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LS-DYNA Time Step Size Guide

The document discusses time step size considerations for different element types in LS-DYNA simulations. It notes that beam, shell, and truss elements have a smaller critical time step than solid elements due to their lower wave propagation velocities. For beam elements, the critical time step depends on the element length and longitudinal sound speed. For shell elements, it depends on the element area, volume, and in-plane sound speed. Springs have no wave propagation velocity, so their critical time step considers the natural frequency of vibration of the spring-mass system. The document provides equations for calculating the critical time step of each element type.

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LS-DYNA Time Step Size Guide

The document discusses time step size considerations for different element types in LS-DYNA simulations. It notes that beam, shell, and truss elements have a smaller critical time step than solid elements due to their lower wave propagation velocities. For beam elements, the critical time step depends on the element length and longitudinal sound speed. For shell elements, it depends on the element area, volume, and in-plane sound speed. Springs have no wave propagation velocity, so their critical time step considers the natural frequency of vibration of the spring-mass system. The document provides equations for calculating the critical time step of each element type.

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  • Time Step Size
  • Time Step Control for Beam and Truss Elements
  • Time Step Control for Solid Shell Elements
  • Critical Time Step for Spring Elements

6/1/2017 TimestepsizeLSDYNASupport

Timestepsize
WavePropagationin3DContinuumWavepropagationvelocityin3Dcontinuum:

comparisontorod:

Criticaltimestep:

comparisonofcriticaltimesteps

materials(=0.5):>0

WavePropagationinPlaneMedia
Wavepropagationvelocityin2Dcontinuum:

(twodimensionalstressstate)

comparisontorod:

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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

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warpedelements:

severalalternativescanbeselectedvia*CONTROL_TIMESTEPvariableISDO(ControlCard9,Columns2130),e.g.:

where=0forquadrilateraland=1fortriangularshellelements.

TimeStepControlforSolidShellElements
Acriticaltimestepsize,teiscomputedforsolidshellelementsfrom

whereVeistheelementvolume,Aemaxisttheareaofthelargestside,andcistheplanestresssoundspeed

CriticalTimeStepforSpringElements
Problem:Thereisnowavepropagationvelocityctocalculatecriticaltimestepsize.

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Motivation:Considerfreevibrationofspringwithnodalmassm1andm2

Recallcriticaltimestepofrod:

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6/1/2017 Time step size — LS­DYNA Support http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/ls­dyna­users­guide/time­step­size 1/4 Time ste
6/1/2017 Time step size — LS­DYNA Support http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/ls­dyna­users­guide/time­step­size 2/4 Solid el
6/1/2017 Time step size — LS­DYNA Support http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/ls­dyna­users­guide/time­step­size 3/4 warped e
6/1/2017 Time step size — LS­DYNA Support http://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/ls­dyna­users­guide/time­step­size 4/4 Motivati

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