HyperWorks Tip/Trick # 1008
Applications:
HyperWorks
Application version:
RADIOSS 9.0 & Greater
Computer hardware:
All supported
Computer operating systems:
All supported Windows and UNIX
Categories:
RADIOSS Block Format Solver
Subcategories
Explicit Solver
Topic:
Time Step Control in RADIOSS
Topic details:
RADIOSS uses a time integration scheme based on the central difference integration scheme which is conditionally stable, i.e. the time step must be small enough to assure that the solution does not grow boundlessly. For a discrete system, the time step must be small enough to excite all frequencies in the finite element mesh. This requires a short time step such that the shock wave does not miss any node while traveling through the mesh:
Where lc is the critical length of the element and c is the sound speed (
for a simplified case with
young modulus E and material density ). In RADIOSS for a finite element mesh, two approaches are available:- Nodal and Elemental Time step.
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Nodal time step is computed as follows:
M is the nodal mass K nodal stiffness Sf users scale factor defined in /DT/NODA Element time step is used by default, but a different scale factor or minimum time step can be used for different element types.
lc is critical length c sound speed Sf users scale factor defined in /DT
CARD TO DEFINE TIME STEP (without time step control) FOR SELECTED ENTITIES /DT/Eltyp/Iflag Tsca Tmin grnod_ID
Eltyp Element time step Nodal time step If an interface type 7 is used, RADIOSS computes an Interface time step BRICK, QUAD, SHELL, SH_N3, TRUSS, BEAM, AIRBAG, SPRING NODA
INTER - Interface (Type 7 only)
CARD TO DEFINE TIME STEP (with time step control) FOR SELECTED ENTITIES /DT/Eltyp/Keyword3/Iflag Tsca Tmin gr_ID Tol_AMS Time step control options supported for different Eltyps
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STOP - The run will stop if the time step reaches Tmin and a restart file will be written. This option is the default for brick and quad elements. DEL - The element which fixes the time step is removed. This option is the default for shell elements. CST - The time step becomes constant after reaching Tmin. This option only works if Eltyp is BRICK, SHELL, INTER or NODA. AMS stands for Advanced Mass Scaling. (Also requires /AMS card to be defined in the Starter file) Therefore, time step control is related to the model and cannot be changed without affecting the quality of results. It is important to note that the use of these options, change the definition of the physical problem; therefore, it is to be used judiciously (change in mass, in the stiffness, in the energy balance, etc.).
Author:
Altair HyperWorks Technical Support Team (AP)
Date this entry was last reviewed:
June, 2010
Keywords:
Critical length, Advanced Mass Scaling
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