NLOUT

Bulk Data Entry

NLOUT – Controls the incremental result output for Small Displacement Nonlinear Analysis and Large Displacement Analysis

Description

The NLOUT bulk data entry defines incremental result output parameters for small displacement nonlinear analysis and large displacement analysis.

Format

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NLOUT	ID	PARAM1	VALUE1	PARAM2	VALUE2

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
NLOUT	3	NINT	20	SVNONCNV	YES

Field	Contents
ID	Each NLOUT Bulk Data Entry should have a unique ID. No default (Integer > 0)
NINT	Number of intervals specified to output intermediate results. See comment 2. Default = 10 (Integer > 0)
SVNONCNV	Flag to output the non-convergent solution, if nonlinear iterations does not converge. Default = YES (YES, NO, or blank)

1.	The NLOUT Bulk Data Entry is selected by the Subcase Information Entry NLOUT=ID. The NLOUT Subcase Entry can be specified in Nonlinear Small Displacement Quasi-Static Analysis, Large Displacement Quasi-Static Analysis, and Nonlinear Direct Transient Analysis.

2.	If the load increment from previous load level to the current load level is greater than 1/NINT, intermediate result corresponding to current load level is saved for output; otherwise, it is not saved. Note that this parameter has no control on the adaptive load size selection.

3.	The following results are currently supported for NLOUT in h3d/OPTI format: DISPLACEMENT, STRESS, STRAIN, ELFORCE, CONTF, and SPCFORCE (only LGDISP)), and OLOAD.