY
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION_START_TIME
*INITIAL_VOID
*INITIAL_VOLUME_FRACTION
*INITIAL_VOLUME_FRACTION_GEOMETRY
*INTEGRATION
*INTEGRATION_BEAM
*INTEGRATION_SHELL
*INTERFACE
*INTERFACE_BLANKSIZE
Card Set for *INITIAL_BLANKSIZE_DEVELOPMENT
Card Set for *INTERFACE_BLANKSIZE_INITIAL_TRIM
Card Set for *INTERFACE_BLANKSIZE_INITIAL_ADAPTIVE
Card Set for *INTERFACE_BLANKSIZE_SCALE_FACTOR
Card Set for *INTERFACE_BLANKSIZE_SYMMETRIC_PLANE
Remarks and Examples
*INTERFACE_COMPENSATION_3D
Compensation Methods Overview:
Preventing Undercut:
Iterative Springback Compensation:
Iterative Compensation Applied During Die Construction:
Compensation of Localized Regions:
Accelerated Springback Compensation (ASC):
Line Die Compensation:
Compensation of Trim Dies (Trim Die Nesting):
Local Smoothing of Tooling Mesh:
Compensation with Symmetric Boundary Condition:
Global Compensation Using the Original Tool Mesh:
Updating Compensated Tool with Small Amount of Part Shape Change:
Option REFINE_RIGID: Tool Mesh Refinement for a Better Convergence:
Option FLANGE: Compensation of Flanging Process:
*INTERFACE_COMPONENT_FILE
*INTERFACE_COMPONENT
*INTERFACE_DE_HBOND
*INTERFACE_LINKING_DISCRETE_NODE
*INTERFACE_LINKING_EDGE
*INTERFACE_LINKING_FILE
*INTERFACE_LINKING_NODE
*INTERFACE_LINKING_SEGMENT
*INTERFACE_SPRINGBACK
*INTERFACE_SSI
*INTERFACE_SSI_AUX
*INTERFACE_SSI_AUX_EMBEDDED
*INTERFACE_SSI_STATIC
*INTERFACE_THICKNESS_CHANGE_COMPENSATION
Remarks:
Revision Information:
*INTERFACE_WELDLINE_DEVELOPMENT
*KEYWORD
*LOAD
*LOAD_ALE_CONVECTION
*LOAD_BEAM
*LOAD_BLAST
*LOAD_BLAST_ENHANCED
*LOAD_BLAST_SEGMENT
*LOAD_BLAST_SEGMENT_SET
*LOAD_BODY
*LOAD_BODY_GENERALIZED
*LOAD_BODY_POROUS
*LOAD_BRODE
*LOAD_DENSITY_DEPTH
*LOAD_ERODING_PART_SET
*LOAD_GRAVITY_PART
*LOAD_HEAT_CONTROLLER
*LOAD_HEAT_GENERATION
*LOAD_MASK
*LOAD_MOTION_NODE
*LOAD_MOVING_PRESSURE
*LOAD_NODE
*LOAD_NURBS_SHELL
*LOAD_PZE
*LOAD_REMOVE_PART
*LOAD_RIGID_BODY
*LOAD_SEGMENT
*LOAD_SEGMENT_CONTACT_MASK
*LOAD_SEGMENT_FILE
*LOAD_SEGMENT_FSILNK
*LOAD_SEGMENT_NONUNIFORM
*LOAD_SEGMENT_SET
*LOAD_SEGMENT_SET_ANGLE
*LOAD_SEGMENT_SET_NONUNIFORM
*LOAD_SEISMIC_SSI
*LOAD_SHELL
*LOAD_SPCFORC
*LOAD_SSA
*LOAD_STEADY_STATE_ROLLING
*LOAD_STIFFEN_PART
*LOAD_SUPERPLASTIC_FORMING
*LOAD_SURFACE_STRESS
*LOAD_THERMAL
*LOAD_THERMAL_CONSTANT
*LOAD_THERMAL_CONSTANT_ELEMENT
*LOAD_THERMAL_CONSTANT_NODE
*LOAD_THERMAL_D3PLOT
*LOAD_THERMAL_LOAD_CURVE
*LOAD_THERMAL_TOPAZ
*LOAD_THERMAL_VARIABLE
*LOAD_THERMAL_VARIABLE_BEAM
*LOAD_THERMAL_VARIABLE_ELEMENT
*LOAD_THERMAL_VARIABLE_NODE
*LOAD_THERMAL_VARIABLE_SHELL
*LOAD_VOLUME_LOSS
*MODULE
*MODULE_LOAD
*MODULE_PATH
*MODULE_USE
*NODE
*NODE
*NODE_MERGE_SET
*NODE_MERGE_TOLERANCE
*NODE_RIGID_SURFACE
*NODE_SCALAR
*NODE_THICKNESS
*NODE_TO_TARGET_VECTOR
*NODE_TRANSFORM
*PARAMETER
*PARAMETER
*PARAMETER_DUPLICATION
*PARAMETER_EXPRESSION
*PARAMETER_TYPE
*PART
*PART
*PART_ADAPTIVE_FAILURE
*PART_ANNEAL
*PART_COMPOSITE
*PART_DUPLICATE
*PART_MODES
*PART_MOVE
*PART_SENSOR
*PART_STACKED_ELEMENTS
*PARTICLE_BLAST
*PERTURBATION
*PERTURBATION
*RAIL
*RAIL_TRACK
*RAIL_TRAIN
*RIGIDWALL
*RIGIDWALL_FORCE_TRANSDUCER
*RIGIDWALL_GEOMETRIC
*RIGIDWALL_PLANAR
*SECTION
*SECTION_ALE1D
*SECTION_ALE2D
*SECTION_BEAM
*SECTION_BEAM_AISC
*SECTION_DISCRETE
*SECTION_POINT_SOURCE
*SECTION_POINT_SOURCE_MIXTURE
*SECTION_SEATBELT
*SECTION_SHELL
*SECTION_SOLID
*SECTION_SPH
*SECTION_TSHELL
*SENSOR
*SENSOR_CONTROL
*SENSOR_CPM_AIRBAG
*SENSOR_DEFINE_CALC-MATH
*SENSOR_DEFINE_ELEMENT
*SENSOR_DEFINE_FORCE
*SENSOR_DEFINE_FUNCTION
*SENSOR_DEFINE_MISC
*SENSOR_DEFINE_NODE
*SENSOR_SWITCH
*SENSOR_SWITCH_CALC-LOGIC
*SENSOR_SWITCH_SHELL_TO_VENT
*SET
*SET_BEAM
*SET_BEAM_ADD
*SET_BEAM_INTERSECT
*SET_BOX
*SET_DISCRETE
*SET_DISCRETE_ADD
*SET_MODE
*SET_MULTI
*SET_MULTI-MATERIAL_GROUP_LIST
*SET_NODE
*SET_NODE_ADD
*SET_NODE_INTERSECT
*SET_PART
*SET_PART_ADD
*SET_SEGMENT
*SET_SEGMENT_ADD
*SET_SEGMENT_INTERSECT
*SET_2D_SEGMENT
*SET_SHELL
*SET_SHELL_ADD
*SET_SHELL_INTERSECT
*SET_SOLID
*SET_SOLID_ADD
*SET_SOLID_INTERSECT
*SET_TSHELL
*TERMINATION
*TERMINATION_BODY
*TERMINATION_CONTACT
*TERMINATION_CURVE
*TERMINATION_DELETED_SHELLS
*TERMINATION_DELETED_SOLIDS
*TERMINATION_NODE
*TERMINATION_SENSOR
*TITLE
*USER
*USER_INTERFACE
*USER_LOADING
*USER_LOADING_SET
*USER_NONLOCAL_SEARCH
Restart Input Data
*CHANGE
BOUNDARY_CONDITION
CONTACT_SMALL_PENETRATION
CURVE_DEFINITION
OUTPUT
RIGIDWALL_GEOMETRIC
RIGIDWALL_PLANAR
RIGID_BODY_CONSTRAINT
RIGID_BODY_STOPPERS
STATUS_REPORT_FREQUENCY
THERMAL_PARAMETERS
VELOCITY
VELOCITY_GENERATION
VELOCITY_NODE
VELOCITY_RIGID_BODY
VELOCITY_ZERO
*CONTROL_DYNAMIC_RELAXATION
*CONTROL_SHELL
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DAMPING_GLOBAL
*DATABASE
*DATABASE_BINARY
*DELETE
*INTERFACE_SPRINGBACK_LSDYNA
*RIGID_DEFORMABLE
*RIGID_DEFORMABLE_CONTROL
*RIGID_DEFORMABLE_D2R
*RIGID_DEFORMABLE_R2D
*STRESS_INITIALIZATION
*TERMINATION
*TITLE
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A: User Defined Materials
APPENDIX B: User Defined Equation of State
APPENDIX C: User Defined Element Interface for Solids and Shells
General overview
Resultant/discrete elements
Extra degrees of freedom
Related keywords:
The *SECTION_SHELL card
The *SECTION_SOLID card
Sample User Shell Element 101 (Belytschko-Tsay shell)
Sample User Solid Element 101 (constant stress solid)
Examples
APPENDIX D: User Defined Airbag Sensor
APPENDIX E: User Defined Solution Control
APPENDIX F: User Defined Interface Control
APPENDIX G: User Defined Interface Friction and Conductivity
APPENDIX H: User Defined Thermal Material Model
APPENDIX I: Occupant Simulation Including the Coupling to the CAL3D and MADYMO programs
INTRODUCTION
THE LS-DYNA/OCCUPANT SIMULATION PROGRAM LINK
AIRBAG MODELING
COMMON ERRORS
APPENDIX J: Interactive Graphics Commands
APPENDIX K: Interactive Material Model Driver
INTRODUCTION
INPUT DEFINITION
INTERACTIVE DRIVER COMMANDS
APPENDIX L: VDA Database
APPENDIX M: Commands for Two-Dimensional Rezoning
APPENDIX N: Rigid-Body Dummies
APPENDIX O: LS-DYNA MPP User Guide
Supported Features
Contact Interfaces
Output Files and Post-Processing
Parallel Specific Options
PFILE
Execution of MPP/LS-DYNA
APPENDIX P: Implicit Solver
INTRODUCTION
NONLINEAR IMPLICIT ANALYSIS
LINEAR EQUATION SOLVER
ELEMENTS AND MATERIALS
CONTACTS
TROUBLESHOOTING CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS
CHECKLIST
APPENDIX Q: User Defined Weld Failure
APPENDIX R: User Defined Cohesive Model
APPENDIX S: User Defined Boundary Flux
APPENDIX T: Metal Forming Glossary
A Typical DRAW DIE engineering PROCESS
Types of draw dies
Types of flanging dies
Types of hemming dies