ALE setup panel

Location: Analysis page with the LS-DYNA user profile active

Use the ALE Setup panel to create and modify input data pertaining to the Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian LS-DYNA capability.

Panel Usage

The following LS-DYNA cards are created in the ALE Setup panel.

HyperMesh	LS-DYNA Keyword
MultiMatGrp	*ALE_MULTI-MATERIAL_GROUP
SetMultiMatGrp	*SET_MULTI-MATERIAL_GROUP_LIST
RefSysSwch	*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_SWITCH
RefSysCurve	*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_CURVE
RefSysGrp	*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_GROUP
RefSysNode	*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_NODE
Smoothing	*ALE_SMOOTHING
TankTest	*ALE_TANK_TEST
ConstdLagSolid	*CONSTRAINED_LAGRANGIAN_IN_SOLID
InitialGasMix	*INITIAL_GAS_MIXTURE
InitialVoid	*INITIAL_VOID
Database_FSI	*DATABASE_FSI
BoundAmbEos	*BOUNDARY_AMBIENT_EOS
InitVolFractGeo	*INITIAL_VOLUME_FRACTION_GEOMETRY

Additional cards related to ALE modeling:

*SECTION_POINT_SOURCE (collector/property panel)

*INITIAL_VOLUME_FRACTION (*Element_Solid card image)

Subpanels and Inputs

The ALE Setup panel contains the following subpanels and command buttons:

Use the Create subpanel to create ALE groups.

Panel Inputs

Input	Action
name	Specify a name for the ALE card.
type	Specify a type for the ALE card. See the options listed above.
color	Select a color for the ALE group.

The setup of certain ALE cards may require a link to entities such as components or a set. Use the Add/Update subpanel to perform this operation.

Panel Inputs

Input	Action
name	Specify a name for the ALE card.
options	Set this toggle to the appropriate selection. Options include comps, comp set, node set, or contactsurf.

The following action buttons appear throughout the subpanels:

Button	Action
create	Create the ALE card.
update	Update the selected card with the new information.
create/edit	Create the ALE card and immediately open the Card Editor with the ALE card loaded.
review	Highlights the selected mass element.
edit	Open the Card Editor with the current ALE card loaded.
update color	Update the ALE card color with the newly selected color.
return	Exit the panel.

Commands:

*alignnode()

ALE Setup Panel

ALE Setup Panel

ALE Setup Panel

Panel Usage

HyperMesh

LS-DYNA Keyword

MultiMatGrp

SetMultiMatGrp

RefSysSwch

RefSysCurve

RefSysGrp

RefSysNode

Smoothing

TankTest

ConstdLagSolid

InitialGasMix

InitialVoid

Database_FSI

BoundAmbEos

InitVolFractGeo

Subpanels and Inputs

Panel Inputs

Input

Action

name

type

color

Panel Inputs

Input

Action

name

options

Button

Action

create

update

create/edit

review

edit

update color

return

Commands:

See Also: