Time Step Size - LS-DYNA Support PDF
Time Step Size - LS-DYNA Support PDF
Time Step Size - LS-DYNA Support PDF
Timestepsize
WavePropagationin3DContinuumWavepropagationvelocityin3Dcontinuum:
comparisontorod:
Criticaltimestep:
comparisonofcriticaltimesteps
materials(=0.5):>0
WavePropagationinPlaneMedia
Wavepropagationvelocityin2Dcontinuum:
(twodimensionalstressstate)
comparisontorod:
http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/lsdynausersguide/timestepsize 1/4
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Solidelements:c3Dcontinuum
Shellelements:c2Dcontinuum
Beams&trusses:crod
Remarks:
Thewavepropagationvelocityoftherodcrodhasthesmallestvalueincomparisontothe2Dand3Dcontinuum.
Thewavepropagationvelocityformembranedeformationsdeterminesthecriticaltimestepforshellandbeamelements.
TimeStepControlforBeamandTrussElements
FortheHughesLiubeamandtrusselements,thetimestepsizeisgivenby:
whereListhelengthoftheelementandcisthesoundspeed:
FortheBelytschkobeamthetimestepsizegivenbythelongitudinalsoundspeedisused,unlessthebendingrelatedtimestepsizegivenby
[BelytschkoandTsay1982]governs
issmaller,whereIandAarethemaximumvalueofthemomentofinertiaandareaofthecrosssection,respectively.
CharacteristiclengthlcforTimeStep
http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/lsdynausersguide/timestepsize 2/4
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warpedelements:
severalalternativescanbeselectedvia*CONTROL_TIMESTEPvariableISDO(ControlCard9,Columns2130),e.g.:
where=0forquadrilateraland=1fortriangularshellelements.
TimeStepControlforSolidShellElements
Acriticaltimestepsize,teiscomputedforsolidshellelementsfrom
whereVeistheelementvolume,Aemaxisttheareaofthelargestside,andcistheplanestresssoundspeed
CriticalTimeStepforSpringElements
Problem:Thereisnowavepropagationvelocityctocalculatecriticaltimestepsize.
http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/lsdynausersguide/timestepsize 3/4
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Motivation:Considerfreevibrationofspringwithnodalmassm1andm2
Recallcriticaltimestepofrod:
http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/lsdynausersguide/timestepsize 4/4