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1. position n x1 y1 x2 y2 Position graph n with the bottom left hand corner at screen location x1 y1 and the top right hand corner at x2 y2 All coordinates should be in the range 0 0 to 1 O select all Selectallgraph s select n fp p pSeetgaph select none fp fp Deselectalgraphs right ottom Set the position of the left right top and bottom axis for graph n The positions given should be in n axes position left the range 0 0 to 1 0 or the word Auto n legend position left right top ottom Set the position of the left right top and bottom of the legend for graph n The positions given should be in the range 0 0 to 1 0 or the word Auto Le LM O o Set the legend format to one of default full automatic floating for graph n NA Set the number of columns in the legend to n 1 to 3 Set the x axis unit format to one of automatic general scientific tor graph n Set the y axis unit format to one of automatic general scientific tor graph n Set the second y axis unit format to one of automatic general scientific tor graph n Set the number of decimal places displayed for the x axis values to m in graph n Set the number of decimal places displayed for the y axis values to m in graph n Set the number of decimal places displayed for the second y axis values to m in graph n T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 3 INPUT SYNTAX
2. p GlobalZforce p Momentinx Safe Oe Oe Ll i my Momentiny Imp MomentinZ re nergy SSS Rotational Energy Subsystem Ss Subsystem id kjinetice_____p____ Kineticenegy internare j o linternalenergy Ihjourglasse___p______ Hourglassenergy ke po Kinetic Energy Ratio bp intemal Energy Ratio Im pp Xmomentum_ m i y po momentum m 5 po momentum Thick Shell Thi Tsh Tshell id stre ss stralin Page 7 18 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Whole model d p 1111152 e klinetice p Mineticenergy internare fF intemal energy w p fitonewalenergy loite Nointintemalenergy spinge Spring and damper energy hpurgasse Hourglass energy systeme dF System damping energy sl fp Sliding interface energy le p Extemalwok b 5 higdBodystopperenergy jotale p Hotalenergy le pp fotaiiialenergy x velocity fF lAverage X velocity yveocty fAverageYvelocty z velocity Average Z velocity yletime pp Timeperzonecyce am Ade mass pm 5 p PeageMassincease ld p Eroded Kinetic energy le Eroded internal energy ewe Energy Ratio w o Eroded mass Mass Pa
3. Energy Density vs ndimms Umm mha ft tou kl Frequency Fe he pe ke h kho Power Wo AA W Thermal Flux M aa TT N MM m MM Wmm Wimm foto Forte ner unit width Nm JNmm kNmm lof tt idth If a curve has a user defined unit or if after a curve operation one of the curve axis unit is not one of the basic units that T HIS knows about then T HIS will build a label from the currently defined length mass time temperature and angle labels If for example a velocity time curve is multiplied by another velocity time curve then the Y axis will have units of Velocity 2 If the current display unit system is Ul m kg seconds then the unit label for the curves y axis will be 2 8527 Page 5 90 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 22 3 Curves pas T This option can be used to display the unit Models Labels Curves inf tion f h mU Display Curve Model Units Disp x Node 1343 2 Disp x Node 1344 3 Disp x Node 1345 4 Disp x Mode 1346 5 Disp x Made 1347 6 Disp y Node 1343 r Disp y Node 1344 0 Disp y Node 1345 9 Disp y Node 1346 410 Disp z Node 1343 11 Disp z Node 1344 12 Disp z Node 1345 By default the unit system for each curve is displayed but his can be l changed to show either the X or Y axis unit using the popup menu Display Curve Model Units Model Units Axis Unit Y AxIs Unit oetting the Unit System for a Curve If the unit system for a cu
4. D N ra 17 gr Seatbelt Sea Bel Belt id olrce s train length Page 7 15 lt lt lt lt lt px T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 vm PEEL Shell id xx o jStress in XX Normal force in XY elxtra yy Stress in YY iJhickness haa c Internal Slipring id pjullout zz IStressinzz nternal energy density Solid id elxtra yoo StressinXxY Stress in YZ zx_1Stress in n TE av Averagestress Pressure ero Effective plastic strain nx jStraminXX Strain in YY zz StraiminZZ xy straimimXY S VAN ao vm vonMisesstrain__ av Averagestrain_ x MomeninX 4 y MomentinY xy jMometinXY sx jShearforceinX Shear force in Y mxo jNormalforeein X O xtra data ull through ress in XX ress in YY ress in ZZ ress in XY ress in YZ tress in ZX AX principal stress MIN principal stress MAX shear stress von Mises stress verage stress Pressure ffective plastic strain rain in XX rain in YY rain in ZZ rain in XY rain in YZ train in ZX AX principal strain MIN principal strain MAX shear strain von Mises strain verage strain xtra data m 2 3 lo lt o N I lt x IN WS IX lt N I lt x IN WS Ts armen Y gt m 2 No ect ect ect ect O RV D a O RM D 0 0 3 0 3 o D o 5 o Page 7 16 User manual Version 9 4 November 20
5. M1 Disp x Node 1345 74 M1 Disp x Node 1346 M1 Disp y Node 1343 5 M1 Disp y Node 1344 M1 Disp y Node 1345 M1 Disp y Node 1346 9 M1 Disp z Node 1343 M1 Disp z Node 1344 M1 Disp z Node 1345 M1 Disp z Node 1346 M1 Disp mag Node 1343 highest 1 Page 5 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 1 READ Options Read Data ax LS DYNA Groups K eyword Curve T HIS can READ data from a number of sources including LS DYNA binary output files Bulk Data Keyboard Co screen LS DYNA ASCII files and tabulated x y data files In addition this menu allows data for new curves to be entered directly using the keyboard 9 1 1 LS DYNA There are two possible methods of reading LS DYNA output files into T HIS Select Model Select any results file from a model T HIS will then search for all the results files in that directory SOYA Groups ST rd Curve produced by the same analysis as the selected file as illustrated on the right and display a list of all Bulk Data Keyboard screen the files found The user can then select which files to open The default is to open all the available Iw Select Model uiti Meis RR 309 df I results files gt When the user selects Apply the selected file are Search Directories Recursively then opened and the contents scanned After the files 7 have been scanned the
6. O ei e Tl TI B z O a EM J Model ID IR Model director O gt a a X Window size x pixels Y Window size pixels V Reverse Foregorund Backeround O Foreground Colour A Backeround Colour U Curve through points ON OFF J Border ON O 00 00 DO U Wi Tl lt WW EJ A DR p 4336 O z R BP gt Lm P AU ne WIGLI ON OFF ADEI X at dal DINIMUN LYMN Label y value at minimum Page J 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 LYMX Label y value at maximum FO Font on olo e x On 0 XA abe A On lt Q XA 4 on E Q AX abe On a DIOL AX a ED curve ID Edit option CN D a D DO 2 d L 8 a O amm OP Operate ADX Y Add 2 05 5 00 A MAP Map one curve onto another COM Combine curves keke S IIT 5 p gt J ERR Error functions S SSS O DIF Differentiate O SMO Smooth SQ Least squares fit SQR Square root Or EC Reciprocal JJ 2 Absolute va N J EC2 Vector Magnitude 2D NV Envelope of n curves IVLLIN Winimum OL y uve MAX Maximum of pn lrve 0 9 9 AVE Average of n curves R AV Rolling Average of n curves DIR Op ve e qn curve U m Page J 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS am 19 LU e gt 9 L DA KR
7. Maximum Principal Stress lys jyvs SMN Minimum Principal Stress ys yes Soo SMS Maximum ShearStress fys yes fo SVM VonMisesStress yes ye fo SAV Average Stress Pressure fys dvs Strain components EFF effective Plastic Stain yes yes ho EXX Straininxx yes yes EYY SiaiminYY yes fo js EZZ Straiminzz dyes s fo EXY SmiinXY yes lyesoo EYZ SumininYZ yes S s PL EZX jsuminizX dyes yes Page A 9 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 EMX Maximum Principal Strain yes o bs EMN gt Minimum Principal Strain yeso Peso po EMS Maximum Shear Strain yeso pope pp EVM gt Vonmisesstain ys bhs f EAV jAvngeSmin s yes Extra components An Extra Data Component peso lolo Having selected a thick shell component you a prompt is given for the shell surface as follows T Top integration point or lt Layer id C Centre neutral axis B Bottom integration point Surfaces and layer numbers for thick shells are treated in exactly the same way as for thin shells as described above Stress and strain tensor results for thick shells are always in the global cartesian system unless the option to use the material system for orthotropic materials has been used The strain tensor for thick shells is optional Results will only be available for thick shells declared in thick shell t
8. Only Page n The FAST TCE script will contain all of the commands required to regenerate the selected page All Graphs The FAST TCE script will contain all of the commands required to regenerate all the currently defined graphs All of the graphs will be positioned on page 1 using the currently defined layout This option will only be available if T HIS only contains a single page see Section 20 n All Active Graphs The FAST TCF script will contain all of the commands required to regenerate all of the active graphs All of the graphs will be positioned on page 1 using the currently defined layout This option will only be available if T HIS only contains a single page see Section 32 LS Only Graph n The FAST TCF script will contain all of the commands required to regenerate the selected graph The graph will be positioned on page 1 FAST TCF Script Image Output If this option is selected then the FAST TCF script will contain the commands required to generate an image of each of the pages graphs selected for output The Image Format can be set to any of the supported image types see Section 5 8 If the FAST TCF script generates multiple pages then the Filename specified will be used for the first image Subsequent images will use the specified filename with 2 3 appended FAST TCF Script Curve Output By default the FAST TCE script will only contain the command needed to reproduce the curves that are unbl
9. Page H 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS arguments Fl ky Kstring hhortcutfor FR oo knone gt F2 key CSC string gt BhorutforF2 koe F3 key Kstring Shortcutfor FB knone gt FA key kstrimg gt ShortcutforF4 koe F5 ky kstrimg gt fhorcutforF5 knone gt F6 key kstrimg gt Shortcutfor 6 knone F7 kcy fstrng fhortcutforF7_ knone gt F8 key kstrimg gt ShortcutforF8 knone F9 key kstrimg gt BhorcutforFO knone gt FIO key fstring BhorcutforFlO _________ knone Fll key fsting BhorcutforFll koe F12 ke lt string gt ShortcutforFl2 kmome gt A key kstrimg gt BhorcutforA knones B key kstrimg gt BhorcutforB koe C ky kstrimg gt BhorcutforC koe D key kstrimg gt hortcutforD knone E key kstrimg gt BhorcutfoE koe F key kstrimg gt JhortcutforF koe G key kstrimg gt BhortcutforG knome gt H key fKsting BhorcutforH koe I key fKstring BhorcutforI knones key kstrimg gt fhorcutforJ knone K key fsting BhorcutforK knones L ky Kstinge BhorcutforL knone M ky kstrimg gt BhotcutfonM
10. There is a minor limitation when mixing command line and screen menu mode you cannot perform the same function simultaneously in both modes If you attempt to do so you will get the message WARNING recursive access attempted And you will not be permitted to continue 2 4 Window management in the screen interface Moving resizing and scrolling of windows is based on the conventions used in the Motif Window Manager To move a Click down on its title bar then drag the window to where you want it to be A rubber band window outline moves to show the window s current position To resize a Either window Click on a border bar to move just that side or on a corner bar to move both sides attached to that corner Again a rubber band outline shows you the new shape Or Use the MAXIMISE button al in the top right hand corner of the window to increase the size of the window to the largest possible size Page 2 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS If a window has got too small for its contents then horizontal and or vertical scrollbars will appear To scroll a Click on a scrollbar slider and move it to the desired position the window contents will scroll as you window do so Alternatively click on the arrows at either end of the scrollbar for timed motion in that direction To minimise Click on the button Tin the top right hand corner of the window When a window has been iconised a window it will appear in the I
11. node IDs 5 to last accel mag tags node 1 node 2 etc labels Head Accn 1 Head Accn 2 etc node 10 20 accel mag tag node_ lab Head Accn nodes 10 to 20 accel mag tags node_10 node_11 etc labels Head Accn 10 Head Accn 11 etc 7 6 3 Using Wildcards A number of T HIS functions and operations can be applied to multiple curves in a single command by specifying multiple curve tags using wildcards e g operate multiple x disp 10 tag x mul Multiple all curves with a tag starting with x disp by 10 and tag the outputs as x mul 1 x mul 2 see Section 7 8 for more details display x disp Display all curves with a tag starting with x disp see Section 7 11 3 for more details copy curve_file cur x_disp_ Write all curves with a tag starting with x disp to a file called curve_file cur see Section 7 13 for more details Page 7 22 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 7 CURVE GROUPS Curve groups can be defined within FAST TCF scripts using the cgroup keyword After a curve group has been defined in a FAST TCF script it can then be used as an input to some FAST TCF commands Each curve group should be given a unique name within the FAST TCE script Keyword Second Third following word word Zu ei name curve remove name curve list m e g cgroup create group 1 Create a curve group called group 1 cgroup add group 1 curve 1 curve 2 Add curves with tags curve 1 and cu
12. this write csv units User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 This option aka wates Time Yalues se Curve Y out a CSV iecur SeectCuve EN Curves are output using a single consistent set of X values that can either Start Time WU Interval A Seale be taken from one of the curves or they can be generated automatically Time Values Generate T Gives a summary of the curve This includes the type of data being plotted and the maximum and minimum values in the curve This option can also be turned on and off in FAST TCF scripts see section 7 XX 5 2 2 WRITE TO SCREEN Output Type Write to screen y Writes data to a text window on the screen 5 2 2 1 OUTPUT FORMAT List LIST Summary SCAN Page 5 14 Summary Scan This option will write out all the points in the selected curves Gives a summary of the curve This includes the type of data being plotted and the maximum and minimum values in the curve Scans a group of curves and reports the maxima and minima values for each individual curve along with the overall maxima and minima User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 3 Curve Manager In screen menu mode curves are managed using the CURVE MANAGER window shown in the figure right By default he CURVE MANAGER menu only displays 1000 curves An unlimited amount of curves can be used and these are displayed in the menu in blocks of 1000 If an attempt is made to use a curve hi
13. 1 knone gt N ky kstinge BhorcutforN knone O key sting BhorcutforO knone gt P key kstrimg gt BhorcutforP _________ knone OQ key fKsting BhorcutforQ koe R ky kKsting ShorcutforR knone S key kstrimg gt BhortcutforS koe none ing g a_ke o Z ke key kstrimg gt Shortcutfora none gt none gt h_ke key kstrimg gt fhortcutfori_______ _______ kmone gt jkey kstrimg gt fhortcutfori____ ________ knonme gt kkey kstrin gt fhortcutfork___________ _________ kmone gt key ______ kstrimg gt fhortcutforl___ ________ none m key kstring Shortcutform none hkey kstring Shortcutforn none gt okey kstrimg gt Shortcutforo none pkey fming Shortcutforp none gt Qkey kstrimg gt Shortcutforg none pkey kstrimg gt Bhorcutforr none gt pkey kstring gt Shortcutfors none Page H 9 T HIS E UN CD c gt c c m lt O N m 5 NO P Z lt ox O NI O O NO gt FT IE o o 10 hortcut for t hortcut for u hortcut for v none gt none gt none gt FT PERCENT_ke hortcut for none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none
14. J Z BOOB 380 KOL30 J J LL 0007B 31 1 KOL3 J SER tt 022 KOL32 USER2 4 Ba _ 0L3 gt DUSER3 J m 34 KOL34 SER p 35 OL BS SER SO Ba Koi __USER6_______ As well as the 36 colour options Foreground and Background can be selected to change the colour to the Foreground and Background colours defined in the Display menu If N C is selected then the Apply button will have no effect on the colour of the currently selected curves Page 5 30 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 6 3 SYMBOL LJ ADOXX Pressing the right mouse button while over the Symbol button will OPK eo invoke a symbol popup menu that allow any of the 9 T HIS symbols to be selected the 9 is a blank symbol that can be selected so that a curve can be plotted without a symbol As well as the 9 symbols the menu also contains a no change N C option The Symbols Frequency controls how often a symbol is drawn on a curve By default symbols are not drawn they can be switched on using the Display menu 5 6 4 WIDTH CO a mm io Pressing the right mouse button while over the width button will invoke a popup menu that allows 4 different line widths to be selected or no change N C 9 6 5 STYLE a je pe Press
15. PST Psitotalmomene ves yes EN Totaljointemergy Eyes yes Flexion Torsion Joints aa Alphaangle ll s es pa JAbphyd Eves yes ALS Alphastiffmessmoment lo lyes ys aD Alpha damping moment yes yes ALT Alphatotalmomene _ lyes bs BA Betaange ll yes yes DB jaBesk Eyes es BES Betastiffnessmomem to yes jJys BED Betadampingmoment _ yes yes BET Betatotalmoment yes yes GA Gammaangle o o Ll lyes s DG fd Gammayae Eyes s GSF____ Gammascalefactor _ bs yes EN Totaljoimtenergy lo lyes yes A 18 Cross Section Data Components Page A 13 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 For cross sections the following data components are available E Lo E CC CL kv vro bo EN mo Eme dde e kw Fovee Maguna ves he Mx vomemiX OO ves bes bo peser a e bz Vomeminz NN MM Moment Manna e kx Pk eenroid coordinate soe i cy Ycenvoidoontinae pes ps cz Ta eonwoideoordine ves pe pn ren of Cross Section es pes A 19 Subsystem Data Components For subsystems the following data components are available eee E e E ae energy yes yes Internal energy ratio mc E es YM Ymomnum yes ys ZM fzmommum yes jys A 20 Geometric Contact Data Components For geometic contact entities the following data components are available Component THF d3td XTF xtfile LSDA inout ASC
16. axis units x axis colour Kstring IS FOREGROUND Default FOREGROUND Default FOREGROUND OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 y_label_size string ont size for 10 12 14 18 24 Default LX Qd DEC y label font ucc cM elvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium axis label y label colour Kstring axis label OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 peu pM A KAAU h LX LU y axis font Kstringa ont for Y Helvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium axis units y axis colour Kstring Default FOREGROUND Default FOREGROUND axis units YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE TURQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 COL 16 COL 17 OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 SER 6 U U VJ C C o jab o o c c c c E E E ER em e em er Page H 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS y2 label size string gt Font size for 10 12 14 18 24 Default Default second Y axis Q DEC y2 label font Kstring gt Font cond Y ais Helvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium cond Y ais Y axis Courier Bold Times Medium Times bold Default Qd DEC y2
17. m WN N FF O Mm Aa W A QO O O Now A DO F O 10 0 1 1 curve 2 curve 3 for the data oh OOO oo F amp F U H 0 nooo Do 300R N N bo oo 13 0 Page C 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page C 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX D FILTERING This Appendix describes the filtering options within T HIS Curves can be filtered to remove high frequency noise The technique is typically applied to acceleration and force traces Options available include standard filters Channel Frequency Classes 60 180 600 and 1000 as per British Standard BS AU 228 Part 1 1989 and the USA s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA FIR filter The standard filters except the FIR filter are all special cases of the Butterworth filter D 1 Curve Regulation All filtering options require the curves to have a constant time increment between points This will generally be the case if the curves are LS DYNA time history results If not the REGULARISE option will convert the curve to constant time increment Typically the time increment should be at least 10 times the cut off frequency 10kHz a 0 0001 second interval time base 1s a good choice for automotive crash applications D 2 Use of the Butterworth Filter Option The Butterworth filter is a low pass filter with two input variables order and cut off frequency The order of the filter controls the roll off rate as shown her
18. 7 2 PAGE GRAPH LAYOUT AND SELECTION 7 3 INPUT SYNTAX TO LOAD OTHER FILES 7 4 INPUT FOR DATA EXTRACTION REQUESTS 7 5 UNITS 7 6 CURVE TAGS 7 7 CURVE GROUPS 7 8 PERFORMING FAST TCF CURVE OPERATIONS 7 9 APPLYING EXTRA OPTIONS TO DATA REQUESTS 7 10 Setting properties for curves 7 11 FAST TCF IMAGE OUTPUT OPTIONS 7 12 Outputting curve properties to text files variables and REPORTER 7 13 FAST TCF CURVE OUTPUT 7 14 FAST TCF ADDITIONAL APPENDICES APPENDIX A LS DYNA Data Components APPENDIX B T HIS CURVE FILE FORMAT APPENDIX C T HIS BULK DATA FILE FORMAT APPENDIX D FILTERING APPENDIX E INJURY CRITERIA APPENDIX F Curve Correlation APPENDIX G The ERROR Calculation APPENDIX H The oa_pref preference file APPENDIX I Windows File Associations APPENDIX J Typed Commands Installation organisation Page ii 1 Introduction 2 Problems with the existing installation structure 3 Improved Installation structure from release 9 4 onwards AARA HOT mHONnBPp NE m NND ja User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Development History New Features for version 9 4 Description Automatic results extraction 5 4 12 New MONotonic curve function 5 9 18 New Normalise X axis values function 3072 New Pure Butterworth filter function 5 11 6 New curve correlation function COR3 3 11 25 New Inverse FFT function 5 12 10 Curve Properteis 321 Units 3 22 User Defined Shortcuts 6 4 New FAST TCF comma
19. Ax For more information on THIV and PHD see BS EN 1317 1 E 6 Biomechanical neck injury predictor NIJ The biomechanical neck injury predictor is a measure of the injury due to the load transferred through the occipital condyles Its calculation combines the neck axial force and the flexion extension moment about the occipital condoyles It is used in association with the USSID dummy for standard American frontal impact tests The shear force Fx axial force Fz and bending moment My are measured by the dummy upper neck load cell for the duration of the crash using force and moment definitions consistent with SAE J221 1 T HIS will caculate the bending moment using the equation My My ee Fx Page E 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Where e is the e distance specified in the input window Fx 1s the shear force Shear force ax al force and bending moment must be filtered using an SAE Channel Frequency Class 600 filter C600 for the purposes of calculation During the collision the Axial Force Fz can be in either tension or compression whilst the occipital condyle bending moment Mocy can be in either flexion or extension This results in 4 possible loading conditions corresponding to the 4 curves output by T HIS tension extension Nte tension flexion Ntf compression extension Nce and compression flexion Ncf At each point in time only one of these 4 conditions can be met hence the NIJ valu
20. Br Symbol Pr 6 3 1 Properties Xmin 0 0000000 Amax 0 0995993 This option displays a number of properties for a curve l including minimum and maximum values average and RMS Ymin 00000000 X 0 0000000 lue inni Ymax 12171708 X 0 0479982 RMS 343394 38 Average 2 1682 56 6 3 2 Edit Labels Line Label Re eens ele RET Title LG09 LARGE TEST Y BELTED SLE This option can be used to change the title tag line n label and axis labels for a curve A AXIS Y AXIS 6 3 3 Functions Automotive H Operate F The functions popup menu can be used to access any of the curve operations that take a single curve as the only input As well as applying an operation to a curve this menu Maths F can also be used to select between T SEISMIC Pr Overwriting the input curve with the output from each function Output 1st Free p Writing the output to the 1st unused curve Page 6 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 6 4 Keyboard Shortcuts Some panels and actions can be accessed through pre programmed shortcuts and from v9 4 the keys they are assigned to are customizable In V9 4 a number of new pre programmed shortcuts have been added including the top menu panels and window layout options Macros and FAST TCE scripts can also be assigned to a key A listing of the available shortcuts and the keys they are assigned to can be brought up by pressing the key by default or accessing it through
21. FLY Y Thermal ux olo ll yes FZ Z Thermal lox Eves FLM Thermal Flux Magnitude PP ves The desired node or range of nodes and data component are selected by pressing the buttons for the available items in the selection window Only nodes that have been declared in nodal time history blocks will be available for processing To get a list of available node numbers in command line mode use the M enu command Coordinate system of results All nodal results are in the global cartesian coordinate system except at nodes which have been defined as accelerometers these report accelerations in the local coordinate system of the accelerometer subject to any rotations its parent rigid body has undergone In command line mode the read nodal data command is used as follows RE NO nn component curve where nn is the node number component is the data component from the list above curve is the target curve number A 5 Solid Data Components For solids the following data components are available jCempnet THF a3tnao XTF tile LSDA binout ASO SXX Stressinxx yes qve SYY Stessinwy yes yes CS dyes yes sxy smesinxy pes o s o syz StessinYz NIS s oo szx Jswsizx NSS qs smx Maximum Principal Stress fys fyes SMN Minimum Principal Stress fys fyes SMS MaximumShearStress s foo ves Svm VonMisesStress yes lyes sav Average Stress Pressure fs bs Strain co
22. S Select all models for reading data from Unselect all models 7 4 2 Data Extraction options 7 4 2 1 Specifying Files for data extraction For some LS DYNA data types results can be extracted from multiple files By default FAST TCF scripts will extract data from the default T HIS file type for each entity type see Section 5 17 1 These defaults can be changed via the preference file Instead of using the default file any of the valid files types can be specified by using either the define file keyword e g define file LSDA or by adding an extra line option When this occurs FAST TCF will take the extraction request from the specified type of file but only if T HIS allows it Page 7 9 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Keyword second wor default e g node 42 displacement x read data from default file define file LSDA node 42 displacement x read data from LSDA file node 42 displacement x ASCII read data from ASCII file 7 4 2 2 Specifying surfaces and Integration Points Stress and Strain data components for Shell Thich Shells and Beams can be extracted for multiple surfaces and integration points By default FAST TCF will extract data from the Mid Surface for Shells and Thick Shells and from the 1st integration point for Beams Instead of using the default surface or integration point the option can be used to select an alternative surface Deam llayer number t top m middle thicksh
23. UNUSED MALL DEFAULT LARGE DEFAULT font type strings enu font typeface HELVETICA HELVETICA BOLD TIMES HELVETICA OURIER BOLD left handed string Left handed switching NONE MOUSE KEYBOARD ALL NONE of mouse and or keyboard zoom factor real Zoom Factor for 0 01 0 2 0 05 mouse wheel 0 01 0 2 zoom factor real Factor for right mousep 01 0 2 0 05 0 01 0 2 kzoom factor real Factor for 0 01 100 0 D keyboard short cut Keys Page H 13 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page H 14 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX Windows File Associations 1 1 WINDOWS PC s Under Windows on PC it is possible to set up file associations so that double clicking on files with the thf xtf cur and bdf extension opens them automatically in T HIS It is also possible to set up shortcuts so that double clicking on the T HIS icon automatically starts the desired graphics mode All of these settings are optional you should be aware that under the Windows operating system associating a filetype via its extension with an application is convenient but can also be restricting and hard to undo 1 1 1 To make thf files open in T HIS by double clicking on them 1 1 1 1 If th files do not currently have an application associated with them You can tell this because a double click doesn t work and they have some non specific usually windows icon e Right click on any thf file
24. display curve 1 and curve 2 display amp Curve group 3 title SLED TEST V curve 2 xax Time yax Displacement display curve 2 and all the curves in Curve group 3 Set the plot title and x and y axis labels 7 11 4 Image Generation Many different types of image format can be outputted from FAST TCF In T HIS 9 4 onwards the FAST TCF image output options have been revised to allow multiple graphs and pages to be selected for output The old pre 9 3 syntax see Section 7 11 5 is still supported for existing scripts but users are strongly advised to move to the new command format where all options are prefixed with either the display or image keyword Description keyword following words Page 7 34 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS The available image output options are word word i i image bit bmp filename graph Il active Generate an image containing all graphs all active graphs graph number n page Il current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n page Il current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n filename graph I active Generate an image containing all graphs all active graphs graph number n a a image bit u filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all bmp u active graphs graph number n a gif a a n n n n TE n image filename graph all active Gene
25. displayed in red in the upper text area at this point the user can select to Play the FAST TCF file or Step through it line by FASTTCF input line After every line of FAST TCF the resulting command in T HIS is shown in the lower text area Select End during stepping through the lines to go to the end of the file Reread will re read the file and start back at the beginning Di 1 The Model Mapping option allows the user to define which model in T HIS should be used for the equivalent model number in the FAST TCF script The model number Zero is equivalent to the default model in FAST TCF if no models are defined The default model mapping will use the same model numbers as in the FAST TCF script Auto confirm text boxes will force T HIS to confirm any text boxes that should appear in the interactive playback of a FAST TCF script such as HIC HIS command line results and so on Di The FAST TCF script will ignore any existing T HIS curves and their tags This guarantees that the user can run a single FAST TCE file many times and it will only use the new curves created by FAST TCF Page 5 60 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 15 TITLE AXES LEGEND Options The TITLE AXES menu is shown in the figure right This menu controls the contents of the title and axes labels and the axis scaling The individual axis title and legend menus can also be accessed by clicking over the appropriately hi
26. force in y direction tag the curve as curve 1 node end of roof accel z tag point 2 node i d end of roof z acceleration tag the curve as point 2 If a tag 1s not specified for a curve then FAST TCF will automatically generate a tag for the curve using the T HIS curve number as the TAG 7 6 1 Tagging curves from a T HIS curve file If curves are read in from a T HIS curve file then then the FAST TCF tag will be generated using the following rules 1 If the data extraction command contains a TAG option then that TAG will be used 2 If the curve file contains curve tags then they will be used if the data extraction command DOES NOT contain a TAG option BF If no tags are specified in the file or in the data extraction command then tag the curves as curve_ wher is the internal T HIS curve number 7 6 2 Tagging multiple curve outputs From version 9 2 onwards multiple curve outputs can be generated from one FAST TCF input line Curve tags and labels can be specified for multiple curves using the following special syntax note this only works on multiple curves e If the user specifies a wildcard in the tag or label a then FAST TCF will substitute the wildcard for the number of the curve outputted starting from 1 e If the user specifies a then the entity ID is substituted in its place which is useful if the user knows what entities are expected on output e g node 5 last accel mag tag node_ lab Head Accn
27. m T s The X and Y axis units are defined by a line starting with either X AXIS UNIT or Y AXIS UNIT and take one of the 2 following formats X AXIS UNIT unit name X AXIS UNIT mass length time angle temperature For the Ist format the following predefined unit names are available Time Rottin Momentum Energy Den Energy RotVel Density MassFlow Wok CR Accel Stress Frequency emperature Length Strain Power Displacement Area If the axis units are NOT one of these predefined units then the second input format can be used to define the unit in terms of it s basic properties The values for mass length time angle and temperature should be the powers that are used to describe the unit in terms of it s fundamental dimensions Some examples of common units defined using this method are shown below Unt Mass Length lime Ange Temperature nm hh ho gg Displacement ooo o HM p A elocit User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS B 4 Example The following example shows a curve file containing 2 curves The first curve will be plotted with a bold solid green line with triangular symbols every other data point The curve contains 5 data points and is given a reference tag CURVE 1 The second curve will be plotted with a dashed white normal line No symbols will be displayed The curve contains 2 dat
28. or move elsewhere and release the button to deactivate the popup SLIDERS 1 Point Number Sliders are moved by clicking on the slider button itself and then dragging it to a new position They may also be moved automatically by clicking on and holding down one of the arrows at either end TEXT BOXES Contact Te si To enter text in a text box first make it live by clicking on it then type in text then type return to enter the string Clicking on a live box for a second time is exactly the same as typing return so clicking twice on a box effectively enters its current contents You can use the left and right arrow keys for line editing within a box text entry takes place after the current cursor position RADIO BOXES A radio set is provided where only one selection is possible from a range of options In this example the postscript laser output has been set to a single image per page MENU SELECTIONS 3 Menus of items are used when you need to make one or more selections from a potentially long list Click on the row you want to select clicking on a row that is already selected will have the effect of unselecting it When the list is too long to display in the window you can use the vertical scroll bars to move up and down it A range of items may be selected by either 1 Click on the first item and hold down the mouse key drag the mouse to the last item in the list All items between the first
29. 1s preferred for the data for each type of item see Preferences Prefix asc pes OC Done THF ATF LSDA ASCII Global 1 1 1 Parts 0 110 110 Nodes 19 19 19 Solids 0 0 Beams 1 0 shells 0 0 TK Shells 0 0 stonewalls 0 0 0 Springs 100 100 100 Seatbelts 107 107 107 Retractors 1 1 1 Sliprings 2 2 2 Contacts 11 10 10 Reactions 0 0 0 Airbags 3 0 0 0 Page 5 21 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 4 2 Re Read Select Re Read Delete Convert Binout The re read option can be used to rescan and update the model This will find any new data written to disk since the file was show Model Titles T last read i Apply Cancel W d ARUP GENERIC SLED MODEL 2 CRUSH TUBE 3 FT ARUP DUMMIES OASYS VEHICLE PR 5 4 3 Delete ME Select Re Read Delete Convert Binout This option allows the user to select and delete models from T HIS Any curves l that have been read in from a model that show Model Titles T is deleted are NOT deleted with the un nenn f AX AlMods er w 1 ARUP GENERIC SLED MODEL w 2 CRUSH TUBE J FI ARUP DUMMIES DAS Yo VEHICLE FR 5 4 4 Convert Binout Convert LSDA binout Files to ASCII Nu Select Re Real Delete Convert Binout This option can be used to convert LSDA binout files into the older ASCII files The l l menu allows a number of models to be snow Model Titles T select Files selected Tem m rm The Select
30. 31st define var month january define var year 2099 define var date day _ month _ year creates the variable date with value 31st january 2099 Because variables cannot have anything other than a z 0 9 and in them it is possible to use variables within strings define var analysis run01 vers2 read january_ analysis cur converts into read january run01 vers2 cur However sometimes the user may want to insert a variable within other alphanumeric words in these circumstances use a SS terminator to designate the end of the variable name define var analysis xyz run01 read analysis _x cur converts into read xyz run01 x cur There are several built in variables and these depend on the system and command line used to run FAST TCF they can be checked on the dialogue T HIS prints before starting e The built in variable Srun name is the basename of the key file in for the 1st model directory should there be one If a script refers to multiple models then Srun nameN where N is the model number can be used for each model e The built in variable Srun title is the title of the analysis found in the output files If a script refers to multiple models then Srun titleN where N is the model number can be used for each model e The built in variable Srun dir is the full pathname of the directory containing the output files for a model If a script refers to multiple models then Srun dirN where N is the model number can be
31. 5 16 1 LINES Lines 4 H Default Line Width This is an ON OFF switch for the lines between points to be drawn for all curves The default is ON The Default Line Width is used for all curves that have not had their widths explicitly set in the CURVE CONTROL menu The default line width can be specified in the preferences file see Appendix H for more details 5 16 3 SYMBOLS symbols _ Symbol Frequency This is an ON OFF switch which controls whether symbols are plotted on top of the curves to help identify them This option affects all the curves that are currently being used If you wish to turn the symbols on for only some of the curves then this switch should be set to ON and the CURVE CONTROL menu should be used to turn the symbols off on the curves for which you do not want symbols drawn on The default is OFF The Symbols Frequency is used for all curves that have not had a frequency explicitly set in the CURVE CONTROL menu This value controls how often a symbol is drawn on a curve 5 16 3 GRID Grid i Width This is an ON OFF switch which determines whether or not grid lines are shown on the plot The default is OFF The Grid Width can be used to change the width of the grid and axis lines de grid on turns grid lines on de grid off turns grid lines off de grid th 2sets the grid thickness to 2 pixels The default grid width and visibility can be specified in the preferences file see Appendix H for more details Page 5
32. 70 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 16 4 AXIS axis Width Colour The Axis Width can be used to change the width of the axis lines The COLOUR button can be used to change the colour of the axis lines see Section 5 6 2 for details on the available colours The default axis width can be specified in the preferences file see Appendix H for more details 5 16 5 BORDER Border i Width A Colour This is an ON OFF switch which determines whether or not a border is drawn round the plot The default is ON The Border Width can be used to change the width of the border The COLOUR button can be used to change the colour of the border see Section 5 6 2 for details on the available colours 9 16 6 FIX LINE STYLES FixStyles 7 This is an ON OFF switch which resets the curve styles when they are plotted on the screen so that the curves cycle through the default T HIS colours and styles as they are plotted This will result in the first curve being plotted always being white the second red the third green etc regardless of their curve numbers The default is OFF 5 16 7 Background Background Image NH This option can be used to modify the background colour see Section 5 6 2 for details on the available colours or to set a background image By default the background colour is set to BLACK Page 5 71 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Image Display Options Background The IMAGE option can be use
33. Background Sets the background colour see Section 5 16 7 for more details Swap Swaps the current foreground and background colours see Fore Back Section 5 16 9 for more details Plot Format Set the current plot format see Section 5 15 5 2 for more details Page 6 2 Plotting Plot Zoom Point Autoscale Centre Display Title Axis Display y Grid Symbols y Lines y Border Swap Fore Back Plot Format e Display Title Axis Display Grid Symbols Lines y Border Foreground Background Swap Fore Back Plot Format Pa User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 6 1 6 Images Images BMP JPEG The Images drop down menu can be used to save the current displayed graphs as m an image in a number of formats In addition to saving an image this menu can Fostscrip also be used to read in an image that is used as the background for each graph Background BMP Capture the image as a bitmap or JPEG see Section 5 8 1 for JPEG more details Postscript Generate a Postscript or PDF image see Section 5 8 2 for more details Background This option can be used to set an image as the background for each graph see Section 5 8 3 for more details 6 1 Options Options Command File The Options drop down menu can be used to access all the following functions Settings Command File see Section 5 11 for more details FASI TCF Settings Change data sources and other settings see Section 5 17 for Conv
34. Because of these new commands version 9 3 FAST TCF scripts generated by T HIS can not be used in previous releases New commands have been added for generating and positioning multiple graphs and pages New commands for generating images containing multiple graphs and pages New variables have been added for accessing the output values of the ERR command New built in variables run_nameN run_titleN and run_dirN for multiple models New built in variable SFTCF PATH New Features for FAST TCF version 9 2 FAST TCF has been extensively revised to include almost all of the T HIS commands The improved functionality does mean that old scripts may have to be changed to meet the new standards NOTE FAST TCE is not 100 compatible with pre version 9 1 input scripts e Variables have changed to allow more flexibility but the old rule for filenames wordl word2 has now been discontinued filenames must all be one word e Rigidwall command must now have n for the xtf file output rather than nothing at all e Shell and Solid effective strain must have the fourth word eff to distinguish them from other types of strain that have been added e No FAST TCF defaults for plot setup defaults are now the T HIS standard ones New features since version 9 1 Reading of keyword csv csv2 and bulk data files keyboard entry e Operation commands order cat r ave stress logx logx10 translate vector2D window e Vari
35. Files button allows the user Apply Cancel to specify which ASCII files are to be created M 1 ARUP GENERIC SLED MODEL All of the ASCII fil itten into th ro the LSDA file 2 CRUSH TUBE 3 FI ARUP DUMMIES OASYS VEHICLE FR Page 5 22 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 5 EDIT Options This menu allows you to examine and make modifications to the curve data points You are always working on a scratch copy of the curve The permanent curve is only updated when you SAVE it explicitly Moving around the curve data is done through the use of scroll bars on the data panel Save Saves the edited curve as either anew curve or overwrites the original Restart Resets the curve being edited to the values at the start of the edit session Quit Quits the curve editor without making any changes to the curve Labels Allows the title axis and line label to be changed see Section 5 5 3 for more details Replace Allows curve values to be changed by overtyping the x and y values Insert Before Inserts a new point in the curve before the selected point Insert After Inserts a new point in the curve after the selected point Delete Deletes the selected point Restart Quit Labels T HIS Curve Editor ax Command Replace Insert Before Insert After Delete points 1001 Point Unda A value Y value 0 000000E 00 0 000000E 00 9 940239E 05 1 03553
36. HIS Curve Manager Table un ra QD Curve ID sortby CurvelD y Curve ID ID Label i 4 i Disp x Node 1343 EN BEN TATAE BEN Eee ENSE DANTE EJE isp y node 1344 Disp y Node 1345 13 141 MIL Page 5 15 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 If the curve labels are too long E to be seen in the standard Curve CURVE CONTROL Manager menu then the menu can be turned into a floating Curve Manager menu by selecting the header After undocking the menu it can be re docked by Table S selecting gt gt gt Dock Curve Range Select sort Dy Curve ID T Curve ID Curve ID ID Label Page 5 16 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 3 1 Reordering Curves Attached to each of the curve number buttons is apopup menu that can be used to reorder curves by copying and moving them This menu is accessed by clicking the right mouse button over the curve number buttons INSERT CURVE BEFORE INSERT CURVE AFTER COPY CURVE COPY CURVE STYLE MOVE CURVE MOVE CURVE STYLE DELETE CURVE 9 3 2 Blank Blank All Unblank All Pick Visible Reverse All Blank by Model Unblank by Model Blank by Group Unblank bv Group T HIS INSERT CURVE BEFORE INSERT CURVE AFTER COPY CURVE COPY CURVE STYLE MOVE CURVE MOVE CURVE STYLE DELETE CURVE Inserts the last curve copies
37. NWA Keyword NASTRAN D1 LONG palda COV XY NY Y YY Summary This option will write out curves using the default T HIS curve format One curve file will be written containing all the selected curves along with their Titles Axis Labels Line Labels and styles From version 9 4 onwards the curve file can also contain information on the UNIT system and the X and Y axis units for each curve see Appendix B for more details on the curve file format One file will be written containing all the selected curves using the LS DYNA DEFINE_CURVE format so that the file is suitable for inclusion in a LS DYNA keyword file This option will write out curves using the NASTRAN TABLE DI format Curves are listed sequentially in the file This option will write out curves using as a CSV comma separated variable file that can be read into other programs like Microsoft EXCEL The columns written are x values for the 1st selected curve y values for the 1st selected curve x values for the 2nd selected curve y values for the 2nd selected curve Page 5 13 T HIS CSV X Y Y Y Y Y Summary From version 9 4 onwards the CSV files generated by T HIS can also contain information on the UNIT Output Format CSV DAY AY ALYY Y system and the X and Y axis units for each curve If you don t want to output this information then you v Write UNIT information to CSV file can turn it off The default setting for this option can be set via the preference option
38. Read multiple channels of data from an ISO TS 13499 2003 LS PREPOSI XYDATA Channels format file ISO Single Read a single channel of data from an ISO TS 13499 2003 Channel format file LS PREPOST This is the format used by LS PREPOST 5 1 4 KEYWORD Read data into T HIS from an LS DYNA KEYWORD input file All X Y data defined using DEFINE_CURVE will be read in from the specified input file Any X and Y axis scaling or offsets defined within the DEFINE_CURVE definition will be applied to the X Y as it is read in If the _TITLE option has been used the the title will be used as the curve label otherwise the curve ID number will be used In version 9 3 onwards this option will also process any files specified using the INCLUDE option re kw filename read all curves from KEYWORD input file filename 5 1 5 BULK Read data into T HIS from a Bulk Data file The format of a Bulk Data file is described in Appendix C re bd filename read all curves from Bulk Data file filename 5 1 6 KEYBOARD Key in curve information directly A dialogue window is displayed upon requesting this option where the user will be prompted for title x and y axis labels a curve identifier and then a series of points Once all the points required have been entered carriage return should be pressed The user will then be prompted for the curve or file in which to store this data means use the next free curve Page 5 10 User manual Version 9 4 Novemb
39. SWE Stonewall energy ape pes see Spring an camper ones es pes Ho _ Hourglassenergy ies yes pe SDE system danping energy PI yes pes 5 fominemlewsy M O si Sting iertac energy pe pes Ew Extemalwork E bes fe RBE Rid Body sopera Os TE froweey o po TER roca energy aio E e Jes vx averaue x velocity ies yes pe vy average Y velocity Des Pe pes WZ average Zvelosiy Des Pe pe mzoe ime perzone yee E be pes Aw ted mass Si be pes pm suse Massinowase e pes ke Foded Kineiceeny peo pes Be Eroded ineralenewy O yes ies ER Energy Ratio wo ded O be pes ROE Curren Disortonal Kine Energy ss RMX Maximum Distoriona Kine Enery _ ses Droo Convergence Factor O es DRKE Tota Kinetic Enerey OOO e A 2 Part Data Components For Parts the following data components are available Component THF a3that XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCII KE Kineticenergy bs bs dyes IE internat energy yes bs yes Ha Hourglass energy xs Pp jyes pe TE Total energy yes Pp fyes dyes pm fxmomenwmoooooooloo lvos yes Page A 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS YM f momentum yes vs ZM Zmomentim Eyes yes vx Average X velocity lye yes bes VY JAverageYvelety lyes yes bes vz Average Z velocity s vs bes MA Mas yes yes s EE Eroded Internal energy lol lyes dyes ER Ener
40. TO LOAD OTHER FILES FAST TCE has the option of reading in curve files and other FAST TCF files nested within the input file T HIS now writes out and reads in curve styles and internal tags FAST TCF recognizes these tags if the user wishes to refer to them later on in the input file If they are relative then the include files must be relative to where T HIS is running from Filenames can contain spaces but if they do then they must be enclosed in quotes e g read c my documents filename cur word Bulk data bulk data file readcsv csv file ill file type 2 su Keyword readk keyword file name FAST TCF inc include file 1 1 Include name Keyboard entry can also be added into the FAST TCF file allowing for simple curves to be created in T HIS The keyword for this is keyboard The order of the following words is important and must be adhered to see below The continuation line character is useful here Keyword following word following word Keyboard xaxs xaxisname yaxs ly axis name label curve label xval yval xval2 yval2 xval3 yval3 etc for example to create an acceleration curve with a straight line at value 1 0 keyboard title straight line xaxis time yaxis accn label straight line at 1 0 data 0 000000 1 000000 1 000000 1 000000 Page 7 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 4 INPUT FOR DATA EXTRACTION REQUESTS Each data extraction request occupies on
41. Time Window MUNI Criteria from an Accel convertion factor 10000 acceleration time history D Show HIC value M rompted for UN E l rte To Screen Write To File window and l i the File default hic acceleration conversion factor Normally this option writes the HIC value to the screen If required the values may also be written out to a file using the WRITE TO FILE option The time unit for the input curve should be seconds T HIS look at the range of the X axis values and if the range is gt 1 then T HIS will assume the x axis values are in ms and it will automatically divide the x axis values by 1000 If the y axis values are not in G then an optional factor can be specified that T HIS will DIVIDE the y axis values by to convert them to G Example factors for different units are Unit Factor m s 9 81 mm s 9810 mm ms 0 00981 In addition to calculating and reporting the HIC value the time window and value can be displayed on the graph using the Show HIC Value option See Appendix E for more details on the Head Impact Criteria calculation eration H IL m ELI 004 0 06 1 08 Time Acc mag node 1345 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 11 9 HIC d 5 11 10 CLI 5 11 11 EXC 5 11 12 VC HIC d is used to calculate the Head Injury Criteria for the Free Motion Headform used within the FMVSS201 legislation The equivalent dummy HID d is calculated as follows HIC d 0 754
42. _ unblanked Curves Select Curves FASTTCF Script Curve Group Output lw All Curve Groups Select Curve Groups n Image Output This option can be used to add the commands to the FAST TCF script to generate an image of each graph page that is selected for output In addition to selecting the image format a filename can also be specified that is used in the FAST TCF script as the output filename for images Page 7 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 1 5 2 FAST TCF Script Curve Output This option can be used to add commands to the FAST TCF script to write curves out to a T HIS curve file By default this option will add commands to the FAST TCF script write any curves that are unblanked in a graph to a curve file Instead of writing all of the unblanked curves out to a file the Select Curves option can be used to select a subset of curves 7 1 5 3 FAST TCF Script Curve Group Output This option can be used to select additional curves for output to the FAST TCE script by curve group If a curve is selected that is also unblanked in one of the graphs the command to regenerate it are only added to the FAST TCF script once This option will also add the commands to regenerate the selected curve groups to the FAST TCF script Page 7 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 2 PAGE GRAPH LAYOUT AND SELECTION FAST TCE scripts can contain commands to create and position multiple graphs T H
43. a wildcard search but you can specify a value by typing into the appropriate text box When you have filled in all the fields you need press APPLY to start the search Box name and Function fields are APPLY DISMI unlikely to be of use to most users you can list all valid events using button to provide a menu to pick from The ANY button may be used for any field to restore it to its default wildcard status search Specification 5 7 6 Command Line Mode Session Command File Control The available features in command line mode for command and session file control are very basic A session file can recorded at any point by typing SF in the GLOBAL MENU followed by the desired filename This is equivalent to the RECORD button in screen menu mode The session file can be closed by typing CS and is automatically written to disk This is equivalent to pressing the STOP and SAVE TO DISK buttons in screen menu mode To execute an existing command file in T HIS simply type CF followed by the filename No previewing reviewing or editing of command session files is possible in command line mode 5 7 7 Command Files From Earlier Versions Of T HIS Command files recorded in Version 9 0 or earlier will not work in T HIS 9 4 Page 5 39 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 8 IMAGE Options Images ax BMP JPEG Postscript PDF Background 5 8 1 BMP JPEG oon Images BMP JPEG a Postscript PDF Background co
44. and T HIS curve 7 0 functions MACRO Functions Automatic FAST TCF Script Generation Interactive FAST TCF playback Right click curve operations from within graphics window Enhanced interactive control of graph fonts colours and text size Embedded preference editor Extended oa_pref options New Features for version 9 0 Description Graphics Box Options and Screen Layout Multiple Data Component Selection Improved Curve Operations New Maths Commands LOG x LOG10 x Show HIC 3ms Clip New Automotive Commands HIC d NIJ TTI Curve Style manipulation Curve Title and axis manipulation Curve tags Working with more than 1000 curves LSDA file reading SETTINGS menu New Preference file options Fast TCF Fast automated LS DYNA results extraction and plotting using T HIS New Features for version 8 2 Description Curve reordering New Line Styles for colour plots Read KEYWORD option Read CSV option Write NASTRAN TABLE D1 option Write CSV option User defined Grid Intervals Multiple Y Axis New plot formats Improved COMbine function Improved Automotive filter functions New Preference file options New Features for version 8 1 Description Support for DEFORC ASCII file Support for NODOUT ASCII file Support for RCFORC ASCII file Support for SBTOUT ASCII file Automatic Labelling of Maxima amp Minima Page 0 2 UA N UI Ui bd I U I NI Nn i oo 5 endix H 5 11 8 amp
45. and select Open with from the popup menu You will get the Open with panel Open With Ei x e Type in a suitable description of the thf files For example LS DYNA complete Click the program you want to use to open the file thastun fra that the Always use box here IF the program vau want is nat in the list click Other is ticked or ne e Use the directory browsing window to find Description of ffa files the correct T HIS executable You are looking for file this 92 exe If you can t remember where it 1s installed use Start gt Find gt Files or Folders to locate Choose the program you want to use it r e Click on OK to close the Open With window This should start T HIS but at present it won t know about device type or filename so select STOP to exit it E Acrobat acrocat s Acrodist Acroread A aim Mo AXCD Play P v Always use this program to open this file OK Cancel Other If T HIS doesn t start check through what you ve done and ask Oasys Ltd for help if you can t resolve the problem Page 1 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 e In any folder window click on 2 x View then select Folder HE Options from the menu Folder View File Types Registered file types EU Hew Type fe Acrobat Rep File Tay Acrobat Profile File Remove Adobe Acrobat Document Edit Ej Adobe Acrobat Forms Document Adob
46. are requested for a plot It is independent of the curve id but dependent on the order the curves are requested in the plot command The style is given its own tag which the user can request on the image FAST TCE line This is useful for producing plots from FAST TCE that all have the same curve appearance For the following words each space represents a new curve style definition The styles for each curve are defined by the type keywords below separated by commas e g style ENERGIES solid green norm dash blue heavy sol bold yel 500 style name curve 1 curve 2 curve 3 When a plot is requested FAST TCF will apply the curve styles to the list of curves in order in the plot So in the example above the first curve would appear green the second curve blue and the third yellow The individual curve style keyword stylec is the more traditional way of styling a curve that a T HIS user would be more familiar with FAST TCE styles the single curve id instantly The user can only define one style at a time e g stylec 12 solid green norm style curve number 12 style to apply Page 7 30 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS fine Inormal normal heavy triange dependent on curve ourglass ross ircle dot null frequency number 7 11 2 Plot setup n keyword following words plot setup words These options set the appearance of any plots that are created afterwards They ar
47. are totally separate they can be thought of as two separate tape recorders As a consequence it is possible to record commands that are being played back in effect it is possible to edit and combine files Page 5 37 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 7 2 Executing Command Session Files u a u Playing Back Playback Record Command Files Playback Pause Resume As above the PLAYBACK COMMAND FILES menu shown right must be Record Resume invoked from the COMMAND SESSION FILES window Filename and mode This is done by pressing the playback CONTROLS button An existing file File must then be read This is analogous to i loading a tape into the tape recorder it is then converted into an internal scratch format random access as above and can Preview mode REREAD FILE be played back of previewed at will E roger tcf Once a file is read in either PLAYBACK a Playback mode DELETE FILE or PREVIEW mode may be selected PLAYBACK actually executes the commands PREVIEW simply lists them without executing them File position and control lt lt SEARCH PLAY gt SEARCH gt gt The file may be stepped through backwards or forwards at will and searches made for commands Playback lt STEP commences at the current line when PLAY is pressed so it is possible to skip unwanted commands or repeat a sequence TOP STOP STEP gt i Goto line END As with R
48. background and black foreground Once the image is captured the colours are reset to their original values Page 5 40 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 8 1 1 File Format 8 bit file formats BMP Uncompressed BMP Compressed PNG GIF 24 bit file formats BMP PNG JPG PPM 5 8 1 2 Resolution All images can be output at either the screen resolution or at a resolution of either 2 or 4 times the screen resolution Uncompressed 8 bit Microsoft windows bitmap The approximate size of the file in bytes is file size image width image height 8 bit RLE Microsoft windows bitmap 8 bit Portable Network Graphics Graphics Interchange Format Uncompressed 24 bit Microsoft windows bitmap The approximate size of the file in bytes is file size 3 image width image height 24 bit Portable Network Graphics JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group file Uncompressed Portable PixMap The approximate size of the file in bytes is file size 3 image width image height T HIS 8 bit BMP Uncompressed y o bit file formats BMP Uncompressed BMP Compressed PNG GIF 24 bit file formats BMP PNG JPG PPM Screen _ XScreen 4x Screen Page 5 41 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 8 2 Postscript BMP JPEG Postscript PDF Background This menu can be used to save an image containing one or more graphs to either aPDF Plot All Pages Postscript file or Posts
49. base 10 x axis values Sine radians assumed Arc sine Cosine Arc cosine Tangent Arc tangent User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 11 AUTOMOTIVE Automotive a Options ceo ciso ceoo cio00 BUT BIJ Tp FIR HIC HICid 3ms CLIP The AUTOMOTIVE is shown in th fi a right The eo Be a EKC VO Aal THIV MIJ number of operations that can be performed on TTI NOR s NOR x REG EG curves typically finding their use in the Automotive industry They consist of filters and VECfed ACL COR 1 COR COR3 injury criteria calculations along with a number jas _ACU CORI COR of other useful functions y All the options in the AUTOMOTIVE menu require a single set of curves as input except the VEC and VEC 2D options which require groups of 3 or 2 curves respectively as input but only output a single curve See Section 5 0 for more information on curve groups Notes on using the various filters When filtering curves the sampling rate of the data should be considered it should be at least twenty times the filter cutoff frequency if good results are to be obtained T HIS will reject attempts to filter curves for which the sampling rate is too low if this happens the REG option can be used to increase the number of points This will allow the filter to function although it is not a good substitute for obtaining data at a higher sampling rate For more information on the filters and injury crit
50. can be displayed using 3 different formats Values are displayed using exponential format all values are displayed as values of EO E3 E6 etc e g 11 234E 03 Values are displayed using exponential format e g 1 123E 04 Values are displayed as real numbers e g 11234 000 Decimal Places In addition to specifying the format the number of decimal places can also be set between 0 and 9 5 21 3 Legend Curve Properties This option can be used to Curves Legend automatically added curve properties to the curve labels in Of the legend area Append The following curve properties APP can be added to each curve label nd line Maximum value Minimum value Average value Injury Criteria HIC HICd etc Update Other options Select All bone Off Turns off the Visible Show Curves display of curve properties in the I L L L LL amp dd Maximum I L L L LL Add Minimum I L LL Lp Add Average O LC LCC LLL eee mam legend x Mode 1343 Append Add the values to x Node 1344 the same line as the curve labels in x Made 1345 the legend mc x Made 1346 2nd Display the values Line using a second line 5 Disp x Node 1347 for each curve in EFE the legend zb Disp x Mode 1348 ud The format of the numbers added to the curve labels 1s the same as that used to display values on the curves Page 5 86 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 0 21 4 Positioning Values By def
51. files are read if they exist and the last preference read will be the one used so the file can be customised for a particular job or user at will Files do not have to exist in any of these locations and if none exists the programme defaults will be used On Unix and Linux SHOME on Unix and Linux is usually the home directory specified for each user in the system password file The shell command printenv or on some systems setenv will show the value of this variable if set If not set then it is defined as the directory for the user The command cd pwd will show this On Windows SUSERPROFILES on Windows is usually C Documents and Settings lt user id Issuing the set command from an MS DOS prompt will show the value of this and other variables Generally speaking you should put e Organisation wide options in the version in SOA ADMIN xx and or 0A_INSTALL e User specific options in HOME USERPROFILE e Project specific options in the current working directory The file contains preferences for the SHELL lines commencing shell THIS lines commencing this D3PLOT lines commencing d3plot PRIMER lines commencing primer and REPORTER lines commencing reporter All lines take the format lt preference name gt lt preference value gt The general copy of the preference file should be present in the SOA_ADMIN_xx and or SOA_ INSTALL directory This should contain the preferences most suitable for all software users o
52. fima ma Dino x Mode 1343 f Deo Dao x Mode 1344 Dapy Kode 1344 url in Cap i Mode 1345 E 400 062 0504 0068 60 dO Time lt pap r Mode 143 Cee mag i fag 1 Mode 1344 ep mag Dsp Mode 1345 The various sub windows always exist within the master window and may be moved and resized at will inside it They will keep their relative size and position as the master window is changed in size and or shape and will reappear after the main window is de iconised Page 2 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 The default layout of the main sub windows is as follows Main Menu Options Aapkucs Agta Mena Area Dialogue end List Global Commands These windows cannot be dismissed A brief description of their functions is Main Menu Provides access to the majority of the commands and options available in T HIS through a series of Options sub menus see Section 6 Graphics area Is where graphs are drawn In T HIS 9 4 this area can contain a maximum of 32 graphs see Section 3 Alternativley if graphs have been organised into pages see Section 3 3 then this area will display a single page of graphs Dialogue amp list Allows command line input and output also provides a listing area for messages Menu Area Displays the commands and options associated the current selection fromthe main menu options Global Gives access to commonly used commands see Section 4 Com
53. for curves name Set the X axis unit for all curves cy cure curve 2 to curve n u ur ends the curve list name Set theY axis unit for curves name Set the Y axis unit for all curves The Unit name can be any of the following Time_____________frotation__________ Momentum EmergyDen Energy RotVel Density MassFlow Work __________Hot Acce _Btress_Frequeney __ Temperature Length Strain SS Power _____ Displacement rea R S SEE 7 5 4 Curve Unit Systems If a curve has been read in from any source other than a model then the Unit System can also be set Keyword second word third word additional words notes 0 0 cu curve 1 curve 2 to curve n Unit System namel ends the curve list THE Set the Unit System for curves i THE Unit System namel ends the curve list Set the Unit System for all curves Page 7 21 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 6 CURVE TAGS In FAST TCF any operation that uses one or more curves as an input can reference the curve using either the curve number or a curve tag The use of curve Tags is strongly recomend as it enables scripts to be easily modified and sections added deleted without having to renumber all the curve references within the script Curve tags are defined for a curve by adding the keyword TAG to the data extraction command followed by the tag e g node 42 force y dir tag curve 1 node i d 42
54. group group 1 to a new file output_file cur append output_file cur curve_l amp group 1 Append curve 1 and all the curves in curve group group 1 to the file output file cur csv output csv curve 1 curve 2 Write all curves with tags that start with curve 1 or curve 2 to a CSV called output csv NOTE There is no limit to the number of curves that can be output to a file but there is a limit to the number of items that can be specified in the curve list currently 100 If more than 100 curves are to be output to a file then a curve eroup containing all of the curves should be created and used within the curve list Alternatively if the curves are being written to a T HIS curve file then the first 100 curves can be output using the cop keyword and then additional curves can be appended to the file using the app keyword Page 7 40 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 14 FAST TCF ADDITIONAL 7 14 1 T HIS preferences and additional commands There are a number of additional commands that improve the functionality of FAST TCF such as labeling resetting values tagging curves and defining variables All following words must be on the same line The variables section is explained in more detail below e g report 3ms err hic FAST TCF clp written to FAST TCF err written to FAST TCF hic written to define file lsda define Isda as default file copy output cur 1 file name copy c
55. gt Location for initial LEFT RIGHT BOTTOM TOP oe on multi screen LEFT BOTTOM LEFT TOP RIGHT BOTTOM RIGHT TOP hite background iid RUE FALSE FALSE background The following strings and values control laser plotting setup y2 axis colour FOREGROUND WHITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE FOREGROUND YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE TURQUOISE 1 INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 COL 16 COL 17 OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 Preference Type Description Valid arguments Default aser top margin real lTopmarginsizeinmm 110 laser bottom margin krealb Bottom margin sizeinmm Bo laser left margin kreal gt Leftmarginsizeinmm__ ___po__ laser_right_margin krealb Rightmarginsizein mm fO The following options affect the appearance and behaviour of the graphical user interface left handed support and the mouse Preference Type D escription alid arguments Default Page H 7 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 size 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 Saturation 0 0 1 0 dv left shift string gt Dyn view action for ROTATION XYZ ROTATION XY shift Left mouse OTATION Z ROTATION SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM UP VE N D string gt Dyn view action for ROTATION_XYZ ROTATION_XY shift Middle mouseROTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM_UP_ VE D dv middle shift dv right shift string gt Dyn view action for shift Right
56. if values format varf variable description variable name to outputineeded name REPORTER vara variable curve property if values format varf variable description variable name to outputineeded name append 7 12 1 Available Curve Properties Various advanced requests can be performed e g first non zero Y maximum in a window and the table below describes them in more detail Requests which require inputs e g tl and t2 of a window take the default values in the table if the following words do not appear to be numbers or if no following words exist Property to output property value words word Minimumx A Cra A J e Maxmumx J 1 1 nma Eo e Minimum y min Xatminimumy e Jpetmn Eo at minimum x yatmin Minimum y in window t1 t2 mow o t and t2 default t1 1E19 and t2 1E19 at minimum y in window t1 t2 default t1 1E19 and t2 1E19 Maximum y max po at maximum y xatmax pp Yatmaximmx AJ Arr default t1 1E19 and t2 1E19 Hic 1 0 5 JJ TJhi E A a A SEEN A at X default xvalue 1E19 X when Y is passed after gate time y value amp gate default yvalue 1E19 time gate 1E19 nonzero 1 1000000th of curve max X at last non zero Y i e nonzero 1 1000000th of curve max X at first non zero Y Page 7 37 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Y value at last non zero Y Th a oy Error Function Max difference amp time ma
57. label colourkstring FOREGROUND WHITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE second Y axis CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE TURQUOISE label INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 COL 16 COL 17 OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 SER 6 V2 axis size string gt Font size for B 10 12 14 18 24 Default Default an Y axis v2 axis font string mem for Helvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium Default c Y axis Courier Bold Times Medium Times bold Default OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 SER 6 legend size strings ont size 8 10 12 14 18 24 Default urve sends legend_font string gt Font for Helvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium Default second curve Courier Bold Times Medium Times bold Default legends legend colour kKstring FOREGROUND WHITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE FOREGROUND YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE TURQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 COL 16 COL 17 OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 SER 6 The following strings and values control how T HIS starts Preference Fype Description Walid arguments Defaut eraphics type string Graphics format to start OPENGL TTY DEFAULT OPENG A j NO Rum C d CO string
58. line Space characters are used to divide the line into words The input script is NOT case sensitive Unless detailed elsewhere in this manual the first few usually three characters of the first word on the line discriminate the request of a particular entity and the syntax which applies to reading in the remaining words on the line If the first word on the line is not recognised the program ignores it it is treated as a comment The last words on the data extraction request lines allow options for filtering Y axis scaling HIC average and a short reference tag The tags may be used for operation and plotting requests The last words on the plotting request line allow options for title line style and axis changes A successful data extraction always has a curve outputted if there is no output e g HIC ERR then a duplicate curve 1s outputted This helps with tagging output curves 7 1 2 Running FAST TCF UA O Ste 7 1 2 1 Automatic running FAST TCF is integrated into the T HIS executable and can be accessed from the command line or the shell Command line syntax lt this executable gt tcf lt FAST TCF input file gt start_in lt start directory gt exit batch lt thf file name gt e g this93 exe tcf side_impact tcf start_in e side_impact runl exit runl thf The lt thf file file gt start in exit and batch syntax are all optional NOTES e fno THF file is specified then T HIS will search the di
59. me Th yes FY yForee Les yes FZ Z Rowe po yes yes RM Force Magnitude yes yes MX Momentinx fo yes yes MY Messi O mz Momentinz J MM NENNEN yes yes Loo pe yes Lo bhs yes A 21 Nodal Rigid Body Data Components For nodal rigid bodies the following data components are available Page A 14 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Component rF casino xrr ao ESDA imou sc Do kbipicemem ul ho ho Dy YDisplacement pe pes oz Tipica peo pes Du Displacement Magnitude M pes vx fva es pe vv fve ul ho pe za ul de vw venia Mamme ives he ax Aceelertion E e pe Av Vv accenso pe pes Az e pes aM ocean Magnitude O es es x pcoodme O ho pe cv coontinte pe pe cz zCoorinae pe pes Rx kron pe pe kv Roun SSS pe pes zo o ZRouon OO pe pes kw Rotation Mazine pe pe Rvx xmowniveeig pe pes Ryy Rowationa Velocity es pes Rvz 2 Rotational Velocity yes pes Rym Rouioni Velocity Magna yes pes Rax Rotation Acceleration _ pe pes Ray Y Roon Accderiion yes pes RAZ Rodora Acceleration _ yes pes RAM Rotational Acceleration Magnnude be pes a ves SY Dz Direction Cosine ir O L bis Direction Cose r8 SYS ves Dal bieeionCosne2 be Do bieeionCosine2 pe Dos bieeionCos
60. occur should the operation go ahead and an opportunity given to modify or abort the pending operation There is a further output option that is only valid for operations where the input is a curve group meaning overwrite the input curve s In this case the input curves are overwritten without warning For example this option might be used to integrate a set of curves overwriting the original results with the integrated values Any curve number between 1 and 999 may be used as an input or output curve It is not necessary to use curves sequentially gaps are permitted in curve number usage Therefore curves 1 and 10 can be used for example without having to use the intervening curves 2 to 9 Likewise deleting a curve will no longer cause those above it to be renumbered downwards to fill the gap Page 5 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 0 3 Curve Operations The functions available fall into three distinct groups 1 Separate functions involving two groups of curves where the result is of the form Rn lt G1n gt OP lt G2n gt 2 Separate functions involving only one group of curves where the result is of the form Rn OP lt G1n gt 3 Single output from only one group of curves where the result is of the form lt R gt OP lt G1 1 n gt 1 Separate Functions On Two Groups MES Jo highest These functions display a menu in which two groups of curves may be selected se
61. on View then select Folder Options from the menu Select the File Types tab at the top Scroll down until you find the file type currently associated with thf files Highlight it and click on Edit The procedure is then the same as the above except that you are replacing Icon click on Change Icon Application click on Edit instead of defining new values If you are unsure it may be easier to Remove the current registered file type then start afresh from 1 above 1 2 To make xtf cur and bdf files open in T HIS by double clicking on them The procedure is exactly the same as for th files and must be carried out for each of the file types that you wish to process by double clicking xt LS DYNA Extra Time History file cur T HIS Curve file bdf T HIS Bulk Data file Note that File types thf and xtf are opened in this way but no contents are read in File types cur and bdf are opened and their complete contents read in Page 1 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX J Typed Commands 1 Global Menu D DLADK k ONUENSE AN C ONC CLA OU Double Y axis ON OFF F Command file read SF Session file write EX Exit 00000 Backspace Top level menu Q Abort operation End of command string 2 List Commands S List all files in current director LC List all files cur in current director B List all files b
62. pecifies a new x axis label istYaxis yt euwetortag _p__________ putstecumeontheistyaxis nd Y axis yg__ euwetortag putsthe curve on the 2nd y axis From version 9 4 onwards curve properties such as the minimum and maximum values can be displayed in the legend area as well as within the graph area The following commands use a new properties keyword and can be used to specify the font colour and background used to display values as well as selecting which values are displayed on each curve usd Po NN word i 8 10 border standard omfoft lt Set a border colour round the text and turn it on off colour Co aa Turn on off a line connecting the text to the min max value location nmm poly p Only displaytheyvalue nm ky pr Display both the x and y values on a single line nm by pp p Display both the x and y values on separate lines properties format font hm sets up font used to display curve properties hb cb courier bold tm times new roman medium etc font sizes in pt 8 10 12 etc background standard FOO Set a background colour for the text colour transparencylinteger Set the background transparency 0 100 value lt type gt Set the unit format to one of automatic general Scientific for graph n precision m Set the number of decimal places displayed for the y axis values to m in graph n properties legend format A SEEDS Turn off the display of cu
63. section of the menu will show the setting for that curve The SAVE button can be used to save the current set of line styles to a file while the RELOAD button can be used to reload a set from a previously saved file The DEFAULT button will reset all the curve styles to the original T HIS settings If you wish to modify the colour style of more than one curve at a time additional curves may be selected by pressing the button next to each curve number that depicts the current line style SELECT ALL and DESELECT ALL may be used to select deselect all the curves Line Styles can also be edited using the dialogue box 9 6 1 APPLY SAVE T HIS Line Style Colour C Symbol Frequency EE Width Style Line Label GO UNDO zeviace MON Select All Deselect All Show Curves 1 2 Sei RAE A 10 11 12 13 14 15 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Vel mag Node 100000 Vel mag Node 100000 Vel mag Node 100000 Vel mag Node 100000 Vel mag Node 100000 Accel mag Node 100000 Accel mag Node 100000 Accel mag Node 100000 Accel mag Node 100000 Accel mag Node 100000 This button will APPLY the current line colour symbol width and style selection to all the curves that have been selected Page 5 29 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 6 2 COLOUR Com Pressing t
64. sx ses e po smx Marimum Principa Sues ee pe MN Minimum Principal Suess es e Sd Sms Maxima Shear Suess yes pe svym VonMiesstes pe pe Sav average Suess Pasay ies abo Er Ternera Ps I EXx swaininxx pe Ses vy senny es pe z smmmzz e pe exw rannXY e pe eyz smiimyz e pe Ex swinimzx fe Sd yes wx Maximum Principa Swain yes pe EMN Minimum Principal Strain yes pe EMS Maximum Shear Swain yes pe EVM vonmi Sin fe pe Fav average Swain e fe bo Mmenmx be PD y Mommy es Sid xv Momen ies Sid ox swartweinx e pj v heafoeemy Des pj Nx Nemaweimx yes pl Nv Normatfoweiny ies pj xv NormatfoweinxY he Sid A EAE Miscellaneous components To Thickness yes 1 internal energy density yes MI Extra components An Extra Data Component ys AS Stress amp strain tensors are in the global cartesian system unless the option to use material axes has been invoked for orthotropic materials Results are available at top and bottom integration points and mid surface The strain tensor 1s optional Force and moment resultants are lt data gt per unit width and are written in the element local axis system Refer to Theory of Plates and Shells Timoshenko for a precise d
65. the Options top menu This will bring up a panel from which you may assign the shortcuts Macros and FAST TCE scripts to the keys Note that upper and lower case letters can be assigned different shortcuts A list of all the available pre programmed shortcuts is given at the end of this section with their default key s if assigned E Ei Ol AT TUT P F Th Bin n i n j 1 s E J E iE Ng Bal EA E 1 a B ja E am 5 a mas m i i 1 3 B fj m ks a T d a z A E T T 7 7 MITT T u F T n T T HIS n T Y Mc a E FF TI ld BE A Ma Ed Da Eid Ed Ed Ed Ed A T T TATA TF Page 6 9 T HIS At the top of the panel you will see the following buttons Restore Defaults the user User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Restores the shortcuts to their default keys removing any shortcuts assigned by Saves the shortcuts to the oa_pref file in the home directory They are saved in the format this A_key AUTOSCALE where the first part defines which key the shortcut is assigned to and the second part is the shortcut being assigned Each shortcut has a specific name to use in the oa_pref file and a list is given below When T HIS is started this is read and the saved shortcuts are restored Reload Preferenc Clears all the shortcuts on the panel Reloads the shortcuts from the oa_pref file in t
66. the user to pick a point in the main graphics screen Pick Screen Polnt s Once a point has been picked the lt x gt and lt y gt Curve 1 Internal energy Airbag 1 values of the point picked are reported along with sf the ID of the nearest curve and the nearest point Nearest Point 0 0781944 11900125 on that curve 1 Point Number 1000 a u BEH After a point has been selected on the screen the slider may be used to move to other points along Fos the same curve 4 4 CLEAR CL Clears the graphics screen 4 5 ZOOM ZM The cursor appears on the screen and may be used to select the required plot area by choosing opposite corners of a box The graphs are then replotted Using ZOOM implicitly turns autoscaling off 4 6 AUTOSCALE AU Autoscales the plot size for all current unblanked curves in the graphics window and re displays the plot 4 7 CENTRE CE Pick a point on the screen using the cursor to be the new plot centre It affects the x y offsets but not the scales 4 8 MANUAL Displays the online HTML version of the manual 4 9 STOP Some operations like reading a file containing many curves in to T HIS can take a long time This button can be used to stop some long opertaions without having to exit from T HIS 4 10 TIDY This option can be used to reset the menu layout to the default settings Page 4 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 4 11 Additional Commands A number of additional glo
67. they want to When the user selects one of the Macro functions the macro file associated with the function is read and T HIS creates a selection menu for the user to define the relevant curve numbers and constant values to input into the macro script These inputs will replace the variables used within the macro For example If the user selects 1 for the macro curve variable macro input then any occurrence of macro input in the macro script will be replaced by 1 Page 5 56 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS An example macro script follows This macro asks the user for a filter option e g c60 c600 c1000 and also an input curve number The macro then filters the input curve and divides by 9810 Macro to convert a file to g after filtering macro acr to g macro title filter and convert curve to g macro curve macro_input input curve macro const macro_filter filter to use model none model 1 oper macro_filter Smacro_input tag filtered oper div filtered 9810 0 Page 5 57 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 14 FAST TCF Options The FAST TCF menu can be used to capture and playback FAST TCF scripts FAST TCF is a simple and intuitive scripting language for T HIS See FAST TCE section 7 for more details and commands 5 14 1 Create FAST TCF Script T HIS 9 2 onwards has the ability to Create Run automatically generate FAST TCF scripts using the CREATE menu Apply The FA
68. to 8 on page 2 T HIS EEE Page 3 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 3x3 Graphs are arranged in a 3 by 3 grid If there are more than 9 graphs then graphs 1 to 9 are positioned on page 1 10 to 18 on page 2 X x Y Graphs are arranged in a X by Y grid 3 3 2 Manual Page Manual Page Layout Layout Advanced mI Manual page layout can be used to give more control over which graphs appear on which page Unlike the Automatic page layouts a graph can appear on more than one page Advanced Page tayout E Page Number The Advanced option displays the Page Layout All 1 2 3 4 s menu Wide a Wide 5 Wide H Wide Wide 5 Wide H This menu can be used to select which graphs appear Fi All i v v v _ on each page Each graph can appear on more than 1 Pa by _ El E Md Eu v m E A range of graphs can be S 3 v E al added removed from pages rn by selecting the first 1 wi lw NI a _ BN graph page combination and then holding down nag 3 kad v E m E SHIFT while selecting the E yl m 7 El e BY second graph page Fach page can have a different layout or they can all be the same Page Number All 1 2 3 4 5 Wide Wide Wide Wide 5 ide a Wide Page 3 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS With the Advanced option the Graph Layout options work in exactly the same way as the Automatic Page Layout options except they only position the graphs
69. txt node_head_accn min append output txt curve tag minimum Y Properties for multiple curves can be output by specifying either multiple tab commands or by using a curve tag containing wildcards or a curve group e g tab output txt node_ max maximum y value file output txt all curves with a tag starting with node_ maximum Y description tab output txt amp group 1 max maximum y value file output txt all curves in group group 1 maximum Y description 7 12 3 Writing out REPORTER variables REPORTER can write curve properties to its reports so FAST TCF needs to output a text file that REPORTER can interrogate to find out the curve properties it needs To tell FAST TCF to output a REPORTER variable the keyword varr is used for backwards compatibility var is sufficient Use vara to append to an existing file e g varr head hic 1 hic hic result for head node REPORTER variable head_hic curve number 1 output request description e g vara max_y 1 max maximum y value REPORTER variable max_y curve number 1 output request description 7 12 4 Setting up new FAST TCF variables to contain curve properties If you wish to use a curve property as a new variable within FAST TCE there are two ways you can achieve this 1 Use the keyword varf This should be used when the user doesn t also require the value to be outputted into a text file or a REPORTER file Page 7 38 User manual Versio
70. type Button text Notation Triangular round and square brackets have been used as follows e Triangular This one is used to show what the computer types It is also used for equations keywords eg This one is used for screen menu buttons eg APPLY To show generic items and special keys For example lt list of integers filename data component gt lt return gt lt control Z gt lt escape gt e Round To show optional items during input for example lt command gt number gt And also to show defaults when the computer prompts you eg Give new value 10 Give model number 12 e Square To show advisory information at computer prompts eg Give filename key THIS gt gt gt DH for Help lt optional command gt lt optional Page 0 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page 0 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 1 Introduction T HIS is an x y plotting program specifically written to perform two functions 1 To produce time history plots from transient analyses such as those performed using LS DYNA 2 To plot any form of x y data that is produced either by a program or by directly typing in values T HIS is a graphically driven interactive program Input and manipulation of data is through a graphical user interface on systems capable of running X Windows applications selections are made through pressing buttons using a mouse On machines not capable o
71. used for each model e The built in variable Sftcf dir is the name of the directory the script is running in e The built in variable Sftcf path is the full pathname of the directory the script is running in Page 7 42 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 14 4 Notes and Presumptions Curves must be in the format lt curve number gt to differentiate between curves and constants Any image will be overwritten if it already exists in the run area Curves are always labeled and then written to files any other options are done in the order of input on the line If your line is getting too long use a Y to designate a continuation line FAST TCF will then join the lines together before processing Page 7 43 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page 7 44 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 APPENDICES A LS DYNA Data Components B Format of a T HIS Curve File C Format of a T HIS Bulk Data File D Filtering E Injury Criteria F Curve Correlation G The ERROR function H The preference file I Command line options and Windows file associations J List of Typed Commands T HIS Page A 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 APPENDIX A LS DYNA Data Components A 1 Model Data Components The following global data components are available pem rr casino xrr same ESDA imou sci br timestep pe ves je kr mee e SAC fs m limemalenergy ies M pes
72. which curves are blanked and unblanked in all of the currently defined graphs By default the Curve Table TUNES ES gt um NG displays a scrolling list of all of Curve Table AT Xx the currently defined curves along with a set of tick boxes Display Curve Groups that display the status of the curve in the current graphs ID Curve Label Alli 1 2 3 Multiple curves can be blanked unblanked from one or more graphs by selecting the first curve graph combination and then using SHIFT to select the the second T T m xl Disp x Node 1343 Disp x Node 1344 Disp x Node 1345 Disp x Node 1346 Disp x Node 1347 Disp x Node 1348 B Disp x Node 1349 Disp x Node 1350 In addition to adding a curve to a single graph the All option can be used to add a curve to all of the current graphs ASIS on Oc Cn amp w M 2 Page 5 18 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS In addition to displaying a listof 7 ES ES NG curves the Curve Table can also Curve Table ba x be used to display a list of curve a If all of the curves in a group are ID Curve Group Name All 1 2 3 unblanked in a graph then the tick box will display a black tick in a white box Curve Group 1 Displacement If some of the curves in a group are unblanked in a graph then the tick box will display a dark grey tick in a grey box Curve Group 2 Velocities 0 le SA A 1 2 3 Curve Group 3 Accele
73. with the lowest id of the ones selected and the Z curve is the last If they are in a different order then the acceleration limits can be modified to reflect the different order For more information on ASI see BS EN 1317 1 E 5 Theoretical Head Impact Velocity amp Post Impact Head Deceleration The theoretical head impact velocity concept has been developed for assessing occupant impact severity for vehicles involved in collisions with road vehicle restraint systems The occupant inside the vehicle is considered to be a freely moving object that as the vehicle changes its speed due to the contact with the restraint system continues moving until it strikes the vehicle interior The velocity magnitude at the time of impact with the vehicle interior is considered to be a measure of the vehicle to vehicle restraint system impact severity After impact the head is assumed to continue moving with the vehicle during the rest of the impact event The post impact head deceleration PHD is calculated as the peak value using a 10ms moving average of the resultant vehicle acceleration after the THIV impact Page E 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS The THIV calculation requires the following inputs Horizontal Vehicle Acceleration Time History Ax Lateral Vehicle Acceleration Time History Ay Yaw Rate Time History Horizontal Distance from the occupants head to vehicle Dx Lateral Distance from the occupants head to vehicle Dx
74. 000 ysc 0 0001 hic lab Head Accn node i d 54 accel mag scale x and y obtain hic value curve label no 1 accel mag filter c60 append output cur node i d 1 accel mag filter with C60 append the curve to a file no 1 accel mag tag node 1 acc node i d 1 accel mag tag the curve node 1 acc for ease of use later in the script Description extra option following following wore word 1 word 2 AN Dale a Gaman han ee 1 t Copy to me into file cop ename ai E LE EN c Y scale faster O factor NN Les fab Jove wos CI Ke e o SE T file request LSDA file request THF file request XTF file request A 7 9 1 Using extra options on multiple curve outputs From version 9 2 onwards multiple curve outputs can be generated from one FAST TCF input line Unfortunately most of the extra options displayed below will NOT work on these multiple outputs However support has been added to allow tagging and labeling of all the multiple curves outputted in one go see section 7 6 1 Page 7 27 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 10 Setting properties for curves The folowing options can be used to set up properties for curves 7 10 1 Setting curve Labels Titles and tags Description keyword second wordlthird word fourthword notes Curve Tag tao curve ortag tag En Specifies a new curve tag urve Title tit Specifies a new curve title S S urve X axis label
75. 035E 00 1 977450E 04 3 974104E 04 4 987331E 04 6 375494E 00 5 970757E 04 6 983984E 04 7 997211E 04 8 950638E 04 1 304 722E 01 9 993564E 04 1 468456E 01 1 097 729E 03 1 621935E 01 1 199052E 03 1 773808E 07 1 29 394E 03 1 914959E 07 1 3991 78 03 2 054395E 01 1 497060E 03 2 185106E401 69 1 798048E 03 1 8993 DE 03 1 997 713E 03 41944E 01 d A 2 099036E 03 The Command text box allows control by command line see Section 5 5 2 for more details Page 5 23 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 5 1 Interactive Curve Editing After a curve has been selected it is displayed using a thicker line to highlight it in any graphs that it is visible in As well as being highlighted the curve points can be edited interactively and the Quick Pick menu in the main Tool Bar see Section 6 1 for more details is replaced with the EDIT menu 5 5 1 1 Modify Page 5 24 LGOS LARGE TEST 9 BELTED SLED TEST gt o o a a 0 075 0 075 0 075 0 075 0 076 0 076 0 076 0 076 Time Yel mag Node 1343 Modify Drag X Y PF Edit Points Modify Drag X Y F Insert Between Pe Delete Point r Locate Restart Save Overwrite Save Highest used 1 Quit Modify Drag AM PF Drag X Y Drag X Drag Y User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Drag Modify the point nearest to the screen pick by dragging it s X Y posi
76. 09 T HIS SPC SPC SPC id florce x Xfoce y Yfoce z J Zfoce O m Force Magnitude moment x Momentinx y MomentinY _ z Momenttinz X m MomentMagnitude SPH SPH id densty Density stra in stre ss ljengh Smoothing Length Spotweld Sw Spotweld id co nstrained ge neralised ma ximum Maximum failure value tj Failure Time sp otweld alxial Axial force s hear hear force ength ength ailure ailure failed if gt 1 0 ma ximum aximum failure value i ailure Time m oment esultant Moment so lid axial xial force s hear hear force ength ength fJailure ailure failed if gt 1 0 ma ximum aximum failure value i ailure Time no n local alxial xial force s hear hear force length ength fJailure ailure failed if gt 1 0 ma ximum aximum failure value i ailure Time ass embly alxial Axial force s hear hear force ength ngth failure ailure failed if gt 1 0 m oment esultant Moment i ailure Time Page 7 17 x 3 IN lt x 3 N lt x 3 D 3 3 D D JJ CD dd gt r CD D ce I I fen Im Im p 7 I D T T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Sp Da Spring id florce aa Force elongation Elongation v Force v Elongation leegy bo o Eney momet Moment rotation Rotation mv p Momenty Rotation fore p GlobalXforee lfoce p fGlobalYfore foce
77. 1 Part 1003 SEA 1 Part 1006 SEA NT Part 1110 ET 1 Part 1138 RIC 1 Part 1137 RIG User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 1 1 6 Entities CH Entities kali Sort By ID al Individual entities can be selected deselected using the mouse Sort By Model Multiple entities may be selected by Seler Sort By IL 1 Holding down the CTRL key when selecting items to add them REUSE ommon IDs to the list of selected entities Wi2 Part 1 LIPPE Sort By Name pa Holding down the SHIFT key when selecting items to add a range of items to the list of selected entities M2 Part 3 BOLSTER SOLIDS 3 Clicking on the first item to be selected and then dragging MT Part 54 UPPER TUBE down the list of items without letting go of the mouse button M2 Part 54 UPPER TUBE Entities can be sorted in four ways MT Part 53 RIDEDOWN SPRING MW Par B8 RIDEDOYYN SPRING Sort by model will list all entities in the lowest M1 Part 70 BREAKAWAY SPRING number model in order of ascending ID PER number then all entities in the MiPar FO BREAKANAT SPRING next lowest model and then move M1 Part 1000 fWwINDSCREEN through the rest of the models in us TTA S TH ascending order M2 Part 1000 MVINDSCREENM T l M1 Part 1001 FLOOR SECTION Sort by ID will list all entities in ascending order showing the model ID for each entity MiPar 1001 FLOOR SECTION Common IDs will list only the entities with IDs t
78. 18 line labels Any text entered using the USER LINES option will be ignored in this plotting mode LGUS LARGE TEST 4 BELTED SLED TEST Acceleration 000 0 07 0 02 0 03 0 04 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 05 0 09 0 10 Time Accel mag Node 1343 Accel mag Node 1344 Accel mag Node 1345 LGUS LARGE TEST 8 BELTED SLED TEST 4 I F Acceleration F 000 0 07 0 02 0 05 0 04 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 05 0 09 0 10 Time Accel mag Node 1343 Accel mag Node 1345 Accel mag Node 1344 Page 5 67 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Full LGUS LARGE TEST Y BELTED SLED TEST This format maximises the 121 plotting area by not showing any line labels Any text entered using the USER 100 LINES option will be ignored in this plotting mode 0 80 C a 5 0 60 iD B 0 40 eT 0 20 A nt CO AT OU TE CAT AG NO OP UY EG l l l l l l 0 20 0 00 0 01 0 02 ds 0 04 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 08 0 09 0 10 mgging LGD9 LARGE TEST 9 BELTED SLED TEST This format maximises the 1 20 plotting area and positions the Accel mag Node 1343 fth h un 1 00 Accel mag Node 1344 Accel mag Node 1345 0 00 0 60 0 40 Acceleration 0 20 A t sa El ui pal rn SS SS FE l l 0 20 000 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 04 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 05 0 09 0 10 Time The size of the legend can be modified by clicking with the left mouse button on the legend border corner and dragging Accel ma
79. 4 November 2009 VISIBLE Page Visible Page visible on Pag This option will select all of the curves that are unblanked Visible Page Visible on Page in any graph on the current page Visible All Pages VISIBLE All Pages Explain This This option will select all curves that are unblanked in at least one graph PICK VISIBLE Alternatively curves may be picked from the screen With this option the left mouse button is used to select curves while the right button deselects curves As each curve is selected deselected its name and number will be reported to the user and it will be highlighted on the screen A range of curves can be selected interactively by dragging out an area on the screen while holding down the left mouse button FILTER This option can be used to filter the list of curves displayed by model When this option is selected a list containing all of the current models in T HIS is displayed and the models can be selected or deselected Any curves that belong to a deselected model will then be filtered out of the curve list SHOW GROUPS This option will display a list of the currently defined curve groups instead of curves By Curve Group TES Output Parner Jl DE Asec tone In addition to selecting individual curves it is also possible to select curves by Curve Group if they have been defined Visible Page Pick Visible Filter Show Curves en as e Ifa curve is defined in more than one grou
80. 46x free motion headform HIC 166 Calculates the 3ms clip Clip Period s USt sx value from an acceleration Screen Label Khu value time history Normally tis Show 3ms Clip value option writes the value to Write To Screen Write To File the screen and produces File defaulft c p a curve of the clip region By default the screen value will be labeled as 3ms value This label can be modified by specifying a different Screen Label If required the values may also be written out to a file using the WRITE TO FILE option In addition to calculating and reporting the 3ms clip value the time window and value can be displayed on the graph using the Show 3ms Clip Value option See Appendix E for more details on the 3ms clip calculation Calculate and displays an EXCeedence plot This is a plot of force y axis versus cumulative time x axis for Automatic which the force level has been exceeded By default the Automatic option will create an exceedence plot using Positive either the ve OR the ve values depending on which the input curve contains most of The Positive option will calculate the exceedence plot using only the points with ve y values The Negative option will calculate the exceedence plot using only the points with ve y values _ Negative Calculates the Viscous SS A V t x C t Criteria from an A constant EMT acceleration time history Cit D tyB Th
81. 5 11 10 5 11 9 5 11 15 5 11 16 Appendix E 6 amp Appendix E 7 5 6 amp Appendix B 5 12 8 5 15 amp Appendix B 5 14 1 1 a uA NI endix H PF Manual Section UA O juanma Ui ON Ui en pad Ui Ui CO Ui NI p Nn NI m Ui UA NO Nn jen Nn is Ui Ui Un UI uA NO NI Nn pa EN 5 endix H User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 New Operate Commands ERR WINDOW MIN MAX AVE New Automotive Commands Acceleration Severity Index ASI New Automotive Commands Theoretical Head Impact Velocity THIV Command line options amp Windows file associations New Features for version 8 0 Description Maximum number of points increased to 2 500 000 BLANK VISIBLE option REVERSE ALL option Screen Picking Curves Support for RWFORC ASCII file New Automotive Command Exceedence plot EXC New Automotive Command Viscous Criteria VC New Seismic Commands Baseline Correction BLC T HIS 5 9 amp Appendix G 5 11 13 amp Appendix E 5 11 14 amp Appendix E Appendix I Manual Section 1 1 32 32 5 0 1 5 1 1 amp Appendix A 5 11 11 5 11 12 amp Appendix E 3 12 12 Text conventions used in this manual Typefaces Three different typefaces are used in this manual Manual text This typeface is used for text in this manual Computer type PART etc Operator This one is used to show what you must type
82. CON area at the bottom of the screen To restore a lIconised windows may be restored by clicking on the icon in the ICON area window Page 2 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 2 5 Dynamic Viewing Using the mouse to change views Dynamic viewing is the name given to the process in which you perform viewing transformations by moving the mouse around the screen non Sht Caontral 2 5 1 Dynamic Translation Dynamic translation uses lt mid mouse gt lt left shift gt The cursor symbol is yellow and looks like The relationship between mouse and image motion is intuitive the object tracks the mouse motion in the screen XY plane The initial position of the mouse is irrelevant 2 5 2 Dynamic Magnification Scaling Dynamic scaling uses lt right mouse gt lt left shift gt The cursor symbol is green and looks like Mouse motion to the right and up makes the image larger left and down smaller The initial position of the mouse is irrelevant A horizontal movement will scale just the x axis while a vertical movement will scale just the y axis Page 2 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 2 6 Tool Bar Options Across the top of the main graphics window are a number of buttons that can be used to access other T HIS menus see Section 6 1 for more details File Graphs Plotting Functions Display Images Options Style 1 053386 M 577 3046 If the graphics box is ma
83. D D D D D AM Automotive options GOUL d G 1000 a D a DU VO m N ICD HIC d value LI 3ms Clip value E X Pla C Viscous Criteria ECER95 C2 Viscous Criteria IIHS ASI Acceleration Severity Index HIV Theoretical Head Impact Velocit IJ Neck Injur VC2 Viscous Criteria MHS _ ASI Acceleration Severity Index U O O THIV Theoretical Head Impact Velocity Z o Z o ad Du ag DE 5 Jn Normal se EG Regularise EC Vector Magnitude EC2 Vector Magnitude 2D ACU Airbag Control Unit A Maths operations SQRT Squre Root OG Natural Log XP e to power of OG10 Log to base 10 To raise to power U A ob AN Tangen N A ne 0 A osine TAN Arc tangent V Displacement to velocity spectra A Displacement to acceleration spectra D Velocity to displacement spectra A Velocity to acceleration spectra AD Acceleration to displacement spectra AV Acceleration to velocity spectra S Produce a design spectrum from a response spectrum S Produce response spectra from input accelerations k D gt gt SE Seismic options Q DUNE al O L Colour laser output L Greyscale laser output A ne width SA Solid axes x 0 amp y 0 axes solid E Read in style file R Write out style file E Reset styles to default settings ST Line styles U m I un C gt e a UN e O un gt O IX Turn fix line
84. E 01 2345678 9 0f 2345678 2345678 9 6 4g 2 3457e 06 2345678 9 6 4G 2 3457E 06 0 000013583 4 3e 1 358E 05 7 12 6 Description From Version 9 3 onwards the description specified as part of the output for a curve property can contain the following keywords that will automatically be replaced with the corresponding curve property Curve Property FAST TCF curve tag label Curve label Entity ID that the curve was created from Model Model ID curve was created from e g tab output txt head max Max accl of node id file output txt curve tag maximum Y description tab output txt head max Model model max accl of node id file output txt curve tag maximum Y description Page 7 39 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 13 FAST TCF CURVE OUTPUT Curves can be written out to either T HIS curve files or CSV files from within a FAST TCF script by using either the app cop csv or csv2 keyword word Ss i filename curve list last word auto will overwrite any previous csv file CSV has the format 2nd last word x will overwrite a start time E T Ya last word x axis start ne interval The curve list for all of these commands can contain either curve tags with or without wildcards curve numbers prefixed with curve groups or to select all curves e g copy output_file cur curve_l amp group 1 Write curve_1 and all the curves in curve
85. ECORD above index marks can be inserted which may be used as targets of a search and also to stop playback INDEX SPEED ERRORS Current command status Line no zi 3 Box name Top menu box Function Button Press Command Command File Page 5 38 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 7 3 INDEX MARKS Index marks Index marks are optional flags that you Index at this line SET CLEAR can set at any line in a file They are not interpreted as commands but rather treated n EM as markers which are used as targets of Index mark action IGNORE SEARCH operation Index mark functions are lt lt FIND NEAT FIND NEXT gt gt SET Set an index mark on this line CLEAR Clear an index mark set on this line CLEAR ALL DISMISS HELP STOP Stop in PLAY REVIEW mode when index found IGNORE Ignore index marks during PLAY REVIEW FIND Finds the next index mark lt lt INDEX searching backwards gt gt searching forwards CLEAR Clear all index marks in the file ALL 5 7 4 SEARCH The SEARCH buttons can be used to find a specific command when in REVIEW mode You can search through the command file for a match to any permutation of the following Box name The name of a screen menu box inside which an event occurred Function The screen menu function type This is button press dialogue etc CommandThe command word s to look for The default for all of these 1s lt any gt ie
86. Functions Display Images Options Blank BEI IA The tool bar is located across the top of the main T HIS window and provides easy access to all of the main T HIS menus from a series of drop down menus In addition to the menus the drop down menus also allow a number of items to be changed dynamically and it provides a constant feedback of the cursor position within the graph area Each graph window contains it s own tool bar that provides a subset of the functions in the main toolbar see Section 6 2 6 1 1 File File Read The File drop down menu can be used to access the following menus Write Read see Section 5 1 for more details Curves Writ Section 5 2 f details le rite see Section 5 2 for more details M E Curve see Section 5 3 for more details Manager Edit Model see Section 5 4 for more details Page Setup Manager MT j Print Edit see Section 5 5 for more details E Manual Page Setup This option is only available on PC s and can be used to access the standard Windows Page Setup menu Print This option is only available on PC s and can be used to access the standard Windows Print menu Manual Displays this manual 6 1 2 Graphs Graphs Create The Graphs drop down menu can be used to create new graphs and to change pu layout options Options Auto hide graph tool bar Create Create a new graph see Section 3 1 for more details Options Modify graph layout options see section 3 1 for m
87. IS Pages can also be created and graphs moved between pages By default T HIS will automatically create a single graph on the Ist Page when it starts If a single graph is required then the script does not need to contain any of the commands in this section If additional graphs are required then by default they will be created on the Ist Page unless multiple pages have been selected a Pra E an en rh th o 55 word word kb b E bb Se Layout page tal pp pp p F setthe page layouttotietal cascade Lp p p F setthe page layouttocascade nt p Lp pp p Fr setihe page layouttoiby1 graphs per page axe Set the page layout to 2 by 2 graphs per page ss Lp prp rp F p Fr JgSettepagelayouto3bySgraphsperpage size m fh p Fr JSettepageszetombynpiels size auto p setthe page sizeto automatic xv m p pp p p pr pJsetthe page layout to m by n graphs per page custom r pr rr p J ettepagelayuttocustom graph ftota mn k p r fp Setthetotalnumberofgraphsto m create pr r pr prp p JQeateanewgap 5 5 dee fal Lp pr fp beletes al graphs except thefirstone n p r r pr r p eJPfAddalgephstopage n poe F r p r p Pfemovealgraphstrompage n n ad graph 5 Addgraph ID to page n n remove lgraph D Remove graph ID from page n delete n p Fr ppeetgap n
88. Input requires all 4 values auto auto sets the value y min value automatically auto X i m Derivative oper__ dif Juven p o p je pen pue B constant Ba E fr t2 aaa constant Error oper err curve 1 curve 2 Value is stored with the output calculation curve Integral per nt euve p poo Least squares per Jsa fuvet hoo o e Map joper map fourve tt feurves2 b o Jo constant constant Normalise oper nor feume t E O G Order foper od curve 1 O O s Page 7 24 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Reciprocal oper ec curve 1 MI Reverse oper__ rev foure 1 1l MENU R oper rev olling r av curve 1 average Smooth oper smo cumesi_ smoothing factor Factor must be an integer tr oper S curve 1 true or engineering gt en nno 1 constant O per c DU constant Translate oper fra cuves Xvaue Yvaue Cd Vector2D joper d jouvef cuves2 OT Vector mag per vee jouvefi fcurve 2 curve 3 oper win curve 1 han cos lead in only for Writes out 2 curves exp cos option Zero curve Joer zer Juven bo jShiftscuveto 00 7 8 2 Maths operation commands Sept pore preme gue c pm command 1 2 words Arc cosine per jaos euweit pp CC Arcsine Jor asin uvet FL lo Arc tang
89. L ommand file name cf lt filename gt Any valid T HIS ommand file eg cf run 1 tcf filename FAST TCF input file tcf filename Any valid T HIS file filename ettings file set filename Any valid T HIS settings file eg set this001 set LS DYNA Model j Any filename from th analysis All the files associated with the model are opened and the CONICET an neq Page 1 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 LS DYNA Model list model_list lt filename gt Ihe model list file should contain the full pecify a file containing a list of models for T HIS to g model_List job_list pathname of one file automatically open from each model that HIS should open Each file should be on a seperate line and it should be the first Item on each line other items seperated 1th commas can be HIS curve file cur lt filename gt or curve lt filename gt pecify a T HIS curve file containing one or more curves for HIS to automatically open eg cur test cur HIS curve file l st curve_list lt filename gt The curve list file or curve lt filename gt should contain the full pecify a file containing a list of curve files for T HIS to pathname of each cure automatically open file that you want g cur test cur HIS to open Each file should be on a S DE HIS bulk data file bdf lt filename gt pecify a T HIS BDF file containing one or more curves for g bdf test cur HIS to automatically open Automatically maximises the
90. LACK RED FOREGROUND REEN BLUE CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE URQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 OL 16 COL 17 COL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 OL 22 COL 23 COL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 OL 28 COL 29 COL 30 USER I USER 2 USER 3 SER 4 USER 5 USER 6 RUE FALSE RUE border width krealp Default line idth for border pixels OL_28 COL_29 COL_30 USER_1 USER_2 USER_3 SER 4 USER 5 USER 6 RUE FALSE FALSE erid width real Default line 1 0 idth for grid pixels The following strings and values control formatting of values for graphs Preference Type D escription alid arguments Default add exponent to label Klogical gt Add axis RUE FALSE RUE multiplier to labe x axis decimal places Kstring gt Number of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Default 3 decimal places displayed for X border_colourkstring gt Border colour FOREGROUND BACKGROUND WHITE BLACK RED REEN BLUE CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE URQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 OL 16 COL 17 COL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 OL 22 COL 23 COL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 x axis format string Format used to Automatic General Scientific Default Automatic display X axis Default Automatic Value y_axis_decimal_places Kstring gt Number of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Default 3 decimal places displayed for Y y axis format string Format used to Automatic General Scientific Default Automatic display Y axis Defaul
91. Off off Maximum Value minim and maximum aves sony Display Maximum Value All Curves Minimum value Display Minimum Value Format Update Page 5 83 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Curves Summary Curve Properties This option will display a single Curves Legend minimum maximum value from all curves currently displayed E Maximum value The following properties can be displayed Summ any IR Display Maximum value Maximum Mark the maximum All Curves ES Minimum Value value value with a cross 5 Displaw Min Wa Display Display the maximum A A cai Maximum value Minimum Mark the minimum value value with a cross Format Display Display the minimum Minimum value Curves All curves Curve Properties ax This option can be used to select the Curves Legend properties that are displayed for each individual curve Off When this option is selected the display of injury criteria HIC HICd etc for curves Summary can also be selected Al Curves Format Select All Mane Show Cures 7 chow Injury Ta 1 Disp x Node 1343 AE Dis D x Made 1344 w lode 1345 4 Disp x Node 1346 ito Disp x Node 1347 6 Disp x Node 1348 I L LL L Highlight Min lt lt SIT AY Show Min Value LL L L L Highlight Max QU 4 SI SI SS Show Max Value XK Page 5 84 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 21 3 Format This option can be used to con
92. S 5 8 2 7 Layout dx Multiple plots on a page are also available In landscape format there is a choice of 1 2x2 1X2 3x3 and 4x4 plots to a page In portrait format there is a choice of 1 1x2 2x3 and 2x4 plots 123 EH on a page By default there is a single plot on a page When multiple plots are requested the order in which they are performed can be defined _ 2x4 Page 5 43 T HIS 5 8 2 8 Margins The Margins can be used to change the top bottom left and right margins for each page 5 8 3 Background This option can be used to add a background image to each graph see section 5 16 7 for more details Page 5 44 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Top margin Image Area 150 x 256 mm Right Margin 10 0 Paper Size A4 He line 1 tle me Images Background BMP JPEG Postscript PDF Background Reread File Scaling Positioning Noscaling Single _ Scale to Width Tiled _ Scale to Height _ Stretch Width amp Height Image Justification NW North NE West Centre sw South SE User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 9 OPERATE Options Operate The OPERATE menu shown in the figure right If the mouse is left hovering over an CLIP option a short description of the function will EN appear For these functions the user selects a range of MIA curves to be operated on A range may be one or more curves ma
93. ST TCF script will contain all of the commands required to Script Name lon93this93 Debug default inp l Create and position multiple graphs on pages Generate for v All Pages 2 Extract the data from models or other files Current Page 3 Carry out any curve operations required to reproduce the chosen Only Page curves 4 Set any curve styles and labels a All Graphs 3 Set plot attributes such as titles FI E axis labels colours fonts and RI All Active Graphs scaling 6 Generate the output image and or Only Graph curve file Ty Generate uive ious FASTTCF Script Image Output W Before generating the FAST TCF script HE un the following options can be set Format 5 bit BMP Compressed Y Filename script output bmp a FASTTCF Script Curve Output Filename script output cur _ unblanked Curves Select Curves FASTTCF Script Curve Group Output W w All Curve Groups Select Curve Groups ee Page 5 58 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Generate For All Pades The FAST TCE script will contain all of the commands required to regenerate all of the pages that contain or more graphs If the option to generate images is selected then the FAST TCE script will contain the commands to generate multiple images with the page number appended to the filename specified Current Page The FAST TCE script will contain all of the commands required to regenerate the currently displayed page
94. T HIS Version 9 4 Oasys Ltd The Software house of Arup For help and support from OASYS Ltd please contact UK Arup Group Ltd The Arup Campus Blythe Gate Blythe Valley Park Solihull West Midlands B90 8AE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 121 213 3399 Fax 44 0 121 213 3302 Email dyna support arup com Web www oasys software com dyna China Arup 39 F 41 F Huai Hai Plaza Huai Hai Road M Shanghai China 200031 Tel 86 21 6126 2875 Fax 86 21 6126 2882 Email china support arup com Web www oasys software com dyna India Arup Plot 39 Ananth Info Park Opp Oracle Campus HiTec City Madhapur Phase II Hyderabad 50008 1 India Tel 91 40 4436 9797 98 Email india supportO arup com Web www oasys software com dyna or contact your local Oasys Ltd distributor LS DYNA LS OPT and LS PrePost are registered trademarks of Livermore Software Technology Corporation User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Development History New Features for version 9 4 New Features for version 9 3 New Features for version 9 2 New Features for version 9 0 New Features for version 8 2 New Features for version 8 1 New Features for version 8 0 Text conventions used in this manual 1 Introduction 1 1 Program Limits 1 2 Running T HIS 1 3 Command Line Options 2 Using Screen Menus 2 1 Basic screen menu layout 2 2 Mouse and keyboard usage for screen menu interface 2 3 Dialogue input in the screen menu inte
95. T HIS window so that it occupies Ca als COD pecifiy a directoy for T HIS to start in start in lt directory gt Any valid director et the width of the T HIS graph window in pixels xres lt size gt eg xres 800 eg yres 600 top and exit after command file et the height of the T HIS graph window in pixels yres lt size gt MEM Some examples for T HIS might be pathname this93 exe d x Use device X open run 2 thf a thf file pathname this93 exe d tty No graphics run cf batch tcf exit command file Note that no spaces should be left in the syntax lt arg gt lt value gt For example d x is illegal Correct syntax is d x Page 1 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 2 Using Screen Menus 2 1 Basic screen menu layout 2 2 Mouse and keyboard usage 2 3 Dialogue input 2 4 Window management 2 5 Dynamic Viewing Using the mouse to change views 2 6 Graphics Box Options Versions of T HIS prior to release 6 1 only had a command line interface This has been preserved for backwards compatibility but a screen menu interface has been added which allows you to drive the program almost entirely with the mouse 2 1 Basic screen menu layout T HIS runs within a single window owned by the window manager which has several sub windows inside it A typical T HIS session will look like this Bins E Z Pot Den 743 mH or LODS BELT TEST 000 NG 00 006
96. TYLE HELP BOX 5H command prompt for a list 7 of all available dialogue Using help Using windows box commands The following commands are available SET Curve options are READ J 2 WRITE E DEFAULT LA Set a curve Laksi FIX TE Gigi 5 Sables taal GM XL Set a curve x axis label YI Get a curve y axis label TA Het a curve tag End of text al a NYA n AH DIALOGUE This option allows the user to set the style properties for individual curves Ni Enter the curve number e g 1 for curve 1 at the Select Curve command prompt T HIS will prompt the user to input the desired style properties in the order white Colour Enter the colour for the line Line Width Enter the desired line width for normal the line Line Style Enter the desired line style e g solid dashed for the line Symbol Type Enter the desired Symbol Type Symbol Frequency Enter the desired frequency of the symbols in the format READ This option allows the user to read a style file containing style information and apply that style to a particular curve Enter the name of the style file at the Style File command prompt WRITE This option allows the user to write a style file containing style information DEFAULT This option allows the user to reset all the curve styles to the default settings Page 5 33 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 FIX This is an ON OFF switc
97. This function first normalises the curves using two factors specified either by the user or defaults calculated by the program the maximum absolute X and Y values of both graphs For each point on the first normalised curve the shortest distance to the second normalised curve is calculated the thick black lines on the image above The root mean square value of all these distances is subtracted from 1 and then multiplied by 100 to get an index between 0 and 100 The process is repeated along the second curve the thick red lines show the distances and the two indices are averaged to get a final index The higher the index the closer the correlation between the two curves Note that the choice of normalising factors is important Incorrect factors may lead to a correlation index outside the range of 0 to 100 Page F 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX G The ERROR Calculation The ERROR function outputs a number of values to indicate the degree of correlation between 2 curves The function requires two input curves e A reference curve to compare against the first curve selected e The curve to compare against the reference Once 2 curves have been selected the a check is carries out to see if the two curves contain the same number of points and if the range of x axis values the same for the two curves If any inconsistencies are found then a warning message is generated The following values are then calcula
98. Y1 Y2 Y3 point 2 Line n 6 XYL Y2 Y3 3 point n Up to 500000 points can be read in for each curve Note 1 Note Note Note The format for the point data must be given as a standard Fortran format statement for example F10 3 4F10 2 The external brackets around the format must be included If the data can be read in as a free format then type FREE or leave this line blank Note however free data is read in more slowly than formatted data The multipliers are the amount by which the values read in are to be multiplied For example you may wish to correct from ms to s or units of G gravity to mm s On this line give the multipliers in the order X value Y 1 value Y2 value etc Separate each multiplier by a space or comma A zero value is assumed to be 1 If all curves are to be read in as defined leave this line blank The axis labels are character strings separated by commas given in the following order X axis label Y 1 axis label Y2 axis label etc The line labels are character strings separated by commas given in the following order Line label 1 Line label 2 Line label 3 etc A comment line may be included any where in the file by starting the line with a The following shows a bulk data file with three curves and seven points on each curve Comment line Title of the curves 3 FREE A multiplier of 10 on X values and 5 on Y2 values 10 5 x axis yl axis y2 axis y3 axis curve
99. a extraction menu consists of a list of available data components and a list of entities Data Components Individual data components can be selected using the mouse If a component has been selected and a second item is subsequently selected the first item will be deselected Multiple components may be selected by l Holding down the CTRL key when selecting items to add individual items to the list of selected components 2 Holding down the SHIFT key when selecting items to add a range of items to the list of selected components 3 Clicking on the first item to be selected and then dragging down the list of items without letting go of the mouse button Page 5 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Model Unit system Undefined y LS DYNA Groups Keyword Curve Bulk Data Keyboard Cen Modes METEO Parts Part Groups Tk Shells Contacts Geo Contacts E dE Sliprings Reactions A Sections Subsystems Nodal RES Spotwelds Sp ise Eoundarys Falle Sie ine Shells Alrbags Select Models New Model Model Titel Output curve PRC E vi is Apply 3 Entiies TF Sol Ca none Data Components KE Kinetic energy IE Internal energy His Hourglass energy TE Total energy AM X momentum YM Y momentum M 4 momentum A Velocity 1 Part 1000 YIN Y velocity 1 Part 1001 11 Fart 1002 i E m E y y 7 velocity MA Added mass 41
100. a logarithmic scale 2lin Swap the second y axis to a linear scale y2log pp Swapthe second y axis to a logarithmic scale 7 11 2 1 New Plot setup The following setup commands are new to Version 9 4 Plot setup description plot setup word following word s notes 1 i title string title on Turn on the display ofthe graphtitle title of Turn off the display of the graphtitle _ X Axis Properties x_lab label string numerical value Setthex axis minimum value unit string Page 7 32 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Y Axis Properties y label string y_min y_unit unit string 2nd Y Axis Properties E label string 7 11 2 2 Deprecated Plot Setup Options The following setup commands are still supported in Version 9 4 but they have been superseded by the new properties keyword see section 7 10 EEE setup wordfollowing word s pamana EU Inox on Tuono the Rigg ofthe Maximum Valo a Tu anf the highight ofthe Maximum Value sms o e Show 3ms Clip Widow show 3ms Show HIC Widow show bie S Lo s l 7 11 3 Curve Display The list of curves displayed in each graph is controlled by the display keyword The list of curves can contain a mixture of curve tags curve numbers prefixed with or curve groups If curve tags are specified in the curve list then they can contain wildcards Keywordeecond ie word display curve list The curve l
101. a number of commands which have the same effect throughout T HIS Page 1 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS O Quit Abort and return to current menu Go up a level in the menu structure Return to the top level menu Equivalent to a carriage return ina string of commands M Lists menu Several commands can be strung together on one line separated by spaces for example DE GR ON Numeric data can also be included in the command line if required for example OP ADX 1 7 2 Commands can be in upper or lower case As well as menu level commands you will be asked questions such as THF file to read filename 1 The default response if one exists is given in parentheses 1 3 Command Line Options Instead of starting T HIS using the Command shell it is also possible to start T HIS from the command line with a number of optional input parameters Starting T HIS from the command line offers a number of advantages Faster start up is possible by pre selecting the device type e The input filename can be specified and opened automatically Faster start up is possible by pre selecting the device type Argument format application name arg 1 arg n gt input filename T HIS 9 4 can be started with a number of optional command line options raphics device type d lt device type alid device types are g d default opengl OpenGL ty W IDOIOVW default OpenG
102. a points and has no reference tag Comment line STYLE solid green bold triangle 2 Style line TAG CURVE 1 Tag line Comment line CURVE FILE EXAMPLE Title Time X axis label Displacement Y axis label Curve number 1 Curve label 0 2 0 Ist data pair 1 0 4E 3 4 0 4 7 5 4 10 0 8 9 End of 1st curve CONTINUE Comment line Comment line STYLE dash white Style line CURVE FILE EXAMPLE Title Time Displacement Curve number 2 0 0 7E2 2 0 8 7E 9 Notes The abscissa x axis values are assumed to be in the correct order The free format allowed for the data points The style line must contain 5 comma separated words in the order LINE STYLE LINE COLOUR LINE WIDTH LINE SYMBOLS SYMBOL FREQUENCY to be successfully understood by T HIS If any words are unspecified in the style line as in curve 2 T HIS will take the default option Page B 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page B 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX C T HIS BULK DATA FILE FORMAT Format of a T HIS Bulk Data File A bulk data file contains a number of curves that share the same X values The format of the file is as follows Line 1 Title Line 2 Number of curves maximum 12 Line 3 Format see Note below Line 4 Multipliers on values see Note 2 below Line 5 Axis labels see Note 3 below Line 6 Line labels see Note 4 below Line 7 X Yl Y2 YI point 1 Line 8 X
103. ables are processed on a line by line basis Variables can be defined using curve properties for example a variable could be set to equal max of a curve and then used to divide another curve e Continuation lines added defined using a at the very end of a line Page 7 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Tabulation commands yatmax and yatmin added for Y values at maximum and minimum X All extraction commands are supported Boundary Geo contacts FSI Joints SPH Thick shells and so on All the missing components for previous data types are now supported Multiple data extraction on one line e g node 100 last acc X Multiple generic tagging and labeling of output curves using wildcard Multiple curves can be operated upon in one line e g oper ADD acc_ 10 0 Multiple curves can be plotted using wildcards in tag names Integration point output can be changed Multiple models supported Extended plotting syntax for setting up plot defaults grid colours offsets fonts and so on Tabc command for writing out tabulation data to a csv file plot and auto commands added for use in interactive playback mode macro support for running FAST TCF files on specific curves N FASI ICF INTRODUCTION N 1 1 General Rules Each line in the input file defines one data extraction or plot request Long lines can be split into shorter ones using a continuation character at the end of each
104. an advanced topic contact Oasys Ltd for advice Default output case 3 surfaces In this case regardless of how many integration points the shell elements may actually have through their thickness LS DYNA writes out Top surface Outer top integration point Centre surface Computed neutral axis value Bottom surface Inner bottom integration point Note that the centre surface here is the neutral axis value For membrane elements all three sets of values will be the same These three surfaces may be selected by the T op C entre and B ottom surface options Optional output case user defined number of integration points In this case the number of integration points defined will be written to the database file and this dictates the output for all shells regardless of how many integration points they may have through their thickness Thus LS DYNA writes out Layer n Nth top integration point Layer 2 E Second integration point Layer 1 First bottom integration point Note that no explicit neutral axis value is calculated or output and the outcome of writing more integration points than have been used in a shell formulation is undefined Page A 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Each explicit layer may be selected by giving its number when prompted for a surface Alternatively the top centre and bottom surface names my be used as before and the logic used inside T HIS to interpret t
105. and last including the first and last are selected OT 2 Click on the first item hold down the SHIFT key and click on the last item in the list All items between the first and last including the first and last are selected a gt altillo E foo 1x1 2x2 _ 3x3 _ 4x4 Line Label ina Label A Ax s Label Y Axls Label Title 1000 H E COL Entities sort By Model y ENL select MODES 1 Node 200000 d1 Node 201786 1 Node 203303 1 Node 207500 1 Node 207501 di Mode 207502 1 Nade 208000 1 Nade 208010 1 Nade 205012 Ai Mode 208014 Page 2 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 2 3 Dialogue input in the screen menu interface The full command line capability is preserved when T HIS is running in screen menu mode and you are free to mix command line and mouse driven input at will There are some situations in which command line input is more efficient for example when entering lists of explicit entities Commands are entered in the dialogue box DIALOGUE EET AL i A bar a s As this example shows the dialogue box is also used for listing messages warnings and errors to the screen It can be scrolled back and forth its buffer is 200 lines long to review earlier messages The following colours are used Normal messages and prompts Yellow Text typed in by you White Warning messages Magenta Error messages Red
106. anked in 1 or more of the graphs selected for output This option can be used to select additional curves for which the commands required to generate them are also added to the FAST TCT script If a curve is selected that is also unblanked in one of the graphs the command to regenerate it are only added to the FAST TCF script once In addition to selecting additional curves this option can also be used to add commands to the FAST TCF script to write the additional curves out to a T HIS cur curve file FAST TCF Script Curve Group Output This option can be used to select additional curves for output to the FAST TCF script by curve group If a curve is selected that is also unblanked in one of the graphs the command to regenerate it are only added to the FAST TCF script once This option will also add the commands to regenerate the selected curve groups to the FAST TCT script Page 5 59 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 14 2 Run FAST TCF Script Create Run This menu allows the user to run a FAST TCF file from within T HIS After X f the user has selected the FAST TCF file Script Name Etestid T HIS scans the file for data requests and model requests to see what input the zn FAST TCE file requires Note that there Reread Model Mapping must be a model read into T HIS before a FAST TCF file that contains data Auto confirm text boxes extraction can be run The next FAST TCF command line is Play Step End
107. ation Two refinements have been incorporated Reflection of beginning and end of curves to minimise end effects of filtering see the figure below The curve is first passed forwards through the filter then the resulting signal is passed through backwards This procedure minimises phase change errors The poles and zeros of the filter are calculated such that the desired cut off frequency is achieved after two passes Page D 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Curve Reflection L i L i i i Original Curve Reflected C erem at T HIS Version 6 1 D 4 Standard SAE Filter Options Channel Filter Classes 60 180 600 and 1000 are Butterworth filters with the following parameters Filter Class Cut off Frequency Order 60 100Hz 2 180 300Hz 2 600 1000Hz 2 1000 1650Hz 2 The gain characteristics are compared with the limits given in BS AU228 in the following four figures D 5 Standard FIH filter option The FIR filter Finite Impulse Response is specified by NHTSA It is used for filtering thoracic accelerations from side impact dummies the filtered accelerations are then used in calculation of TTI Thoracic Trauma Index Its characteristics are A passband frequency of 100Hz A stopband frequency of 189Hz A stopband gain of 50dB A passband ripple of 0 0225dB It is based on a standard Fortran programme available from NHTSA Page D 5 T HIS User manual Versi
108. ation Menu saturation 0 0 1 0 Left handed None Left handed support __ Mouse swaps left and right mouse buttons and or Shift amp Ctrl shift and lt ctrl gt keys or all of these _ All Display Factor Lies in the range 0 5 to 2 0 default 1 0 Values lt 1 0 reduce the apparent size of the screen so that menus and text become larger Values gt 1 0 act in the opposite sense This is the simplest way of taking into account the display size Font size Font typeface Sets the font size independently of the display scale face which can be useful on Helvetica Normal wide screen displays The font typeface can also be changed Helvetica Bold Times Normal Times Bold Courier Normal Courier Bold Brightness Lies in the range 0 0 to 1 0 default 1 0 Controls the brightness of the menu interface only it will not affect displayed graphics Page 6 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Saturation T HIS Lies in the range 0 0 to 1 0 default 1 0 Controls the colour saturation of the menu interface Again it will not affect displayed graphics Left Handed The software uses mouse buttons and keyboard meta settings keys lt shift gt amp lt control gt in a handed way that is set up by default for right handed use It is possible to configure either or both for left handed use Save Settings Once you have adjusted the above to your taste you can save these settings in your oa_pref f
109. ault T HIS will automatically position minimum and maximum values to the right of the point they apply to If the default location of the text obscures other curves then the r 1 position can be changed by 1 148e 06 clicking on the value with the left mouse button and then po dragging the value to a new d 5 2344e 0 position If dynamic viewing is used to either zoom in or translate the curves after a value has been moved to a new position then it will maintain it s new position relative to the minimum maximum value location As well as moving the minimum maximum values the values used to display injury criteria like HIC and HIC d can also be moved Page 5 87 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 9 22 UNITS From version 9 4 onwards T HIS tries to keep track of the units for each curves X and Y axis For every data component that T HIS can read from an LS DYNA results file one of the following basic units is stored for the curves X and Y axis Time_____________ Rotation_______Momentum_________k EnergyDensity Energy Rotational Velocit Density MassFlow______ Work fBotational Acceleration Stress Frequency Temperature 2 Lengh 1 trin _ Power Displacement Area 1 Fre Thermal Flux 1 Velocity 1 Volume 1 Moment 9 9 fForceperunit width Acceleration Mass pressure Moment per unit width When a curve operati
110. axes and titles Images that require a second yaxis need to determine which curves go on which axis To do this use a in the curve listing to switch to the second axis The options are described in the tables below Curve files can be included within the curves to plot FAST TCF detects a curve file to read in using the pattern string cur at the end of the name The curves are read in styles are applied and the image is plotted The curves are then deleted The user can use wildcards in the tag names to select multiple curves for plotting bit d bmp 1 3 CRV2 2 4 head_accn Title 2nd axis example 2 curves on Ist yaxis and 3 on 2nd yaxis Title bit h bmp 1 3 CRV2 style ONE xax 0 5E 3 Time Title Head curves style to apply xaxis min and max XLabel Title bit 1 bmp 1 100 reference cur line cur 1000 style reference curves and curve files to plot style to apply bmp test bmp accn all curves with tags beginning with accn Additional format following word AL word format wore 1 Style application style name 0 HE have Carnes ee applied in the order they were pve ren A RE word 1 title word 2 etc Takes following words as a title until another keyword is found X axis options 2 numeric 1 xaxis ii numeric 2 xaxis following words as a label until another min max keyword is found otherwise xaxis label Jotherwise xaxis label Y axis options if numeric 1 yaxis if numeric 2 yaxis Take
111. bal commands exist in command line mode These functions exist in screen menu mode within other menu levels PF BL UB RM ER GS CO LM FT EX Creates a postscript plot file Either A4 landscape or A4 portrait formats may be chosen A title and figure number are also requested Other plot setting may be made in the command line mode UTILITIES menu Blank a currently displayed curve Unblank a curve that has been blanked Remove delete a curve Once a curve has been removed it is lost from the system Erase delete all existing curves from T HIS Equivalent to the command RM Global status displays the current number of curves their labels and whether they are blanked Condense renumbers all curves to fill any gaps in curve numbers Gives the current program limits File tracking lists the 20 files which have been accessed most recently by T HIS giving details of the type of file and whether it was read from or written to Exits leaves the program Page 4 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page 4 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 Main Menu z 5 1 READ Options 5 2 WRITE Options 5 3 CURVE Manager 5 4 MODEL Manager 5 5 EDIT Options 5 6 STYLE Menu eae EE s Command File Command File Units 5 8 IMAGE Options 5 9 OPERATE Options 5 10 MATHS Options Automotive Groups The MAIN MENU provides access to a number of separate menus tha
112. box or written to a file specified in the File input box or both If the write to screen tab is highlighted the following window will appear For more information on the calculation of TTI refer to Appendix E LISTING BOA MEAT PAGE HELP MANUAL Max Bib Accel 7 02475E 05 at t Max TIE Accel T 244568E 05 at t TTT value 7 13966E 05 End of list Na Page 5 53 T HIS 5 11 17 NOR y 5 11 18 NOR x 5 11 19 REG 9 11 20 VEC 5 11 21 VEC2D 5 11 22 ACU 5 11 23 COR1 5 11 24 COR2 9 11 25 COR3 Page 5 54 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Normalise the curve so that the Y values are within the range 1 1 Normalise the curve so that the X values are within the range 1 1 Make a curve have a constant time step It is necessary for a curve to have a constant time step between points for it to be filtered This option takes an existing curve and prompts the user for a new time step The points of the output curve are calculated by linear interpolation Regularising a curve may alter its peak values and could change filtered output slightly Calculate the vector magnitude of three input curves Calculate the vector magnitude of two input curves Airbag control Unit Curve correlation function The Correlation function provides a measure of the degree to which two curves match When comparing curves by eye the quality of correlation may be judged on the basis of how well matched are t
113. correlation index outside the range of 0 to 100 see Appendix F for more details User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 12 SEISMIC Options Seismic DY DA VD VA AD The SEISMIC menu is shown in the figure AV DS RS FFT IFFT right T HIS can be used to handle response MEP BPLE spectra information In particular displacement NCP BLC velocity or acceleration spectra can be read and converted to another format 9 12 1 DV 9 12 2 DA 0 12 3 VD 0 12 4 VA 9 12 5 AD 9 12 6 AV 5 12 7 DS 9 12 8 RS 9 12 9 FFT 9 12 10 IFFT 5 12 11 NCP 5 12 12 BLC Displacement spectrum is converted to a velocity spectrum Displacement spectrum is converted to an acceleration spectrum Velocity spectrum is converted to a displacement spectrum Velocity spectrum is converted to an acceleration spectrum Acceleration spectrum is converted to a displacement spectrum Acceleration spectrum is converted to a velocity spectrum Produce a design spectrum from a response spectrum through the specification of a broadening factor Produce a response spectrum from input accelerations This gives the response of a damped single degree of freedom system given its damping factor and period to the input acceleration time history Perform a fast Fourier transform Convert an input signal from the time to the frequency domain There are three options for output e magnitude only e magnitude and phase e real and imaginar
114. cript file Current Page All PDF and Postscript files are generated using raster images so that the contents of the screen Only Page is exactly reproduced V All Graphs All Active Graphs Only Graph White Background File Format Postscript MARE Filename models 1 sledthis001 ps i Tite EEE ovo MOM Resolution Orientation Aspect Ratio _ Screen _ Landscape Fixed 2x Screen Portrait Fit amp rea 46 Screen Paper Size Layout m Uhd J A3 H J Us maga E _ 2x4 E Margins All Paaes All T HIS pages containing 1 or more graphs will be saved to a single file This option will only be available if T HIS contains multiple graphs on more than one page see Section 3 2 Current Page The current T HIS page will be saved This option will only be available if T HIS contains multiple graphs on more than one page see Section 3 2 Only Page n A single image containing the selected page will be generated This option will only be available if T HIS contains multiple graphs on more than one page see Section 3 2 All Graphs A single image will be generated containing all of the graphs This option will only be available if T HIS only contains a single page see Section 3 2 Page 5 42 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS All Active Graphs A single image will be generated containing all of the currently active graphs This option will only be available if T HIS only contains a single page se
115. ctors to apply to the X and Y axis as the curve data is read from the file All curves are stored inside T HIS using the currently defined Display unit system Length nee metre Time 5 22 2 Labels hie This option will display the labels that will Models Labels _ Curves be used for each of the built in units Each FE Unit System has it s own set of labels Current Display Units which can be modified if required The default labels for each unit system are i Reset All shown below mE Energy Wnrk Temperature Displacment Velocity Acceleration Rotation Radians Rotational velocity Radians s Rotational Acceleration KEME c TULI Page 5 89 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 AP EL eem roy O Bu O o TEE Wok J m U J mj JLO temperature Kh Displacement moo m m E BE Velocity m s mms mm ms mm ms fts ms Acceleration olera nis umsz puumsz fume ira pis Rotation Badians Badian Badlans _ Hadians Hadians Hadians Radians Rotational Velocit nun md ee EE rer in a eR Length m mm a har ml Iz Volume a 0 mm 3 euft mope p Momentum kgms X mm s kgmm ms gmmm ms X ftslugs Tms Density kg m 3 D mm 3 kg mm 3 gm mm 3 fplugicuft T m 3 Stress 2 m2 Nimme Nom Jb sof kime Moment NG Non Non mm AN
116. current defined curves so that the style for individual curves can be Instead of displaying individual curves the style menu can be changed to display a list of any currently defined curve groups If curve groups are selected then the style will be applied to all of the curves in the curve group The style menu can also display a list of all the models currently loaded in T HIS If models are selected then the style will be applied to any curve that was created using data from the model Page 5 32 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Line Label Ling Lahel itle Bn ls Label Kris Label Y AxIs Label Te T Select All Deselect All Show Cures T Show Curves Show Groups show Models Select All Deselect All ShowCurves Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Disp mag Node 100000 Select All Deselect All show Groups 1 Curve Groiup 1 Displacements 2 Curve Group 2 Velocities 3 Curve Group 3 Accelerations Select All Deselect All show Models 2 BASE T 1 50 3 gt RUN 1 T 1 30 4 RUM 2 T 1 40 9 gt RUN 3 T 1 60 6 RUN 4 T 1 70 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 6 8 LINE STYLE EDITING IN THE DIALOGUE BOX The dialogue box can be used to edit curve styles To access this feature enter the command style at the Command prompt Enter M at the S
117. curve A comment line may be included anywhere in the file by starting the line with a Comment lines above the curve s title can contain styles and curve tags associated with the corresponding curve B 1 Curve STYLE Information From version 9 1 onwards T HIS will recognise a line starting STYLE as a style request for the following curve and the curve will be displayed with the corresponding style A STYLE line will take the format STYLE LINE STYLE LINE COLOUR LINE WIDTH LINE SYMBOLS SYMBOL FREQUENCY The following STYLE options are available Style options Available styles Default LINE COLOUR i dependent on curve LINE WIDTH Page B 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 LINE SYMBOLS i dependent on curve SYMBOL FREQUENCY frequency number integer B 2 Curve TAGs T HIS will recognise a line starting with TAG as a tag for the following curve and the tag can be used in T HIS to reference the corresponding curve a TAG line will take the format TAG tag name B 3 Curve UNITs From version 9 4 onwards a T HIS curve file can also contain information on the Unit system and the X and Y axis units A unit system is defined by a line starting with UNIT SYSTEM and will take the format UNIT SYSTEM system name The following unit systems names can be specified by using either the full name or just Un U1 m kg s SI U2 mm T s U3 mm kg ms U4 mm gm ms U5 ft slug s U6
118. curve ID Page 6 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 6 1 8 8 Edit Labels This option can be used to edit the label title and axis labels for a curve see Section 6 3 2 for more details If multiple curves are selected this option is only applied to the one with the lowest curve ID 6 1 8 9 Colours This option can be used to change the colour of curves This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 1 8 10 Line Width This option can be used to change the line width of curves This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 1 8 11 Line Style This option can be used to change the line style of curves This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 1 8 12 Symbols This option can be used to change the symbol style of curves This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 2 Graph Tool Bar Plotting Display This option can be used to make a graph active or inactive see section 3 5 for more details Plotting This option provided the same functions as the Plotting menu in the main toolbar with the exception that the settings only apply to the graph in the window instead of all of the currently active graphs Display This option provided the same functions as the Display menu in the main to
119. d n ormal xial force hear force in Y hear force in Z oment in Y oment in Z orsional moment stra in lal strain ending energy end 1 ending energy end 2 rJotation rotation end 1 rotation end 2 rotation end 1 rotation end 2 orsional rotation blending Bending moment end 1 Bending moment end 2 Bending moment end 1 Bending moment end 2 Axial collapse energy nternal energy xy ly Shear stress letl Effective plastic strain lex Ai strain sj Surface area tejmp gt Gas temperature Reaction force Page 7 11 pressure pressure af Mass flow rate through fabric a ass flow rate through vent otal area l 3 lt Da 3 Ve m o zi 3 w O D a lt m N al 29 2 me dp lt T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Boundary Bou Boundary id nJodal loads e Energyfromappliedforce rigid body loads e Energyfromappliedforce plressure nodal loads e Energy from applied force Velocity nodal loads Energy from BC motion BC motion X Moment rvJelocity r body loads BC motion Y Force BC motion Z Force Resultant BC motion force Energy from BC motion Contact Con Sli Contact id florce gleometric Cross section Cro Sec Section id force moment c entroid Z centroid coord lara LF Araofsecion Page 7 12 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS FSI FSI id pressure pressure polrous_p___ Porousleaka
120. d the preferences editor Because of the order of file reading see above and option read from the master OASYS file amended and written to your local SHOME file will take precedence when you next run T HIS Locking Preferences From version 9 4 onwards preferences can be locked Beside each option in the Active wv al preference editor is a padlock symbol If the symbol is green then the option is unlocked if it is red then it is locked If a preference option has been locked in a file that the user can not modify then an error message will be generated if the user tries to edit that naag option Active v r1 If a user manually edits the oa pref file to try and set an option that has been locked in another preference file then the option will be ignored in the users preference file Page H 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Format of the oa_pref file Entries are formatted in the following way lt programme gt lt option gt lt setting gt For example this laser_paper_size A4 The rules for formatting are The lt programme gt lt option gt string must start at column 1 This string must be in lower case and must not have any spaces in it The lt setting gt must be separated from the string by at least one space Lines starting with a are treated as comments and are ignored Users accustomed to setting the attributes of their window manager with the Xdefaults file will recognise this forma
121. d to display a background image behind a graph Done instead of a solid background colour a Filenan E If the image dimensions do not match the graph window dimensions then the image can be scaled to fit or it can be tiled Reread File Scaling Positioning No scaling Single Scale to Width Tiled Scale to Height _ Stretch Width amp Height Image Justification NW North NE West Centre East Sw south SE Displacement 0 00 0 01 0 02 0 03 004 0 05 006 007 0 08 0039 0 10 Time Disp x Node 1243 Disp x Node 1344 Disp x Node 1345 Page 5 72 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 16 8 Foreground Foreground This option can be used to modify the foreground colour see Section 5 6 2 for details on the available colours By default the background colour is set to BLACK and the foreground colour is set to WHITE Initially the grid axes border and labels are all set to the foreground colour 5 16 9 Swap Foreg round Backg round Swap Foreground Background This option can be used to swap the currently defined foreground and background colours 5 16 10 Display Max Min In versions of T HIS prior to 9 4 the display of minimum and maximum curve values was controlled in the DISPLAY menu In version 9 4 these options have been moved to the PROPERTIES menu see section 5 20 21 Page 5 73 T HIS 9 17 SETTINGS 5 17 1 Data Sources This menu al
122. dal rigid body data none Page H 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 weld ata source for spotweld data LSDA ASCII none SOLUSETEO I a in AN SOLUETEA a EE un ata source for boundary data LSDA ASCII none SOLUETEC gt 1 fi ata source for fluid structural interaction ASCII none lt none gt SOLUETEA AC ata pho ata source for SPH data LSDA ASCII none SOLUETEC gt The following strings and values control axes title and legend formatting for graphs Preference Type D escription alid arguments Default ttle a TA elvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium Default ourier Bold Times Medium Times bold Default itle colour string gt Colour of title FOREGROUND WHITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE TURQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 COL 16 COL 17 OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 Kabel size string ont size for B 10 12 14 18 24 Default PX LX 1 a Dc x label font ud c elvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium axis label ourier Bold Times Medium Times bold Default x label colour Kstring axis label OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 Ham LIMEN RUNS ORC PX LX j IT j ato A ont for X Helvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium
123. defined on each page If for example T HIS has 6 graphs defined and graphs 2 3 4 5 are defined on page 1 and graphs 1 and 6 are on page 2 then the different graph layout options would produce the following Tile Wide Tile Tall i 1x1 Page 1 Page 2 stacked on top of each other Page 3 5 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 x Y Layout depends on X and Y Layout depends on X and Y 3 4 Pages a gn T HIS can have a maximum of 32 pages each page can contain multiple graphs For more information on selecting the currently displayed page see Section 4 1 The Image Output options and the FAST TCF Create option can produce output for either a single page or multiple pages if graphs are located on more than one page 3 5 Active Graphs If T HIS contains more than one graph then each graph can be toggled between being active or inactive All the graphs can be activated using the All button or deactivated using the None button There is a popup menu attached to each button that can be used to select that graph Only Raise the graph so that it is in front of any others or to Ge Only Delete the graph i Raise When a graph is deleted any graphs with higher numbers are renumbered downwards to remove any gaps in the graph numbering Graphs can also be activated deactivated using the button located in the top left hand corner or each graph User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS The options in the D
124. df in current director LK List all files key in current director LI List all files ASCII files in current director BE Page J 1 T HIS O Model options RE Read data R Write options Page J 2 model wl DA Read D User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 _C id lt component gt Geometrical Contact data id lt component gt Rigid Body data SPO lt id gt lt component gt Spotweld data SPC lt id gt lt component gt SPC data FS lt id gt lt components Fluid structural U JJ JJ I JJ SPH lt id gt lt component gt SPH data SE Select Models ooo DE Delete Models Ll List Models SU Set Surface CU Read T HIS curvefile d ON Gata BO lt id gt lt component gt Boundary condition data j U NO Read T HIS curve file ignore any style definitions KY Input curve from keyboard SV Read a CSV file X Y X Y X Y SV2 Read a CSV file X Y Y Y Y Y SO Read ISO curve data multiple channels A VI KEY Write curves to a LS DYNA Kevword file KW Read from LS DYNA KEYWORD input file SV Write curves to a CSV file X Y X Y X Y SV2 Write curves to a CSV file X Y IY Y Y Y e data Or CEN RE Report curve data to file SO2 Read ISO curve data single channel User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 buwa a UN DE Defaults AU Auto Scaling LA Axes
125. different directories it can cause problems e On UNIX LINUX systems the oasys_94 script that starts the SHELL automatically sets this Environment Variable and passes it to any application started from theSHELL If you run applications directly from the command line and bypass the SHELL then you should set OA INSTALL so that the software can locate manuals and other required files OA ADMIN XX Users wishing to separate configuration and installation directories will be able to do so by making use of the new top level OA ADMIN xx directory 3 1 Dynamic configuration using the top level oa pref file Page K 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS A further improvement is that all environment var ables below OA_ADMIN_xx may either be set explicitly or dynamically using the options in the oa_pref file at the top OA_ADMIN_xx level This permits parallel installations of different versions of the software to co exist with only the top level administration directory names being distinct For example Release 9 4 Release 9 5 Top level directory OA ADMIN 94 Top level directory OA ADMIN 95 oa pref file in OA_ADMIN_94 contains oa pref file in OA_ADMIN_95 contains oasys install dir pathname for 9 4 oasys install dir pathname for 9 5 installation installation oasys manuals dir pathname for 9 4 oasys manuals dir pathname for 9 5 manuals manuals oasys home dir lt pathname for home directory would al
126. dited to the values at the start of the edit session 5 5 1 6 Save Overwrite Overwrite the original curve with the edited one 5 5 1 7 Save Highest used 1 Save the edited curve as a new curve without overwriting the original curve Page 5 26 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 5 1 8 Quit T HIS Quits the curve editor without making any changes to the curve 5 5 2 Command line mode In command line mode editing of curves is done in a similar fashion using the following commands Moving around the curve F B T Modifying the curve Cn In D n1 n2 Saving and Plotting the curve W PE PA PL Q Forward Back Top End Number Change Insert Append Delete Label Reset Write Save Plot Edited Plot All Plot Quit Move forward 16 lines Move back 16 lines Move to the top of the curve Move to the end of the curve Move to given line number Change line n Insert points before line n Append points after line n Delete lines nl to n2 Change the line label Reset the curve back to the original curve Write the curve As write Plot the edited curve Plot the edited and original curve Plot the current T HIS curves Quit the editor In command line mode the EDIT menu is reached by typing ED Page 5 27 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 5 3 Curve Labels Each curve has four labels associated with it CURYE LABELS Title The title string at the
127. e If the syntax is correct whether it applies to the file being requested for output e The output file exists in the directory for the data extraction e Correct the input line error utilising the reference tables in this document if applicable Identifying what errors T HIS is giving e Identify how many curves were outputted into T HIS before things went wrong run T HIS in graphical mode e Place an exit keyword after the next input line This should stop T HIS just after the line which is causing the file to fail e Check what errors T HIS is giving out If it s not obvious what went wrong then try another procedure Identifying if there are warnings or errors from FAST TCF e The errors are summarised once T HIS has finished They are printed in the command line box and the terminal which T HIS was run from e There will be a input file rep or input_file output file in the directory which contains any warnings or errors that FAST TCF has detected Make sure nothing is obviously wrong with the input file using this report file e The input file tmp or input_file output file contains the actual file inputted into FAST TCF after includes have been found and special characters removed Check this is correct and all the include files have been accounted for Identifying if FAST TCE is processing the line correctly e It s possible that FAST TCF has processed the line incorrectly If so open the input_file tcf or input_file output file to inv
128. e Photoshop Image E Agl Document amp AIFF Format Sound aa Animated Cursor ili HAN zl File type details POX Ka Extension PL Content Type MIME Opens with ALR CAT Cancel e Select the File Types tab at the top e Scroll down the list of Registered file HE types until you get to the name you entered for thf files e g LS DYNA time history file Highlight this and select Edit A Description of type LS DYNA PTF file Content Type MIME Default Extension for Content Type Actora Mew Edit Remove Set Default Confirm Open After Download Enable Quick View Always show extension Uk Cancel Page 1 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS e In the Edit File Type panel click on Change Change Icon EES Icon e And use BROWSE in the Change Icon panel to find file this82 exe File Mame D WWersion Helease4this8 exe Current icon e Then in the Edit File Type panel click on Edit to obtain the Editing action panel Action oper OK n Cancel Application used to perform action V ersianal sHeleasesthisB exe 1 Browse dii Lise DDE The Action entry should be set to open greyed out You now need to edit the contents of the Application used box At this stage you must decide what graphics driver you wish T HIS to open under The options are X X Wind
129. e Section 3 2 m Only Graph n A single image containing the selected graph will be generated White Background Captures the image with a white background and black foreground Once the image is captured the colours are reset to their original values 5 8 2 1 File Format lw Postscript _ PDF All images can be output at either the screen resolution or at a resolution of either 2 or 4 times the screen resolution 5 0 2 2 Title and Fig Number Test output 1 By default PDF and Postscript files are not labeled and have no figure number but you may add either or both of these They are always put at the bottom of each page along the short edge regardless of the orientation used for plots 9 8 2 3 Resolution Screen All images can be output at either the screen resolution or at a resolution of either 2 or 4 SS times the screen resolution _ 4x Screen 9 8 2 4 Orientation Landscape Portrait All mages can be output in either landscape or portrait format 5 8 2 5 Aspect Ratio Fixed By default all images are output using a fixed aspect ratio This option can be used to JI Fit Area stretch each image to fit the available space on the page Different scaling factors will be applied to the horizontal and vertical directions and the image will be distorted 5 8 2 6 Paper Size A4 E _ A3 The paper size can be set to be either A4 210 x 296mm A3 296 x 420mm or US letter 216 x 279mm The default size is A4 U
130. e in the figure right Butterworth filter Gain Characteristics This is a 300Hz filter It can be seen that higher orders attenuate the results more quickly they have a higher roll off rate Gain dB hi c pl Frequency Hz Hieni fi 1 Buberaorih n T H IS Bubenanh fe Butersorh n 4 Version amp 1 The cut off frequency is the frequency at which the gain of the filter is 3dB i e the magnitude of signals at this frequency is halved by the filter The lower the frequency the less noise passes through but any peaks in the signal tend to get reduced in magnitude and delayed in time Page D 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Basic untiterad signal Amplilide Time 31 woran 5 1 Fikarcd al C0HZ YHH amp 1 Filtered at 60Hz Page D 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Filtered at 180Hz Ampllues PHE wnarzzn amp 1 o E R a 15 Tima 5 Filerez 23 532Hz T H S Merian E 1 Filtered at 600Hz Page D 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Filtered at 1000Hz il TI TL E zd Filtered at 102323HZz Werson B 1 Filtered at 1000Hz The above figures show examples of filtering frequency using the four standard SAE filters 60 180 600 and 1000 Hz cut off frequencies see below These show clearly how the original signal 1s smoothed D 3 Butterworth Filter Implement
131. e is calculated for that condition and the value for the other 3 conditions is considered a value of zero The expression for calculating each NIJ loading condition is given by NIJ Fz Fzc Mocy Myc where Fz and Mocy are as defined above Fzc and Myc refer to the axial force and Bending moment critical values given below The values of Fzc and Myc vary depending on the occupant the occupants position and the sign of Fz and Mocy For the dummy to pass the test the following conditions must be met 1 None of the 4 NIJ values may exceed 1 0 at any time during the event 11 Peak Tension Force Fz measured at the upper neck load cell may not exceed the specific dummy s limit e g 2070N for the Hybrid III small female at any time 111 Peak Compression Force Fz measured at the upper neck load cell may not exceed the specific dummy s limit e g 2520N for the Hybrid III small female at any time For more information on the use and calculation of NIJ refer to the FMVSS 208 document E The Thoracic Trauma Index TTI The Thoracic Trauma Index is used as a predictor of thoracic injury severity in the USSID dummy in standard American Side Impact tests The Index considers both rib and Thorax acceleration in an impast The expression for calculating TTI is given by TTI G R G LS 2 Where G R is the greater of the peak accelerations of either the upper or lower rib expressed in g and G LS is the peak acceleratio
132. e line with the words on the line separated by space characters The line starts with a keyword and the required arguments follow then any optional requests can occur after the arguments see later on in the manual ID can be a number or a name enclosed in quotes relevant output file depending on whether the LS DYNA version supports it in the Multiple data requests T HIS 9 2 onwards supports multiple data output syntax T HIS will read the data in one file pass making it much quicker for larger runs To use this in FAST TCF you need to specify the range using a colon and it must be in a single word As well as the standard numbers you can use there are some special words namely all first and last see example e g whole model te lsda whole model total energy force Isda file node 42 force y dir node extraction i d 42 force in y direction node end of roof accelz node extraction i d end of roof z acceleration node 100 1ast force y dir node extraction all nodes from 100 force in y direction node all force y dir node extraction all nodes force in y direction 4 1 Selecting Models If T HIS contains more than one model the data extraction commands will attempt to read data from all the model that are currently selected To specify which model to read data from the following commands can be used Keyword second word notes S n B Select model n for reading data from al
133. e not always backwards compatible between versions of T HIS For these reasons most users prefer the new FAST TCF format which can also be recorded and played back from within T HIS In screen menu mode a command has a meaning beyond the simple command word For example HELP appears in many different places with a distinct meaning or relevance in each place Therefore context information is stored when saving screen menu session files In practice the following information is saved e the command itself whether typed of inferred from a button the button identification if any the parent window identification the menu item if relevant the action type screen pick button press etc any x y coordinates that may be relevant A choice of either writing recording session files or executing playing back command files is given By default commands are not saved If they are to be saved the session file record switch must be turned on Page 5 36 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 7 1 Writing Recording Session Files To write a session file the record CONTROLS button must be pressed displaying the RECORD COMMAND FILES menu shown right Pressing the RECORD gt button will start the sess on file Thereafter all commands except those in the session playback windows are saved in an internal scratch file In order to save these commands to disk they must be written explicitly using the SAVE TO DISK butto
134. e right You must define one or more curves in group 1 and group 2 must be either A group of as many curves as there are in group 1 CURVE LIST M1 Disp x Node 1343 M1 Disp x Node 1344 M1 Disp x Node 1345 1 M1 Disp x Node 1346 or A single curve Every curve in group 1 is applied to this curve or A constant value entered in the Key in text box You can pick curves in either group from their menus or type a range into the Key in box NOTE the order in which they are processed is ascending sequential not the order in which you define them Page 5 4 5 M1 Disp y Node 1343 5 M1 Disp y Node 1344 Node 1345 CURVE LIS M1 Disp x Node 1343 M1 Disp x Node 1344 3 M1 Disp x Node 1345 1 M1 Disp x Node 1346 5 M1 Disp y Node 1343 M1 Disp y Node 1344 M1 Disp y Node 1345 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 2 Separate Functions On A Single Group These functions display a menu in which one group of curves may be selected see right Operations apply separately and uniquely to each selected curve As before the order of processing is ascending sequential not the order in which you define them 3 Single Output From A Single Group These functions require a single group of curves as input like the functions above The output is a single curve CURVE LIST M1 Disp x Node 1343 2 M1 Disp x Node 1344
135. e to do with the general appearance of the plot rather than the curve itself The curve appearances can be set up with the style definition line and on the image plotting line All following words must be on the same line If the on or off is missed out from the following word where applicable then FAST TCF will take the opposite to the default this helps with backwards compatibility issues but can also make a script more compact e g setup ax bold grid on line bold reverse bold axes grid on bold lines reverse foreground and background setup double on border off show 3ms size 250 double axes on no border 3ms window on size 1000 x 650 pixels setup fonts xl hb 12 yl hb 12 title hb 24 font setup D amp ylabel helvetica bold title helvetica bold 24pt pt Page 7 31 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Format style f ooo gr bold Ed o bold settheline thicknessto4pixels 222 n ff Line thickness WE Model numbers on labels mo Eq only puts the model number on when there is more than 1 model in T HIS NN xsize value x 4 ysize value x 3 aspect fixed x O n everse black white e ize of plot i olid x and y axis O ymbols on y X grid controls au E Increment Y grid controls yau ot Increment Axis type xlin Swap the x axis to a linear scale pi ee ux xlog Swapthexaxistoalogarithmicscale__ yin 3S Swapthey axistoalinearscae og Swap the y axis to
136. e user is the constants consta ntj A and B See Appendix E for more details on the VC calculation Page 5 51 T HIS 5 11 13 ASI 9 11 14 THIV 9 11 15 NIJ Page 5 52 Acceleration Severity Index This value is used to assess the performance of road side crash barriers This option requires 3 acceleration input curves The user is prompted for the acceleration limits in the 3 directions See Appendix E for more details on this calculations Theoretical Head Impact Velocity and the Post Impact Head Deceleration These values are used to assess the performance of road side crash barriers User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Apply A Acceleration Curve yy Las Y Acceleration Curve PU Acceleration Curve CC Acceleration conversion factor DO Acceleration Limits 12 000 8 0000 10 000 Output Curve Write To Screen File default asi Apply A Acceleration Curve Y Acceleration Curve Yaw Rate Curve ox 060000 Output Curve eg Write To File Write To Screen File default thi This option requires 3 input curves a longitudinal and lateral acceleration and a rotation rate The user is prompted for the constants Dx Dy and Xo See Appendix E for more details on these calculations Biomechanical neck injury predictor Used as a measure of injury due to the load transferred through the occipital condyles shear Curve Axial Cu
137. ed with a velocity time curve a velocity displacement curve will result If the 2 curves do not contain points at the same x values then the curve with the larger x axis intervals is automatically mapped on to the x axis values of the other curve If the curves do not start and finish at the same x axis values then only the points for which the two curve x axes overlap are mapped onto each other 5 9 3 DI E A curve is differentiated with respect to the x axis variable 5 9 9 DIV Divide the y axis values of the first curve by the y axis values of the second curve or DU a constant If two curves are being used they must have identical x axis values 5 9 1 0 DIX Divide the x axis values of the first curve by the x axis values of the second curve or s a constant If two curves are being used they must have identical y axis values Page 5 45 T HIS 9 9 11 ENV 9 9 12 ERR 9 9 13 INT 5 9 14 LSQ 9 9 15 MAP 9 9 16 MAX 9 9 17 MIN 9 9 18 MON 9 9 19 MUL 9 9 20 MUX 5 9 21 NOR 5 9 22 NOX 9 9 23 ORDER 5 9 24 REC 9 9 25 REV 9 9 26 R AVE Page 5 46 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Produces a single curve that bounds the maximum and minimum values of the group of input curves This option reports the degree of correlation between 2 input curves The first curve selected is used as a reference curve and the following parameters are then reported Maximum difference Value amp Time Value as a age of refe
138. efault ser_text_line_2estring gt ext for line 2 Page H 10 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS y ec on sing m for user Helvetica Medium Helvetica Bold Courier Medium ext ourier Bold Times Medium Times bold Default ser text colourkKstring FOREGROUND WHITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE FOREGROUND YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE TURQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK COL 15 COL 16 COL 17 OL 18 COL 19 COL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 OL 24 COL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 SER 6 The following strings and values control the display of UNIT information in T HIS Preference Type Description Valid arguments Default models mm em ms U5 ft slug s U6 m T s S display units m kg s SD U2 mm T s U3 mm kg ms U4 sed to display results mm em ms U5 ft slug s U6 m T s S m kg m kg Vrite UNIT information to CSV TRUE FALSE The following is an example file Note that blank lines and lines not beginning programme name are ignored so comment lines may be added if required However lines to be read must start at column 1 and there must not be any gaps in the keyword this laser paper size A4 this laser_orientation Landscape this laser_mode Greyscale this user_text_line_2 Design Project this user_text_line 4 Phase II Results The user preferences option is not available in command line mode however the oa_pref file is read and applied Set
139. efinition of these values Page A 7 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 The additional data components will only appear in the menu if they have been selected for output Shell surface selection Having selected a shell component a prompt is then given for the shell surface if relevant for that component Options are T Top integration point or lt layer id see below C Centre neutral axis B Bottom integration point Note that the top and bottom surfaces are not the outer fibres but rather the outer and inner integration points The relationship between integration point location and shell thickness depends on the number of integration points used The following diagram shows locations of integration points with respect to shell half thickness t 2 assuming the default Gaussian integration rules have been used No of PointsDistance from neutral axis as a proportion of t 2 1 0 0 membrane Top fibre 2 0 577 t 2 3 0 775 Neutral axis 4 0 861 t 2 5 0 906 Bottom fibre The top or outer point is on the positive local Z side of the element neutral axis The output of shell data from LS DYNA will fall into one of two categories and the surface options available in T HIS depend on this Note also that it is possible to use non default integration schemes in LS DYNA which may locate the integration points at different places This is
140. eleration that is exceeded for a period of not less than 3 ms This is not an easily comprehended definition the following may be of more use At each time point T take the interval T to T 3ms 1 2 Inthis interval find the lowest acceleration value 3 The 3ms Clip value is the interval T to T 3ms which has the largest lowest value as calculated in 2 above So perhaps a better definition might be the 3ms interval with the highest lowest acceleration value E 3 Viscous Criteria The VC value is calculated from a compression time history using the following formula Page E 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 VCA Vocal Diy where C tj B u 81D aa D E D t 2 Dan l T ECER95 regulations 12dt aD Vi IHS regulations at D Rib Compression A Constant 1 3 frontal 1 0 side B Constant 0 229 frontal 0 140 side E 4 Acceleration Severity Index The ASI value is calculated from 3 acceleration time histories using the following fomula AS1 Where ax ay az are the X Y Z accelerations of the vehicle averaged over a 50ms moving interval xl yl zl are acceleration limits xl 12g yl 9g zl 10g The acceleration input curves should be in units of g If the input curves are in any other unit a conversion factor can be input to convert back to g When selecting input curves it is assumed that the X curve is numerically the first curve the one
141. ell e g define surface shell top read data for shell stress strain values from the top surface define surface shell 3 read data for shell stress strain values from the 3rd integration point define surface thickshell bottom read data for thickshell stress strain values from the bottom surface define surface beam 2 read data for beam stress strain values from the 2nd integration point 7 4 3 Defining Groups of Parts Description keyword second word Group definition gdet group id The line starts with gdef andis followed by an integer for the group i d and then part i d numbers separated by spaces or for a range of parts separated by a 2 No options should be applied to this card because all the words on the line are written out as integers 3 The input is on one line which may result in a long line e g gdef 1 1234 10 20 30 40 group define 1 d 1 parts 1 2 3 and 4 parts 10000 to 20000 and 30000 to 40000 Page 7 10 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 4 4 Data extraction reference table Datatype Keyword Second word Third word Fourth word Description Air Airbag id pjesue pressure volume volume 0 0 ie intemalenergy n mass flowrate in fou p mass flowrate cut un blocked nblocked area m totais 0 ab part Airbag id te mperature Temperature density Density Beam Bea Beam i
142. ent per jatan kuve oct tl Cosne per os ouve eo o Eo Logbase10 ope log10 opwvett SS O pes pa Natural Exp per jexp cwvet pp Naturallog oper jog feurwett oc TH Natural log X pe logx ouve o EF fF o Power foper pw J owvef Jnhpowr F Sine foper sin ouve EF kl Square root opr sar o Jfeumwett Pp Eo Tangent foper jan ____ feurwetr S 7 8 3 Automotive operation commands Description keyword operation following following additional words command word 1 NENNEN Delta V time period i S a oper asi Accn x curve Accn y curve Accn z curve factor i u l Butterworth filter loper but 2 2 cuvefi Jout off freq IIA C60 filter a C180 filter HEUS C600 filter GE a C C1000 filter oper ct000 CV Clip value oper uc T uL window c6 Exceedence oper exc jcuve si auto pos neg 2 3 81g o N Label displayed on Value is stored with the screen optional output curve factor O lt co Oc 5 o 0 32 o9 O e gt qe gt D lt f c D o o O D a e F D time period factor output curve Page 7 25 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Neck injury criteria oper ni Shear curve Axial curve Mo
143. er curve Measure 1 Peak values For each identified peak in Curve A find the maximum value in Curve B within a time tolerance of the peak in Curve A Points are lost according to the error in y values compared to a tolerance limit Repeat for peaks in curve B against values in Curve A This measure allows for the situation where curves are similar but the peaks are more strongly delineated in one of the curves such that the program does not recognise the other curve as having a peak in that location Measure 2 Peak matching For each identified peak in Curve A find the closest identified peak in Curve B Points are lost according to the largest error timing or y value compared to tolerance limits points are also lost if there is no corresponding peak in Curve B Repeat for Curve A peaks matched against those of Curve B Page F 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Correlation examples E 9 T i o vd T lt This measure picks up matching of primary and secondary peaks in the curves which may correspond to physical events Measure 3 Area matching The integral of each curve is calculated Points are lost according to the difference compared to a tolerance limit Measure 4 Curve shape low frequency excursion The curves are filtered A band is drawn around filtered curve A using positive and negative offsets in x and y The area of excursions of filtered Curve B outside the band is calculated Poi
144. er 2009 9 1 7 CSV The CSV menu see right can be used to specify the name of acomma separated var able file to read into T HIS The file may contain up to 1000 columns of data separated by commas The maximum line length supported by this option is 10240 characters Read X Values Generate X Values Read Labels Generate Labels Curve BARIS w Read X Values Generate X Values LABELS w Read Labels _ Generate Labels Read Lo DYNA first free File Format 1 7 7 7 7 7 v Bulk Data LY File contains cow File DT i Start Interval Run FW EXE Column This option can be used to specify a column within the file that contains the X axis data values that should be used for all of the other columns of data This option can be used to automatically generate the X axis values if none of the columns within the file contain the data This option can be used to specify a row within the file that contains labels for each of the columns of data that can be used as the curve labels within T HIS This option can be used to automatically generate labels for each set of data A single string can be specified which will then have the column number appended to it to generate unique labels Page 5 11 T HIS 9 1 8 SCREEN The SCREEN menu see right can be used to interactively create a curve T HIS by selecting points using the mouse Start Curve Us
145. er 2009 Reload Settings settings This option can be used to reload a previously saved settings file In addition Data Files General Layout to reloading a file interactively a settings file can also be specified on the command poca line Save Settings set filename Reload Settings or via the Preference File Apply this settings_fie filename eo i i Page 5 78 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 18 Preferences The Preference menu provides an interactive editor for setting options for T HIS in the oa_pref preference file see Appendix H for more details on the oa_pref file options The preferences editor reads an XML file that contains all possible preferences and their valid options and allows you to change them at will In this example the user is changing the background colour in T HIS Note that changes made in the Preferences editor will not affect the current session of T HIS they will only take effect the next time it is run If you have write permission on the oa pref file in the SOASYS directory you will be asked if you want to update that file otherwise you will only be given the option of updating your own file in your SHOME USERPROFILE directory For more information on the interactive preference editor see Appendix H Page 5 79 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 19 Curve Groups Curve Groups This panel can be used to create and Create Modify
146. er manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Read Data o highest 1 Start Curve End Curve Quit Curve Undo Last This option will start point selection process Once you have started creating a curve all the other T HIS menus will be disabled until you end the point selection using either the End Curve or Quit Curve options Dynamic viewing will still be available End Curve Quit Curve Undo Last This option will end the current curve creation and save the curve This option will end the current curve creation without saving the curve This option can be used delete the last point created the middle mouse button will also delete the last point Page 5 12 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 2 WRITE Options Writes a group of curves out to a file for later use or Apply to the screen 5 2 1 WRITE TO FILE Output Type Write to file Curves Selected 2 Select Curves Output Type Write to file Y Output Format THIS cur Y Output RUF SLED detault cur Writes a group of curves out to a file for later use 1f required The user is prompted for the list of curves to write out after a filename has been specified 5 2 1 1 FILE FORMAT Writes a group of curves out to a file for later use if required The user is prompted for the list of curves to write out after a filename has been specified T HIS cur format LS DYNA Keyword NASTRAN D1 CSV X Y X Y X Y THIS cur PHIS cur LS LY
147. eria calculations see Appendices D amp G All of the filters expect the input curve to have a consistent time interval When using one of the filter options the user can specify a time interval for the curve to be automatically regularised to REG before filtering if the time interval is not consistent The user can set a default time interval for regularising the input curves in the PREFERENCE menu The PREFERENCE menu can also be used to automatically convert the x axis values from milliseconds to seconds before filtering and to convert the curve back to milliseconds afterwards 5 11 1 C60 Filter a curve using a standard SAE Class 60 filter 5 11 2 C1 80 Filter a curve using a standard SAE Class 180 filter 5 VE 3 C600 Filter a curve using a standard SAE Class 600 filter 5 114 C1 000 Filter a curve using a standard SAE Class 1000 filter Th 1 5 11 5 BUT neues Cutoff frequency 2 EC through a Butterworth Fiter order integer MAIS filter The user 1S prompted for the cutoff frequency and the order of the filter 5 1 1 6 B UT This passes a curve through a Pure Butterworth filter This is the same as the BUT p function above but the two refinements described in Appendix D to minimise end effects and phase change errors are not included 5 11 7 FIR Special filter for US SID dummy Page 5 49 T HIS 5 11 8 HIC Page 5 50 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Calculates the Head Impact
148. ert LODA AScl more details Edit Preferences FAST TCF Generate playback FAST TCF scripts see Section 5 10 for Menu Attributes more details y Auto Update Convert Convert a LSDA binout file to ASCII see Section 5 4 4 for LSDA gt ASCH more details Show Model Preis Edit Prefix Format Pa Preferences yf Drag with curves Menu Modify menu fonts size and colours see Section 6 1 7 1 for Shorteute Attributes more details Auto Update Turn on off automatic update Show Model Turn the model prefix on off or set 1t to automatic see Prefix Section 5 15 5 1 for more details Prefix Format Select the prefix format displayed for each model see section 5 15 5 1 for more details Drag with Turn on off the display of curves when dragging axis borders curves and legends On some slow machines the time taken to update the display when a large number of curves is displayed makes the dragging response too slow This option will automatically turn off the display of curves while the dragging operation is active Shortcuts Setup keyboard shortcuts for commonly used function see section 6 4 for more details Page 6 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 6 1 7 1 A B MENU Save Settings HELP Attributes This panel allows Display Factor 0 5 larger 2 0 smaller you to tune the visual attributes of the T HIS and save them if you wish Default Large Brighiness Menu brightness 0 0 1 Satur
149. estigate what FAST TCF is asking T HIS to do e Identify which line is going wrong using the above procedure and then find this section in the tcf file Input the entire tcf request for the line into the T HIS command box to step through what is being asked from T HIS This may highlight where things are going wrong The command lines contain special characters such as Yr Xm and V These are used internally in T HIS and should be ignored by the user Using Primer to check a FAST TCE file e Primer has a FAST TCF check menu under the main check menu This can be used to check the FAST TCF Page 7 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS file data requests against a certain keyword deck e Read the deck into Primer and select MODEL gt CHECK gt CHECK FAST TCE FILE Select the FAST TCF file and press APPLY Details can be found in section 3 9 of the Primer manual e Primer will highlight any errors that have occurred with the input file with regards to the keyword deck e The main Primer checks are if the line syntax is valid whether the correct file is being outputted whether the relevant DATABASE_HISTORY is present and whether the id actually exists e Any errors will have to be corrected manually in Primer NOTE If FAST TCF has completed then it may be necessary to open the input_file output file which has the all the output files concatenated together in different sections 7 1 5 Creating FAST TCF files The most obviou
150. ey will only take effect the next time it is run Page H 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 If you have write permission on the oa pref file in the SOASYS directory you will be asked if you want to update that file otherwise you will only be given the option of updating your own file in your SHOME USERPROFILE directory In this example the user is changing J Prefereneesr HIS EM IX the background colour The option is active ie present in File Edit _bismiss Help the oa_pref file and currently is set ae j ZI HHIS Name this hackground c add ascii zer Type lt string gt Usage 1s l e Select an option in the Tree on uo Default BLACK the left hand side auta update e Make it active inactive e If active select a value from l Description Background colour convert time the popup or type in a value if Activa wv a necessary legend columns Value WHITE T The colour of the highlighting in the line width left hand side tree is significant macro directory master group file plot format prefix format regularise dt Second wv axis Means that the option has been read from your SHOME SUSERPROFILE file Means that the option has been read from the OA INSTALL file Weise Means that the option had been read from the OA_ADMIN file In either event regardless of the data source the updated option will be written to the file chosen when you starte
151. f a curve For example if you start with a curve with displacement y axis against time x axis you end up with a curve of time y axis against displacement x axis Produces a single curve of the running average on the input curve User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 9 27 SMO 5 9 28 SQR 5 9 29 STRESS 9 9 30 SUB 5 9 31 SUX 5 9 32 SUM 9 9 33 TRA 5 9 34 VEC 5 9 35 VEC 2 D 5 9 36 WINDOW 5 9 37 ZERO A moving average technique is used to smooth filter a curve The user smoothing Factor 1 Integer E will be prompted for a smoothing factor The integer refers to the number of points included in the averaging of each point The value you want will depend on the number of points in the curve and the amount of smoothing required A certain amount of trial and error is necessary to get the required result Take the square root of the y values of a curve Converts a stress strain curve between True and Engineering Stress Strain Subtract the y axis value or constant of the second curve from the first curve If two curves are being subtracted they must have identical x axis values Subtract the x axis value or constant of the second curve from the first curve If two curves are being subtracted they must have identical y axis values Calculates the sum of a group of curves This sums up the y axis values of a group of curves and maps the result onto the x axis of the first curve Translate a cur
152. f running X Windows it is also possible to use T HIS in a command line mode of operation instructions are entered through the keyboard to perform the required operations 1 1 Program Limits There are a number of limits in T HIS of which the user should be aware These are listed below Number of graphs Version 9 4 of T HIS can have a maximum of 32 graphs Number of curves The number of curves in version 9 4 is unlimited Number of points The number of points that can be defined per curve is unlimited Time history blocks In the interface to the LS DYNA time history thf file there 1s a limit of 100 000 items 1n each of the node solid beam shell and thick shell time history blocks thus 500 000 items overall In the interface to the LS DYNA extra time history xtf file up to 100 000 nodal reactions or groups of reactions may be processed Number of colours By default T HIS curves wrap around the following six colours in order WHITE RED GREEN BLUE CYAN MAGENTA However a further 24 predefined colours are available if required and 6 user defined ones can be created Title The title can contain up to 80 characters Labels Labels for axes and lines can contain up to 80 characters Page 1 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 1 2 Running T HIS 1 2 1 Starting the code For users on a device with a window manager T HIS is run from the T HIS button in the SHELL BB SHELL 9 4 build 165 If your sy
153. function does not measure correlation in the same way as the human eye The T HIS correlation function attempts to include and quantify the more subtle ways in which the correlation of two curves may be judged The correlation function may be applied to any two curves whose x values increase monotonically e g responses versus time The results are independent of the units used e g milliseconds or seconds are both acceptable The sign of the y values is not important Only the overlap time period is considered 1 e the range of x values for which both curves have a y value The time period range of X values and maximum absolute Y value are used to non dimensionalise the curves such that x values run from 0 to 1 and the maximum absolute y value is 1 Five measures of correlation are calculated Each is given equal weighting The final correlation score is given as a percentage two identical curves would score 100 The first two measures require identification of peaks in the curves Up to 10 peaks in each curve will be considered A peak is defined as a local maximum or in the case of negative y values a minimum satisfying the following criteria e Absolute y value at least 0 5 e Separated on the x axis from any larger peak by at least 0 1 e Separated from any larger peak by a trough local minimum at least 0 2 deep Peaks of positive or negative signs are considered Peaks are matched only against peaks of the same sign in the oth
154. g Node 1545 Accel mag Made 1344 Accel mag Node 1345 The legend can also be moved by clicking with the left mouse button inside the legend and dragging Drag and Release Page 5 68 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 15 5 3 USER LINES This option can be used to alter the default text that appears on the bottom right hand corner of each plot Text can be typed into any of the panels or they can be left blank The Size of the text may be altered If no text is specified the area used by the curve legends will be increased The default values are read from the preferences file see Appendix H for more details Page 5 69 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 16 DISPLAY Options Display Options A The DISPLAY menu is shown in the Lines Y F Default Line Width adjoining figure This menu controls the overall appearance of plots symbols NT Beh Symbol Frequency As well as controlling basic things like the Grig v Width background colour and whether a grid is draw this menu also controls a number of default setting that are applied to all mue SOR ae Saal curves These default setting may be overwritten for individual curves using the Border v Width FG a Colour CURVE CONTROL menu see Section 3 Fix Styles E Changes to the Display options are only Background H applied to active graphs see Section 3 5 Image Swap FaregraundiBackgraund
155. ge mass Mass Flux Joint Joi Joint id y CY force ph S da Phi damping moment th eta da Theta damping moment ps i Psi angle dt da Psi damping moment leergy J Total joint energy alpha da Alphadamping moment be ta da Beta damping moment ga mma an Gamma angle Um ee torsion Je fTotaljointenergy Page 7 13 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 No Node id temperature Temperaturen dlisplacement vjelocity vo Y Velocity a cceleration ee y Y Acceleration z ZAccelraion m Acceleration Magnitude cloord x CurrentXcooord yoo CurentY coord Oo E eH m Current Vector Cd N I lt re pss b asic x BasicXcoord y BasicY coord Zoo BasicZcood rotation yo Yrotaion ZOO rotation m_________ Rotation Magnitude vx Xrotationalvelociy vy Yrotationalvelocity vz Z rotational velocity vm Rotation Vel Magnitude ax o kx ay py X rotational acceleration Y rotational acceleration az Z rotational acceleration Rotation Accel Magnitude am force x fore y force J2 JO zo CZ force m Force Magnitude energy po Energy Group id force x lxfoce E ERR z Zforce Force Magnitude Part id Klinetice Kineticenergy jwenale Mntemalenergy hurgasse Hourglass energy ote p Hotalene
156. ge 7 19 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 5 UNITS From version 9 4 onwards T HIS can automatically add unit information to graph labels and it can convert results from one unit system to another Each model in T HIS can have a Unit System defined for it and a separateUnit System can be defined for displaying results T HIS will automatically convert results from the model Unit System to the display Unit System T HIS has 6 built in unit systems 2 nm Tomes 7 mm em ms ft slug s UG mTomnes s 7 5 1 Setting the unit system for a model To set the unit system for a model second word Keyword B al las above 7 5 2 Setting the DISPLAY unit system To set the display unit system Keyword second word dithird word _ 10 display SSS Ut S he dis y 1 us ls 7 5 3 Curve Axis units By default T HIS will automatically set the Unit System for any curves read from a model to those of the model In addition to setting the curve Unit System T HIS will automatically set a unit type for the X and Y axis of the curve These unit types are maintained through curve operations so that the correct units can be displayed for each curve The X and Y Axis units for a curve can be manually set if required Page 7 20 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Keyword second word third wordladditional words notes O CX Ku uer 2 to curve n Az ends the curve list name Setthe X axis unit
157. gher than 1000 then the Range options are used to select which group of 1000 curves you wish to display Against each curve that currently contains information is a curve number button The colour of this button indicates the current blanking status of a curve The curve is unblanked in all active graphs see section 3 5 The curve is blanked in all active graphs The curve is unblanked in some active graphs The blanking status of each curve can be changed by clicking on this button The Curve Table can also be used to change the blanking status of a curve A range of curves may either be blanked or unblanked by selecting the first button in the range and then holding down the SHIFT key while selecting the last button in the range All buttons that lie between the first and last buttons selected will have their status changed to match that of the first button that was selected The line label for each curve may be changed by over typing the label currently displayed in the line label box The button located between the curve number button and the curve label shows the current colour line style and symbol that will be used to plot the curve These properties can be modified by clicking on this button to display the line style menu see Section 5 6 The CURVE CONTROL window can also be accessed via the File Curves option at the top of the graphics window or from the Curves button in the main menu Undock T
158. ghlighted area on the graph Changes to the TITLE AXES LEGEND options are only applied to active graphs see Section 3 5 5 15 1 TITLE Label The plot title may be set AUTOmatically or manually When the AUTO option is selected the text box will display automatic and the plot title will be set to the title of the first curve that is currently being plotted The plot title may be turned on and off by toggling the ON OFF button T HIS Title Axes ha Title XAxs Y Axis Y2Axis Legend lt automatic gt lw Automatic User Defined Iw Display Title Font Helvetica Bold E Size 8 point y Colour Foreground Page 5 61 T HIS 5 15 2 X AXIS AXIS LABELS The x axis label may be set automatically or a user defined label can be specified When the AUTOMATIC option is selected the text box will display lt X automatic gt and the axis label will be set to the x axis label of the first curve that is currently being plotted The axis label may be turned on and off by toggling the Display Label button In addition to displaying the axis labels an optional unit label can also be appended to the axis label If the option to add a unit label is set to Automatic then the unit label displayed will depend on the current curves that are visible and the current unit system being used to display results see Section 5 22 for more information on Unit Systems If the curves being displayed do not have
159. gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt none gt AMPERSAND ke hortcut for amp INGLEQUOTE ke hortcut for ke hortcut for w none gt x_ke hortcut for x none gt hortcut for none gt hortcut for z none gt hortcut for space none gt hortcut for 0 none gt hortcut for 1 none gt hortcut for 2 none gt hortcut for 3 none gt hortcut for 4 none gt hortcut for 5 none gt hortcut for 6 none gt hortcut for 7 none gt hortcut for 8 none gt hortcut for 9 none gt hortcut for none gt DOUBLEQUOTE ke hortcut for none hortcut for none DOLLAR ke hortcut for none EFTBRACKET ke hortcut for RIGHTBRACKET ke hortcut for ASTERISK ke hortcut for PLUS_ke hortcut for OMMA ke hortcut for INUS_ke hortcut for OT_ke hortcut for LASH ke hortcut for OLON ke hortcut for EMICOLON ke hortcut for ESSTHAN ke hortcut for OUALS ke hortcut for REATERTHAN ke hortcut for gt QUESTIONMARK ke hortcut for AT ke hortcut for EFTSQUAREBRACKET ke hortcut for BACKSLASH ke hortcut for RIGHTSQUAREBRACKET ke hortcut for IRCUMFLEX_ke hortcut for A LS NDERSCORE ke hortcut for _ BACKTICK_ke hortcut for EFTCURLYBRACKET ke hortcut for PIPE ke hortcut for RIGHTCURLYBRACKET ke hortcut for ILDE_ke hortcut for The following strings control the T HIS header and version number at the bottom right of the plot space Preference Type D escription Valid arguments D
160. gy Ratiow oBroded f o bs bes A 3 Part Group Data Components For Part Groups the following data components are available Toman Tr casino xrr Gamo SDA imou asci Ke Kineicenersy e es bo E intemal energy yes es pes HG Hourglass enemy es es pes mw Totalenersy ives Ses jo MA Masses pus es A 4 Nodal Data Components For nodes the following data components are available Component THF d3thdO XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCH m ewe he eee DX X Displacement tyes bs ys DY YDisplacemente tyes yes ys pz 12 Displacement tyes bs dyes DM Displacement Magnitude yes fyes yes VX qxVeedy yes o0 s yes VY ly Velocity yes o s ys WZ Z Velocity tyes yes dyes vM Velocity Magnitude s bs dyes AX X Acceleration lyes ol fyes peso AY Y Acceleration ye vs yes AZ ZAcceleration jye vs s AM AccelerationMagnitude fyes vs yes o cx X Coordinate fo dvs bs cv ycCoordinae yes bs ez zcoordimae yes lyes RX X Rowton ll lves vs RY Rowton yes ves RZ Z Rowtion yes s RM kotation Magnitude yes ps RVX XRotationat Velocity yes dyes Page A 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 roo Velen be e RVZ rai n veo peo es kvw Rouioni Velocity Magninde yes es Rax XRotafonal Acceleration yes pes RAY TV Rotational Acceleration yes pes RAZ Z Rotational Acceleration vs dyes RAM Rotational Acceleration Magnitude yes yes FLX x Thermal Fux toll yes
161. h which resets the curve styles when they are plotted on the screen so that the curves cycle through the default T HIS colours and styles as they are plotted This will result in the first curve being plotted always being white the second red the third green etc regardless of their curve numbers The default is OFF GM This option will display the Global Menu in a separate window 5 6 9 LABEL AND TITLE EDITING IN THE DIALOGUE BOX The dialogue box can be used to edit curve labels x axis and y axis labels and curve titles To access this feature enter the command cur at the Command prompt Enter M at the CURVE gt 2 HELP BOX command prompt for a list of all available dialogue Using help Using windows box commands The following commands are avallable LA Curve options are U Mn c LA A domdoed TA TI Set a curve title m XL Set a curve x axis label YL Set a curve y axis label TA Set a curve tag End of text A A aaa 0 LA DIALOGUE This option allows the user to edit the label for individual curves Enter the curve number at the Select curve prompt Enter the desired new label at the Label Acceleration 9 vs time S prompt The current Label will be displayed in brackets TI This option allows the user to edit the DIALOGUE title for individual curves Enter the curve number at the Select curve prompt Acceleration vs time Analysis Enter the desired new title a
162. hat are common to all models without showing the model ID s i Sort by Name arranges the entities in alphabetical re aa order based on their names we 5 1 2 GROUPS This option can be used to read a file containing PART group definitions If a model is read in which contains PART information then the PART groups can be used to read in and sum energies for a group of PARTS in one go 5 1 3 CURVE Read Data m LS DYNA Groups ey Zurve This option can be used to read data in from an ASCII file Bulk Data Keyboard CSV Screen In addition to reading a single file this option can nn DD a IM also be used to search directories recursively for Y Curve File El multiple files After the search has finished a list Ep showing all of the files that have been found will be _ Search Directories Recursively displayed so that multiple files can be selected and read in one operation Output Curve KAU File Format T HIS Curve File T w Read Style Data Read Page 5 9 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 The diff t file fi t rted are a ada l e different file formats suppo T HIS Curve File T HIS Curve file This is the default T HIS curve file format As well as Ted iullinle Channels reading this format T HIS can also write out curves include ISO Multiple Channels style information using this format For more details on the a uua f format see Appendix B 150 single Channel ISO Multiple
163. he prefix e g sled test User A used defined prefix will Defined be used The prefix can be defined on a model by model case using the Model Menu The font size and colour of the text used to display the legends can also be specified Page 5 66 _ Title Xais YAws Curve Labels Layout User Lines Reset User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Title Axes Show Prefix Automatic E Prefix Format Model Number y Font Default y Size Automatic 7 Colour Foreground y lw Default Auto Full Automatic y Automatic y Automatic y Automatic y Automatic Automatic y Font Default Colour Foreground User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 15 5 2 Layout T HIS has 4 different plotting formats as described below The number of columns used to display the curve legends can also be set between 1 amp 3 When multiple columns are used curve labels will automatically be truncated to fit the available space Default This format fixes the size of the plotting area The maximum number of curve legends that can be displayed will depend on the font family and size selected by the user and the number of columns If any USER LINES have been defined then the area used to display the legend will be reduced so that the text does not cover the Automatic This format automatically adjusts the plot size to maximise the plotting area while still showing a maximum of
164. he home directory To assign a shortcut right click on the key you want to assign it to This will bring up a list of all available shortcuts in T HIS as well as the option to assign Macros or Fast TCF scripts F1 FA F3 F4 FO FE FF F8 FH F10 F11 PIA No DO x Lpcxoc Iumnritu czum z Clear Macros FAST TCF Scrips M Autoscale F Autoscale Y axis EC Zoom E Zoom in EC Zoom out Plot Blank All Unblank All M Reverse All Read Menu Po Write Manu P Curve Menu 7 Curve Table F Model Menu P Edit Menu Style Menu AUtoscale Blank All Curve Menu FAST TCF Menu Create Graph Curve Properties Menu Image Menu Operate Menu EC Maths Menu Automotive Menu F Seismic Menu Change edit to the next pointisegmen Macras Menu FAST TCF Menu Plot F Titlef xes Menu Restart Quick Pick M Display Menu Reverse All Settings Menu Page 6 10 Preferences Menu Groups Menu Page Layout Menu Command Files Units Menu Restan Quick Pick Create Graph Tidy Menus swap Cure Group Copy Axis Settings Change editta the next point Shortcut menu Page Layout Tile Tall Page Layout Tile Wide Page Layout Cascade Page Layout 1x1 Page Layout 2x2 Page Layout 3x3 T Y User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS To assign a Macros or Fast TCF script to accel from vel a key right click on Macros or FAST TCF Scrips E Butterworth filter FAST TCE Scripts This will b
165. he operation function name e g ADD int 3 the required number of arguments for the operation e g ADD requires two arguments a curve and either a curve or a value 4 the remainder of the line may contain optional requests 5 any optional requests can occur after the arguments 6 curve numbers must be in the format curve number 7 An output curve is always needed for operation commands such as hic hicd tti 3ms err the curve will be copied and the operation is executed on the copied curve 8 A curve tag containing a wildcard or a curve group can be specified as the first curve input for any curve operation If a curve tag contains a wildcard or if a curve group is specified then the curve operation will be repeated for each curve that either the tag matches or is in the curve group e g oper hic node_acc 1 0 15E 3 label Hic ed node accn hic curve tag scale 1 0 15ms period label In T HIS 9 2 onwards the user can operate on multiple input curves only the first curve can be multiple at the moment using the wildcard For example to multiply all curves starting with the tag acc e g oper mul acc 9810 0 multiply on all curves with tag acc 8 1 Standard operation commands Description keyword operation following following additional command word 1 word 2 words abs ad cl CO Ca Absolute valuelopr abs cuve 1 FE a o constant N LN sm constant curve 1 x min value x max value
166. he patterns of peaks the overall shapes of the curves etc and can allow for differences of timing as well as magnitude Thus a simple function based on the difference of Y values such as T HIS ERR function does not measure correlation in the same way as the human eye The T HIS correlation function attempts to include and quantify the more subtle ways in which the correlation of two curves may be judged The input parameters for the COR1 function have been chosen so as to produce a strict judgement of the correlation see Appendix F for more details The COR2 function is the same as COR except the input parameters have been chosen so as to produce a less strict judgement of the correlation see Appendix F for more details Another curve correlation function This function first normalises the curves using two factors either specified by the user or defaults calculated by the program the maximum absolute X and Y values of both graphs For each point on the first normalised curve the shortest distance to the second normalised curve is calculated The root mean square value of all these distances is subtracted from 1 and then multiplied by 100 to get an index between O and 100 The process is repeated along the second curve and the two indices are averaged to get a final index The higher the index the closer the correlation between the two curves Note that the choice of normalising factors is important Incorrect factors may lead to a
167. he right mouse button while over the colour button will invoke a colour Nu P IN pa E ME IEEE E T HIS has a built in palette of 30 predefined colours and 6 user defined colours Colours are defined using 6 digit Hexadecimal values using the format n u ES au RRGGBB RR Red Component 0 255 E EN KA mee GG Green Component 0 255 a u u u BB Blue Component 0 255 2 REDO J Bo KOL3 dREN A fpOFFO0 4 KOL4 BLU OFF 5 OS J J J FYAN J DOFFFF j 6 COL MAGENTA 0 FFOFF Po OL JYELLOW _________ FFFFRO0 ___ A fons Z TURQUOISE pIFFO4 0 0 15 OS BBQ 10 LKOLIO Z3 X P o O pB7B7IB 17 LKOL 7 J J L BDBDBD O l8 00 Os F lt L FC 19 OL JXJe X AL X JJ JpFFCE0 J 20 KOL20 JJ r 2 34 pB7BO 21 KOL21l JJ J pCal 2 KOL2 J 3 LI T PX KOL23 J Ll J B7BFF 4A KOL24 J J J 0 JFOCCE pS OS FFCEIC 00 1 1 KOL26 J J O 27 KOL27 X JM BOND 298 KOL28 J Ll 7BOD 20 KOL29 J
168. he target curve number A 6 Beam Data Components For beams the following data components are available jCempnet THF d3thdO XTF atfile LSDA binout ASO NX lawialforee ys yes NY Shearforceimy yes lyes Nz Shearforceinz tyes lyes MY Momentiny yes yes MZ MomentinZ pye o0 qs MX Torsional moment s bs FAX jJAxusmin pes pei Plastic Bending energy send es PP Page A 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 PE Plastic Bending energy end2 fys RYI yrotation endl yes _ __ p RY2 JYrmm o end2 s lod Rzi Zmumin end yes Rz2 Zrotationsend2 s o RX Torsional rotation s lolo o myi jJYBeningmoment endi fs lolo loo My2 YBending moment end2 ys Jo o Mzi zBendigmomensedl vee IA 4 Bending moment end 2 m Axial collapse energy EEE MN Internal energy Additional Beam Results written if requested from LS DYNA In addition to the basic data components additional beam results may be output to the THF file for both Belytschko Schwer and Hughes Lui beam elements As no indication of the element type is written to the THF file it is impossible for T HIS to work out whether a specific element is a Belytschko Schwer or a Hughes Liu beam As the element type is unknown the user must know which element type a beam is in order to extract the correct results Belytschko Schwer Beams If you have used Belytschko Schwer beams with a
169. hese is Top surface Is the highest layer Centre Is the middle layer if the number of layers is an odd number or the average of the two middle surface layers the number of layers is even Bottom Is layer number one surface Note that there is no guarantee that the centre surface in this context is the neutral axis value this will depend upon the element integration scheme In addition where the centre value has been averaged from a pair of points when the number of layers is an even number it will definitely not be the neutral axis value consider plastic strain in a section in pure bending It is recommended that non default output only be used for composites or in cases where the detailed distribution of data through the element thickness is needed In command line mode the read shell element data command is used as follows RE SH nn lt component gt lt surface gt curve where nn is the beam element number lt component gt is the data component from the lists above lt surface gt 1s the shell surface curve is the target curve number A 8 Thick Shell Data Components For thick shells the following data components are available Component THF a3 that X TF Cutie LSDA binout ascu sx Stressinxx yes lo yes o yy Stressinyy yes bs szz o Stressinzz dyes yes fo Sxv StessinxY yes lo ves Svz JSwsinYZ yes lo ves SzX StressimZX yes lo s o smx
170. ile for future use with the Save Settings button If you do not save settings they will be lost when this session exits EM Blank The Quick Pick menu can be used to perform many common curve operations using just the mouse The Unblank current Quick Pick mode is displayed on the tool bar and can be changed using the popup menu Only The current Quick Pick option can be applied to a Delete single curve by selecting the curve using the left mouse Properties button Multiple curves can be selected by holding down o the left mouse button and dragging out an area Edit Some functions can be undone using the middle mouse Edit Labels button Colour Line Width Line Style Symbol 6 1 8 1 Functions Functions P Automotive Operate Maths Seismic Output 1st Free This option can be used to select any of the curve operations see Sections 5 9 5 10 5 11 and 5 12 that have a single curve as input In addition to selecting a curve operation this menu can also be used to set the output curve for the curve operation to either the Ist free curve or to overwrite the input curve This option can be applied to multiple curves but it can not be undone T F TY F Fi T T TY Y T T TY 7 Page 6 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 6 1 8 2 Blank Blank This Graph All Active Graphs All Graphs This option can be used to blank curves The selected curves can be b
171. ime history blocks In command line mode the read shell element data command is used as follows RE TS nn lt component gt lt surface gt curve where nn is the beam element number lt component gt is the data component from the lists above lt surface gt is the thick shell surface curve is the target curve number A 9 Rigid Wall Data Components For rigid walls the following data components are available Component TH a3thatt XTF file LSDA binout ASCII END Normalforee ol bes lyes ps Ex Global X force Lo pe dyes FY Global Y force Lo po js pe FZ Global Z force ves lyes 0 A 10 Descrete Element Sping Damper Data Components For springs and dampers the following data components are available Component THF a3thatt XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCII Fr Fee Eves lyes es Er Blongation Ol yes ys yes FE Force versus Elongation ps poo lo EN energy 0 0 0 0 s o Page A 10 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS MT Moment yes bs yes RT Rotation yes vs yes Mr Mommsen O es FX GtobalXforee yes fyes ey ctobalYforee Ol yes lyes FZ GtobalZfomce Ol yes he MX Momentinx ll yes s MY Momentiny 1 es lyes iz jMommiZ lo lyes o lyes A 11 Seat Belt Data Components For seat belts the following data components are available Component 3939 THF d3thdt XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCII fee TG o Force versu
172. ine23 pe bs Direction Cosmos po po biecimCosne3 pe Ds bireiwCoine33 po Cox Lewxbispacemen pe po Loy Tocar Displacement pe e Coz roca Dispiacemen O peo be Lvx boval X velocity he pe ivy oval vete Si ves es mz LovalzVelosiy Sd ves pes Lx Loval X Acceleration Sd 1 be pes Page A 15 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 LAY Local Y Acceleration olo lo hs vs LAZ Local Z Acceleration lol fyes lyes LRX gt tocalXRotai n lol s vs ERY tocalYRotai n ll lves yes EA tocalZRorati on ll s s LRVX Local X Rotational Velocity lol lyes hy LRVY Local Y Rotational Velocity lol vs dyes LRVZ LocalZRotational Velocity lol fyes yes LRAX Local X Rotational Acceleration es ves LRAY Local Y Rotational Acceleration lyes yes LRAZ LocalZRotational Acceleration f fe A 22 Spotweld Data Components For spotwelds the following data components are available Component TH a3thalt XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASO AX laxiaforce ll yes dyes SH shearforee es dyes pe tems es s FT aitureTime yes yes FA jme es yes MM MomentMagnitude oo hs bs TO ron bp s s A 23 SPC Data Components For SPC s the following data components are available Component THE a3that XTF til LSDA binou ASCH FX roe ll yes lyes Ev yrowee yes lyes FZ Zz Rowe yes yes EM ForeeMagnitude yes es MX Momentinx yes es MY Momentin
173. ing the right mouse button while over the style button will invoke a popup menu that allows 8 different line styles to be selected the 3 4 is actually a blank line that can be selected so that a curve can be plotted without a line V As well as the 8 line styles the menu also contains a no change N C option 5 6 6 MODIFYING LABELS Und c oe EM INDO Replace Multiple curve labels may be edited using the Search and Replace option to enter the string to search for and the string to replace it with can be used to insert text at the beginning of a label while can be used to append to the end of a label The table below shows the effect of 2 search and replace examples Lo Example 1 Example 2 Original Label Displacement N1034 Replace String Modified Label Displacement Node 1034 The GO button will initiate the search and replace on all the curves that are currently selected highlighted in the bottom half of the menu while the UNDO button can be used to reset the labels to what they were before the search and replace Page 5 31 T HIS Pressing the right mouse button while over the Line Label button will invoke a popup menu that allows the label that is being modified to be swapped between the Line Label X Axis Label and the Y Axis Label Line labels can also be modified by using the dialogue box 9 6 7 SELECTING CURVES By default the Style menu will display a list of all the
174. ip functions calculate and report a value to the screen These options can be used to make T HIS display the peak values and the time widows they occur over These options can be set in the Preference File At present 2 different methods are used to calculate the VC injury criteria for the ECER95 and IIHS regulations see Appendix E for more details This option can be used to set the default value This option can be set in the _ Preference File Page 5 76 Data Curve Operations User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Settings ha General Layout _ Convert from ms s when filtering ms s time convertion Prompt T 0 100E 03 X axis interval for auto regularise ly Always regularise curves before filtering Show HIC value _ Show THIV value Show 3ms Clip value Show PHD value Insert 0 0 point whe Value to truncate curves at when rea 0 100E 19 VC calculation method yw ECER95 IHS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 17 4 Layout Save Settings This option can be used to save a T HIS settings file which can be reloaded later The settings file uses the same syntax as a FAST TCE script except it only contains layout and setup commands The settings file can contain all of the commands required to reproduce the current page and graph layout or a subset of the commands E EMEN settings F 4his001 sel Page 5 77 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 Novemb
175. isplay and Title Axes menus that control the appearance of graphs are only applied to active graphs When new curves are created by reading in data from files the new curves are automatically unblanked in all of the currently active graphs and blanked in any inactive graphs Page 3 7 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page 3 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS A Global Global Commands Commands and CLEAR Pages AUTOSCALE MIT A 4 1 Page Number 4 2 PLOT 4 3 POINT 14 CLEAR Page Number ale pai ibl 5 16 AUTOSCALE 4 7 CENTRE 18 MANUAL 7 9 STOP 4 10 TIDY 4 11 Additional Commands The following commands are to be found as buttons on the GLOBAL MENU panel The command line codes are given in parentheses All of the commands in the GLOBAL MENU can also be accessed via the PLOTTING button at the top of the graphics window 4 1 Page Number If T HIS contains more than one graph see section 3 1 then the graphs can be positioned on seperate Pages within T HIS This menu can be used to select a specific page or it can be used to step through the pages one by one Shortcut Key Goto Page 1 Home Go back Page Page Up Goto Page n N A Go back Page Page Down Goto Page 32 End 4 2 PLOT PL This option will plot all the curves that are currently UNBLANKED see Section 5 Page 4 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 4 3 POINT PT When selected this option waits for
176. ist can contain a mixture of curve tags curve numbers prefixed with or curve groups If curve tags are specified in the curve list then they can contain wildcards The following option can be appended to the display keyword after the curve list Additional format following word following word format word 1 2 Page 7 33 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Style application Lom a ry Curves have styles applied in the order they were defined In version 9 4 the the following additional options that can be appended to the display keyword after the curve list are still supported although there use is not recommended Eqiuvalent commands have been added to the Plot Setup commands along with a number of new options Additional format following word following word format word 1 2 Ee file word 1 title word 2 etc Takes following words as a title until another keyword is found X axis options X if numeric 1 xaxis a following words as a label until another min max keyword is found otherwise xaxis label otherwise xaxis label ax Y axis options yax if numeric 1 yaxis if numeric 2 yaxis Takes following words as a label until another min max keyword is found otherwise yaxis label otherwise yaxis label 2ya if numeric 1 yaxis if numeric 2 yaxis Takes following words as a label until another min max keyword is found otherwise yaxis label Jotherwise yaxis label e g display curve 2 curve 1
177. king it possible to operate on MOR y multiple curves for example add 20 curves to 20 curves RAVE SUX x WINDOW ZERO The options with the OPERATE menu are split into 3 groups The first group require 2 sets of curves as input The second group require a single set of curves as input The third group also require a single set of curves as input but the output from these functions is a single curve See Section 5 0 for more information on curve groups i 5 9 1 ABS Produces the absolute y values of a curve 5 9 2 AD D Add the y axis values together for two curves or add a constant value to all the didi y values If two curves are being added together they must have identical x axis values 5 9 3 ADX Add the x axis values together for two curves or add a constant value to all the s x values If two curves are being added together they must have identical y axis values 5 9 4 AVE Produces a single curve that is the average of the input curves 5 9 5 C AT Concatenate the second curve to the end of the first 5 9 6 CLIP Clip a curve to remove any M UE EHRE points that exceed a set of A minimum value lee specified minimum and e maximum x amp y axis value A Maximum value WER SEEN The user is prompted for minimum and maximum Y minimum value EERIEIEIE SLM values after the curves have SEEN Y maximum value Pf SEE 5 9 7 COM Two curves are combined to give a new curve For example if a displacement time idi curve is combin
178. l be made such as postscript or bitmap plots but these will have names specified by the user 7 1 4 Debugging FAST TCF files Complicated FAST TCF files will inevitably go wrong There are a number of things the user can do to help identify where it is going wrong Assuming the command line syntax is correct and the correct files are in the run directory these typical procedures are as follows Identifying errors using the interactive playback option in T HIS e Read the model s into T HIS e Read the FAST TCE script into T HIS under the FAST TCF gt Run sub menu e Step through the FAST TCF script manually keeping an eye on how FAST TCF is translating the lines and the output T HIS is producing Identuymg if FAST TCF has found an error If FAST TCF finds an error then it is stored and T HIS then resets the command line and continues to translate the input file If 10 errors are found then T HIS will stop at this line You can set this error amount internally within FAST TCF Once T HIS has stopped the errors are summarised in the command line box and the terminal that T HIS was run from The number of warnings found is also printed e It should be obvious what is wrong FAST TCF checks numerous things including Whether T HIS created the curve from the previous line e That the syntax is correct for all the data input lines the data extraction requests have additional checking to check the combinations of words inputted is right
179. labels user defined D A ib Axis types X OT OL rid lines JJ ab WIGLD SR J lt I E J e Ph 3 O 3 O un O C e 3 c c p en un B e un en 3 5 c S ON Autoscaling on OFF Autoscaling off X Define new x limits minimum maximum LOW TTUN A IV erme ne maximum x Un Y Define new y limit min max MN Define new minimum y limit MX Define new maximun y limit MN2 Define new minimum second y limit MX2 Define new maximum second y limit AU Use automatic axes labels both A LAN Ci axis labels DI D Ic gt DROSS Se O b lt lt ale als lo o o Eh O lo p eit O Ss ls b 5 CIS B O S lo R C celo E o a NI no Ch oe un jab ERE ng gt O o O O Un p X Define new x axis plot label Y Define new y axis plot label ON Turn grid on orid off AX Automatic x axis grid intervals AY Automatic y axis grid intervals X Manual x axis grid intervals Y Manual y axis grid intervals X Define x axis grid intervals Y Define y axis grid intervals axis grid offset is grid offset H Define grid line thickness e TI Tl c H 5 O x I O O ang z o Gi OY Define y axis GW Grid width eee O O UL User Line 000000 oo oo O O P Model Prefix PR Prefix Format prefix on prefix off prefix if more than one model L H an B
180. lanked in just the graph they were selected in all the currently active graphs or all graphs This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 1 8 3 Unblank Unblank All Active Graphs All Graphs Only Graph Fin A M This option can be used to unblank curves The selected curves can be unblanked in all the currently active graphs all graphs or a individual graph can be specified This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 1 8 4 Only Only This Graph All Active Graphs All Graphs This option can be used to blank all curves except for the selected ones The selection can be applied to just the graph they were selected in all the currently active graphs or all graphs This option can be applied to multiple curves and it can be undone using the middle mouse button 6 1 8 5 Delete This option can be used to delete curves It can be applied to multiple curves but it can not be undone 6 1 8 6 Properties This option will display the current properties for a curve see Section 6 3 1 for more details If multiple curves are selected this option is only applied to the one with the lowest curve ID 6 1 8 7 Edit This option can be used to select a curve for editing see Section 5 5 for more details If multiple curves are selected this option is only applied to the one with the lowest
181. list of available data types will automatically be displayed see Section 5 1 1 5 Extract curves to match model Copy curve styles Set styles Colour idth Style Symbol Copy Model Unit System Undefined 7 Apply Cancel THF dathdt File W Ettestisledinew 1909 tht ATF xtfile File M ENXestsledevw Ig09 stf 5D Ybinout Database M EMestisledibinout ASCI Files Ww lt Mone gt gt 7F Additional Model data M E testisledinew 1909 ztf Page 5 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Search Directories Select a directory T HIS will then search the directory and all subdirectories recursively for LS LiY NA Groups Keyvvord Cure models and results and list them so the user can select which models to read Bulk Data Keyboard CSV Screen _ SelectModel E testisledinew Ig09xtf CI le Search Directories Recursively E tes 4 CRUSH Extract curves to match model v Copy curve styles Set styles Colour vVidth Style Symbol ECETIA Cancel M THFid thdt File i XTF xtfile File ww LSDAbinautDatabase W ASCII Files w X All Models lw ABASE MC ARUN I ARUN If ARUNS I ARUNA 9 1 1 2 Automatic extraction of w Extract curves to match model ov model results ea ies When a second or subsequent model is opened in _ Set styles Colour Width Style Symbol T HIS this option can be used to automatically generate the same curves as those already read from another m
182. lows the user to specify their preferred order of data sources for the different data types Upon reading in models T HIS will read all files regardless of these preferences When T HIS extracts data for plotting the source is dependent on that currently set in this menu If you select a data component or entity that is not available in the first data source T HIS will automatically try the other data sources in order until the combination is found The Model Manager can be used to see what source has been used for each item for models already read into T HIS Page 5 74 Airbags User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Settings Tk Shells Stonewalls Springs Seatbelts Retractors Siiprings Contacts Reactions Joints X Sections subsystems Geo Contacts Nodal RBs Spotwelds SPGS BOUNDARYS Foals SPHs User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 9 17 2 Files File Names General Layout By default the file filters in T HIS are set to look for the file naming convention set File Names for the LS DYNA output files by the SHELL This option can be used to swap ARUP th Te LAH the file filters back to the default LSTC Y din Lp E ESTE Mall naming convention This option can be set in the Preference File File Output default Root Filename for Output Dame Time history jobname thikOthdt Write HIC to file E Software Developmentiv Extra Time jobname xtfktfile istor Write 3
183. mands While you are free to reposition these master windows it is recommended that you keep to this default layout This is because when further sub windows appear their position and size is designed assuming this layout and aims to obscure as little useful information as possible 2 2 Mouse and keyboard usage for screen menu interface All screen menu operations are driven with the left mouse button with the following exceptions a Text in the dialogue area and text boxes requires keyboard entry b Text strings saved in the cursor cut buffer may be pasted into dialogue areas and text boxes using the middle mouse button The primitive widgets in the menu interface are used as follows BUTTONS EINER Screen buttons are depressed by clicking on them but ige AA ial action only takes place when the mouse button is released so it is safe to drag the depressed mouse around the screen The following checkpoint file s have been found Page 2 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Buttons may also be greyed out to indicate that the option is not currently available Buttons with after them will usually invoke sub menus Popup window invocation Buttons with an gt symbol may be selected normally with the left mouse button but if the right mouse button is depressed over them it will invoke a popup window Holding the right mouse button down move the cursor into this window to make a selection
184. manual Version 9 4 November 2009 OA ADMIN XX Top level oa pref file Configuration files Manuals amp scripts OA INSTALL Local copy af executables OA INSTALL Local copy of executables OA INSTALL Local copy of executables Machine 1 Machine 2 Machine 3 1 User 1 User 2 t Ho I Home directory QA HOME I Home directory OA HOME Personal oa pref files Personal oa pref files Personal scripts Personal scripts I In this example preferences manuals and scripts that are placed in OA ADMIN will be available to all users Changes to the preferences scripts etc need to be made only once in OA_ADMIN and do not need to be copied onto each local installation Page K 4
185. ment curve word6 Fzc tension word7 Fzc compression reg curve 1 newdtvalue f oper thi Accn x curve Accn y curve Yaw rate curve word6 Horizontal distance word Lateral distance words Head to vehicle distance oper tti Upper rib curve Lower rib curve Lower spine curve Value is stored with the output curve keyword operation following following additional command word 1 word 2 words ae Se Te a Q SS Pa EN a Vel to disp oper vd curve 1 spectra Velto accn oper va curve 1 spectra je 3w aa correction Design spectrum broadening factor FFT oper ft EE TE oo P R Response oper rs curve 1 damping factor sampling factor Sampling must be spectrum either 30 or 70 7 8 5 Range of curve operation commands mum kd a me command 1 2 words ave list urve 2 to curve n 3dnM ends the curve list C l Page 7 26 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 9 APPLYING EXTRA OPTIONS TO DATA REQUESTS Extra options can be used after a data component extraction or a curve operation After the basic request for a particuar component and particular entity have been made the following extra data on the line is recognised to manipulate the curve further This includes options to label a curve scale it write it out and so on Each request is executed in the order on the line if the curve label is used it must be the last input on the line e g no 54 accel mag xsc 1
186. ministration and configuration directory is required e In larger organisations the one person per computer philosophy may not apply with the consequence that users will tend to have a floating home area on a network drive and may not use the same machine every day This is not usually a problem on Unix Linux where the home directory is tied to the login name not the machine However on Windows platforms it means that 7 USERPROFILE which is typically on the local C drive of a machine is not a good place to consider as home since it will be tied to a given computer therefore a user who saves a file in his home directory on machine A may not be able to access it from machine B Therefore a more flexible definition of home is required Page K 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 e Ina similar vein placing large temporary files on the tmp partition Unix Linux or the C drive Windows may result in local disks becoming too full or quotas exceeded Therefore a more flexible definition of temporary disk area is required 3 Improved Installation structure from release 9 4 onwards In order to try to improve the situation the installation configuration from release 9 4 onwards has been changed as follows Directory Content and purpose oa_pref file option OA ADMIN xx Optional Top level configuration files xx 94 for release 9 4 thus OA ADMIN 94 Admin level oa_pref file Other configuration files Time
187. modify curve groups T HIS can contain an unlimited number of curve groups each Number of curve groups 3 of which can contain any curve Curve groups can be used as input to most 1 Curve Group 1 Displacements T HIS functions that require one or more input curves see Section 5 0 for more 2 Curve Group 2 Velocities details 3 Curve Group 3 Accelerations Each curve group should be given a unique name 5 19 1 Create Create Curve Group This option can be used to create a new Curve Group 4 curve group Curv e group A By default the group will be called Curve group where is the curve group number if an alternate name is not Select Curve s specified Cancel Pick Visible CURVE LIST M2 Disp mag Node 100000 M3 Disp mag Node 100000 F3 M4 Disp mag Node 100000 M5 Disp mag Node 100000 M6 Disp mag Node 100000 5 M2 Vel mag Node 100000 7 M3 Vel mag Node 100000 FS M4 Vel mag Node 100000 M5 Vel mag Node 100000 Page 5 80 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 19 2 Modify Modify Curve Group This option can be used to modify the Curve Group 1 contents of an existing curve group orit s Mame Curve Group 1 Displacements name When a curve group is selected any curves that are already defined in the Select Curve s group are highlighted in the curve list PE Cancel Pick Visible Filter Key in MEM CURVE LIST M2 Dis
188. most certainly be unchanged between major oasys temp dir lt pathname for temporary files versions although they could be different if desired Pathnames in the oa pref file may contain environment variables which will be resolved before being applied 3 2 The hierarchy of oa pref file reading It will be clear from the above that in a large installation the oa pref files have a significant role Each piece of software reads them in the following order User s personal home file Current working directory The rules for reading these files are e Ifa given directory does not exist or no file is found in that directory then no action is taken This is not an EITOT e A more recently read definition supersedes one read earlier therefore local definitions can supersede global ones unless it was locked e If two of more of the directories in the table above are the same then that file is only read once from the first instance 3 3 Locking Preference Options From version 9 4 onwards preference options can be locked If a preference option 1s locked in a file then that preference option will be ignored in any of the subsequent preference files that are read By locking a preference option in a file that users do not have write access to a network administrator can control what options a user can modify 3 4 Large Network Installation A typical layout of a large networked installation might be Page K 3 T HIS User
189. mouse OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY OTATION Z ROTATION SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM UP VE D TION_XY RANSLATION OTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM_UP_ VE N D OTATION_XYZ ROTATION_XY ZOOM_UP_ VE OTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM_UP_ VE D dv_left_ctrl string gt Dyn view action for trl Left mouse string gt Dyn view action for trl Middle mouse dv middle ctrl dv right ctrl string gt Dyn view action for RANSLATION ZOOM UP VE dv left both string gt Dyn view action for shift ctrl Left dv_middle_both OTATION_XYZ ROTATION_XY OTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM_UP VE string gt Dyn view action for shift ctrl Middle D OTATION_XYZ ROTATION_XY OTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE RANSLATION ZOOM_UP_ VE OOM DOWN N B dv right both string gt Dyn view action for shift ctrl Right mode for shift NUSED Mouse DULLOL dv ctrl action string 5 Dynamic viewing mode for ctrl Mouse DULLOD dv both action string 5 Dynamic viewing mode for shift ctrl URRENT WIREFRAME FREE EDGE IREFRAME NUSED URRENT WIREFRAME FREE EDGE FREE EDGE NUSED MOousec DULLOD and strength IMES BOLD COURIER COURIER BOLD Switching of mouse and or keyboard mouse wheel 0 01 0 2 mouse dynamic zoom 0 01 0 2 kzoom_ factor real Factor for 0 01 100 0 2 keyboard short cut keys Keys can have functions assigned to them
190. mponents Err Effective Plastic Strain ss o Pes Page A 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS EXX Swaininxx yes he EYY Swaininyy yes lyes EZZ Sminnzz yes o ds So EXY Swaininxy ys ess EYZ SraiminYz yes yes BZX Swaininzx ys o dyes So EMX Maximum Principal Strain lyesooo lo he EMN Minimum Principal Swain es vs EMS Maximum Shear Strain yes o es EVM VonMises Strain bs J bhs f EAV jAvngeSmin s o s SOEn Extra Data Component ves NENNEN Only solids that have been declared in solid element time history blocks will be available for processing To get a list of available element numbers in command line mode use the M enu command Coordinate systems of results The stress and strain tensors are reported in the global cartesian system unless the option to output results in the part coordinate system has been used Writing the directional strain tensor is optional in LS DYNA it will only appear in the menu if it is present Extra data components The extra data components SOEn are also optional and only appear if present in the database They are material dependent results and are treated as scalar data of unknown type by T HIS In command line mode the read solid element data command is used as follows RE SO nn component ft curve where nn is the solid element number component is the data component from the list above curve is t
191. ms Clip to fil ElSoftware Development File Output AA r nt The HIC 3ms Clip ASLTHIV TTI write ASI to file E Software Development Automotive injury criteria functions and l ERR operator function can all send there IE Write THIV to file E Software DevelopmentWV output to a file as well as to the screen These options can be used to select which Write TTI to file E Software Development functions send out to a file and to specify a Root Filename that is used for all of the Write ERR to file E Software Developmentiv output files The Root Filename can be set in the Preference File THFd3thdt File Swap Title File Skip number File family size MB XTFixtfile File Swap Title File Skip number File family size MB Page 5 75 T HIS 5 17 3 General Curve Operations All of the AUTOMOTIVE filters are designed to filter curves using seconds as the time unit This option can be used to automatically convert the x axis values of any curves from milliseconds to seconds before applying one of the filters If a curve 1s automatically converted then the output curve is also automatically converted back into milliseconds This option can be set in the Preference File All of the AUTOMOTIVE filters require curves with constant time intervals This option can be used to specify a default time interval that will be used to automatically regularise a curve before it is filtered By default the HIC and 3ms Cl
192. n page all current Generate an image for each page the current i page page number n word res screen 2x Set the resolution to either the same as the screen or 2 or 4 times the screen 4x resolution for image ouptut X p res screen 2x Set the resolution to either the same as the screen or 2 or 4 times the screen 4 resolution for Postscript and PDF ouptut title string Specify the plot title postscript PDF output only f Specify the figure number postscript PDF output only land port Specify the paper orientation postscript PDF output only image bmp output1 bmp graph all generate a bitmap called outputl bmp containing all the current graphs image jpeg output2 jJpg page 3 generate a JPEG image called output2 jpg containing page 3 image 2x i_res set the resolution used for all following images to 2 x the screen resolution Page 7 35 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 image ti Run number 2 set the plot title to Run number 2 for any following postscript or PDF images image ori landscape set the page layout to landscape for any following postscript or PDF images 7 11 5 Pre 9 3 Image Output The following pre T HIS 9 3 image output commands are still supported but users are recommended to use the new format described above Curve styles that have been previously defined can be applied to the curves in the plot and various other settings can be made with regards to the
193. n They can then be read back in and replayed A variety of features are available to help move around the file These are shown in the FILE POSITION AND CONTROL area of the panel The file can be indexed at particular user defined points using the INDEX MARKS menu is accessed by pressing the INDEX button These may be used as targets of a search and also to control recording Command Session Files Recore Playback Pause Resume Record Resume File saving amp mode SAVE TO DISK _ Review mode Record mode DELETE TO EOF File position and control lt lt SEARCH RECORD gt SEARCH gt gt lt STEP STOP STEP gt TOP END Goto line SPEEL Current command status INDEX Line no Box name Top menu box Function Button Press Command Command File The scratch file is random access and can be moved back and forth and reviewed at will To help with this it is possible to switch between RECORD and REVIEW modes in the session file control box RECORD REVIEW records all your commands when running plays back your recorded commands A command file can be stepped through or run backwards or forwards It may also be searched for a particular command As with a real tape recorder if the pointer is moved backwards and recording continued the commands that were previously stored w ll be overwritten from that point The sess on file recording and command file playback operations
194. n 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 2 Within a tab taba tabe or varr line use the word varf just before the description words The variable name is defined as the word after varf The variable value is equal to the return value of the request The variable can then be used in any subsequent lines of FAST TCF For instance the simplest way to set the variable MAX ACCN to the max of curve 1 is varf MAX ACCN 1 max However if the user wishes to combine writing a property to a text file and defining a variable in FAST TCT this syntax could be used tab output txt 1 max varf MAX ACCN 7 12 5 Format From Version 9 3 onwards the format used to display the value can be controlled by adding an optional format keyword after the property to be output and any additional inputs that property requires The format should be specified directly after the format keyword and should use standard C programming syntax to specify a floating point format using either f e E g or G format specifiers e g tab output txt head max max y of curve 1 file output txt curve tag maximum Y description tab output txt head max format 6 3f max y of curve 1 file output txt curve tag maximum Y format description tab output txt head max format 3f max y of curve 1 file output txt curve tag maximum Y format description Example formats Number Format Output 12 3456 5 2f 12 35 12 3456 7 3e 1 2345e 01 12 3456 7 3E 1 2345
195. n in the lower spine T12 expressed in g For the dummy to pass the test the following conditions must be met 1 The TTI value must not exceed a 85g for a passenger car with 4 side doors and for any multipurpose vehicle truck or bus b 90g for a passenger car with 2 side doors 11 The peak lateral acceleration of the pelvis shall not exceed 130g 111 Any side door struck by the moving deformable barrier shall not seperate totally from the car iv Any door not struck by the moving deformable barrier must meet the following requirements a The door chall not disengage from the latched position b The latch shall not seperate from the striker c The hinge components shall not seperate from each other or from their attachment to the vehicle d Neither the latch nor the hinge systems of the door shall pull out of their anchorage For more information on the use and calculation of TTI refer to the FMVSS 214 document Page E 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX F Curve Correlation COR1 and COR2 The Correlation functions COR1 and COR provide a measure of the degree to which two curves match When comparing curves by eye the quality of correlation may be judged on the basis of how well matched are the patterns of peaks the overall shapes of the curves etc and can allow for differences of timing as well as magnitude Thus a simple function based on the difference of Y values such as T HIS ERR
196. n the system An individual s specific preferences file can be stored in the individual s home area This can be used to personally customise the software to the individual s needs Whenever one of the programs whose preferences can be stored in the oa_pref file is fired up the program will take preferences first from the general preference file in the SOA ADMIN xx directory if it exists then the SOA INSTALL directory then from the file in the user s home area then from the current working directory Preferences defined in the general oa_pref file can be modified in the user s personal file but they can t be removed by it From version 9 4 onwards preferences can be locked If a preference is locked it cannot be changed in an oa_pref file in a more junior directory To lock a preference use the syntax this rather than this The interactive Preferences Editor You are free to edit oa_pref files by hand but there is an interactive Preferences Editor that may be called from within T HIS that makes the job much easier It is started by Options Edit Preferences or through the Preferences Button in the Tool menu The preferences editor reads an XML file that contains all possible preferences and their valid options and allows you to change them at will In this example the user is changing the background colour in D3PLOT Note that changes made in the Preferences editor will not affect the current session of D3PLOT th
197. nds for setting curve properties 7 10 New FAST_TCF plot setup commands 7112 Added support for new DBFSI data components and DBSENSOR Appendix A 25 ASCII file Added support for RELAX ASCII file Appendix A l Added support for TPRINT ASCII file Appendix A 4 Updated T HIS curve file format Appendix B New Features for version 9 3 Manual Section Description Multiple Graphs and Pages 3 1 amp 5 20 Quick Pick Curve Options 6 1 8 New Screen option for creating curves interactively 5 15 Floating legend Jal User controlled formatting of Axis values 3 13 2 Interactive curve editing a PNG and GIF image output formats 3 6 1 1 New Postscript Driver 5 6 2 PDF output option 5 652 2 and 4 times screen resolution output options 38 12 Background images 5 8 3 Extended colour palette plus user defined colours 362 Enhanced FAST TCF options 7 0 Curve Groups 5 19 New Curve Correlation Function 5 11 23 amp Appendix F Setting File 5 17 4 Added support for shell and solid strain data components from LSDA Appendix A 5 amp Appendix A 7 file Added support for Airbag Part data components from LSDA file 4 4 amp Appendix A 16 I Bi New Features for version 9 2 Description New menu interface 3 1 Read MODEL data AA User defined preferences for LS DYNA data sources 3 17 Multiple Models 5 1 1 5 amp 5 4 Page 0 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Enhanced FAST TCE scripting all data components
198. ntaining one or more graphs in a All Pages This menu can be used to save an image number of different formats Current Page Only Page 1 All Graphs All Active Graphs Only Graph White Background Filename models 1_sled this001 jpg ME IM File Format nll le c Resolution Screen x screen 48 Screen All Paaes Each page will be saved as a single image to multiple files The filenames used will be based on the filename selected by the user This option will only be available if T HIS contains multiple graphs on more than one page see section 3 2 Current Page A single image containing currently displayed page will be generated This option will only be available if T HIS contains multiple graphs on more than one page see section 3 2 Only Page n A single image containing the selected page will be generated This option will only be available if T HIS contains multiple graphs on more than one page see section 3 2 All Graphs A single image will be generated containing all of the graphs This option will only be available if T HIS only contains a single page see Section 3 2 A All Active Graphs A single image will be generated containing all of the currently active graphs This option will only be available if T HIS only contains a single page see Section 3 2 DT Only Graph n A single image containing the selected graph will be generated White Background Captures the image with a white
199. nts are lost according to the excursion area compared to a tolerance limit The process is repeated for filtered Curve A excursions from a band drawn around filtered curve B Page F 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Correlation examples E o E m k e m La La L Measure 5 Curve shape full curve The same as Measure 4 except that the curves are not filtered and different tolerance limits and band sizes may be used Output T HIS prints the overall correlation percentage and the marks from each measure to the screen or to a text file A new curve 1s created from each input curve showing the identified peaks used in measures 1 and 2 As the same curve could be used as input to multiple correlations the correlation percentage 1s stored internally in T HIS with the 2 output curves NOT the input curves The correlation percentage can be accessed from within FAST TCF scripts by requesting the correlate property for either of the 2 ouptut curves e g operation correlate strict curve_l curve_2 tag curve_3 curve_4 Calculate correlation between curve_1 and curve_2 Tag the curves containing the peaks as curve_3 and curve_4 tab output txt curve_3 correlate Output the curve correlation value from curve 3 to the file output txt taba output txt curve 4 correlate Append the curve correlation value from curve 4 to the file output txt Selection of Parameters The Correlation algorithm has many t
200. odel By default this option will attempt to generate curves that match those already read from model 1 If results have already been read from more than one model then the model to match the curves form can be set to any of the existing models When the curves from the 2nd or subsequent model are automatically generated they will be given the same colours and line styles as the curves in the original model Ww Extract curves to match model am _ Copy curve styles Setstyles Colour Width Style Symbol Instead of copying the curve styles a new style for all the automatically generated curves can be specified This make it very easy to set the same style for all of the curves that are read from a model Page 5 7 T HIS 5 1 1 3 Model Unit System This option can be used to set the default Unit System that will be applied to the model For more information on Units see Section 5 22 5 1 1 4 Entity Types Items are shown in bright green if they occur in all the models that have been read into T HIS and are currently selected If they occur in at least one model but not all models then they are shown in a duller green in the case shown in the adjacent picture Beams and Joints can be found in some but not all of the models 5 1 1 5 Data Components When reading data from any of the LS DYNA binary files or the LS DYNA ASCII files multiple components and entities may be selected at the same time Each dat
201. olbar with the exception that the settings only apply to the graph in the window instead of all of the currently active graphs Page 6 7 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 6 3 CURVE INFORMATION Model ID 1 NODE 1343 Pressing the right mouse button while in the graphics window will display a popup menu File THF listing the ID label and the data source of the nearest curve Disp x Node 1343 When data is read from either one of the LS DYNA output files T HIS will store the ID Functions F and type of the entity that the data applies to If the curve label is modified this data will i remain unchanged so that the curve source can still be identified Blank l Unblank pr If a curve has been read in from another source then T HIS will report the data source as being UNKNOWN Only i If a curve is created from another curve using one of the T HIS curve operations then the Delete data source for the new curve will be copied from the original curve If the operation uses Properties F more than one curve as input then the data source information will only be copied to the l new curve if all of the input curves had the same data source nits pr Edit will open the curve editor for the selected curve whilst the colour Line Width Line ul style and Symbol pop up menus allow the user to change these options for the curve as Edit Labels Br can be done from the STYLE menu m Colour Pr Line Width Br Line Style
202. olerance limits and other inputs Two sets of these parameters have been pre selected to offer strict or less strict judgement of correlation buttons COR1 and COR in the Automotive menu It is expected that if CORI rates Curves A and B as better correlated than C and D then COR would also rate the pairs of curves in the same order The percentage correlation would be greater in each case from COR2 than from CORI CORI will provide a greater difference discrimination between well correlated and very well correlated pairs of curves while COR2 will provide greater discrimination between averagely correlated and poorly correlated pairs of curves The purpose of offering both versions of the correlation function is to allow the user to select a calibration of the function appropriate to the typical input curves used Page F 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 COR1 COR2 Examples Correlallon examples uo 19 9957 Corelallan examples UO 2 19 993 Page F 4 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 ut a E m Pa LU c s 5 di kaa Dum o o uOnPl aaag Correlation Examples UONBASISING Page F 5 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 COR3 The Correlation function COR3 provides another measure of the degree to which two curves match based on the distance between the two curves 0 000 0 200 0 400 0 800 0 600 D 400 0 200 0 000 0 200 0 400 0 600 0 800
203. ommand one PAST ICF Script Ed x by one Run ScriptName dave VASEINEW The FAST TCF line appears in the top dialogue box and the translated T HIS line appears in the bottom box The line about to be sent to T HIS appears in red text large curinp C Reread To end the script prematurely hit the End button Play Step End FASTTCF input Y 1 THIS command line Y 1 Page 7 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 1 3 Input Files Needed and Output and Intermediate Files Created input_script is required at the start input_script output is a file that contains the concatenated output from FAST TCF input_script tmp is a temporary file that FAST TCF creates for translation This is merged after completion into input_script output so if you see this file then FAST TCF didn t finish cleanly 4 input_script rep 1s a temporary report file of the FAST TCF run This is merged after completion into input_script output so if you see this file then FAST TCF didn t finish cleanly J input_script tcf are the commands passed to T HIS from FAST TCF This is merged after completion into input_script output so if you see this file then FAST TCF didn t finish cleanly The command lines contain special characters such as r m and l These are used internally in T HIS and should be ignored by the user 6 input_script sngval contains summaries of every curve outputted a Other files wil
204. on 9 4 November 2009 Glass 60 SAE filter Frequency Hz ass THIS Yoron 6 1 C60 tiller response Ec He T HIS Version 6 1 Class 180 SAE filter Gain dB Li mm SA anos A as 1000 Frequency Hz Caspa THIS Wirken BI 0180 filter response Upper limit Lower limit Version 6 1 Page D 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Class 600 SAE filter mm san TTT La 1000 Frequency Hz C800 filter response Upper limit Lower limit Version 6 1 Class 100 SAE filter 21000 filter response Upper limit THIS 7 Lower limit Version 8 2 04 OCT 05 Page D 7 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page D 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX E INJURY CRITERIA T HIS has the option to calculate two of the injury criteria that are used currently in occupant protection These are the head impact criteria or HIC value and 3ms clip value These criteria are defined as follows E 1 HIC Value The HIC value is calculated from the resultant acceleration time history of the head centre of gravity filtered through a class 1000 filter The HIC value is then calculated from pot 25 uc fade 6 4 4 4 Where a is the acceleration expressed in g and t and t are any two points in time It is now usual for an upper limit on the range t t of 36ms to be applied E 2 3ms Clip The 3ms clip value is the maximum value of acc
205. on is carried out on curve which has either the X or Y axis unit defined the units for the output curve s are also calculated If a curve operation is carried out using 2 or more input curves with different units and the result is a curve with inconsistent units then the units are set to zero If one of the inputs is a constant then it assumed to be unitless Velocity m s Velocity m s Add Velocity m s Velocity m s Displacement m Add Unknown Velocity m s Constant Add Velocity m s Velocity m s Differentiate Acceleration m s 2 5 22 1 Models Units By keeping track of the X and Y axis units Models Labels Curves for each curve T HIS can now convert E results from one unit system to another Model Display Factor Model Length J Unknown Unknown A Time Unknown Unknown TA For each model one of the following 6 unit Undefined r systems can be defined ame Unis Ul m kg seconds SI U2 mm Tonnes seconds U4 m gm milli seconds US ft slug seconds eH Slug DAL Model Titles U6 Tonnes seconds i MX v ng 1909 Large Test 8 Belted sled test Page 5 88 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS In addition to specifying a unit system for each model a separate unit system can also be selected to use to display results If the model unit system and the display unit system are different then T HIS will automatically calculate the correct fa
206. or yes PR Pressure yes so lepasoia yes TE TemperatureatSemsor yes A 26 SPH Data Components For SPH s the following data components are available Component TH d3thdt XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCH De Density yes yes EXX gt jJsmiinXXx po res yes Page A 17 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 xv fsan A ee mz smmimzz lc pe By ennxv pes de Evz smmimvz ves pes ex smiimzx uc pe Er lefeiveswes O lc pes Sxx swsimxx lc pe sw swssimyv ul lc pe sz swsimzz de pe Sxy sess lc pe oz swssinyz apo pe mx swsnzx lc pe bw Smoothing ngs O e he Page A 18 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX B T HIS CURVE FILE FORMAT A curve file is a file of x y values which can be read into T HIS for plotting It can be written by T HIS or by another program or created using a text editor The format is as flexible as possible to allow many types of data to be handled Line 1 Title Line 2 X axis label Line 3 Y axis label Line 4 Curve label Line 5 X Y point 1 Line 6 X Y point 2 Line n 4 X Y point n The X and Y values can be in any format as long as the two values are separated by either a space or comma Up to 500000 points can be input Several curves can be put in one file sequentially separated by the word CONTINUE The title and three label lines must be present for each
207. ore details Auto hide graph This option can be used to automatically hide the tool bar tool bar see Section 6 2 at the top of each graph window Page 6 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 6 1 3 Plotting The Plotting drop down menu can be used to access the following plotting commands Plot see Section 4 1 for more details Zoom see Section 4 4 for more details Point see Section 4 2 for more details Autoscale see Section 4 5 for more details Centre see Section 4 6 for more details 6 1 4 Functions The Functions drop down menu can be used to access all of the curve functions Automotive see Section 5 11 for more details Operate see Section 5 9 for more details Maths see Section 5 10 for more details Seismic see Section 5 12 for more details 6 1 5 Display The Display drop down menu can be used to access the Title Axis and Display menus and to dynamically modify the appearance of graphs This menu changes all of the currently active graphs see section 3 5 Title Axis see Section 5 15 for more details Display see Section 5 16 for more details Grid Turns the gird on off see Section 5 16 3 for more details Symbols Turns graph symbols on off see Section 5 16 3 for more details Lines Turns graph lines on off see Section 5 16 1 for more details Border Turns the plot border on off see Section 5 16 5 for more details Foreground Sets the foreground colour see Section 5 16 8 for more details
208. ous directories used for files were the system standard directories or hard wired to the top level OASYS directory User s home HOME USERPROFILE directory Typically C Documents and Typically lt username gt Settings lt username gt Temporary file P_tmpdir directory Typically tmp or var tmp Typically C Documents and Settings lt username gt Local settings Temp Manuals SOASYS manuals SOASYS manuals directory Scripts directory SOASYS lt prog gt _library sOASYS lt prog gt _library 2 Problems with the existing installation structure This organisation has been reasonably successful for single users and small organisations but it has proved unwieldy for larger organisations for the following reasons e Large organisations generally imply large networks and it is often the case that the performance of these networks can be intermittent or poor therefore it is common practice to perform an installation of the software on the local disk of each machine rather then having a single installation on a remote disk This avoids the pauses and glitches that can occur when running executable files over a network but it also means that all the configuration files in or depending upon the top level OASYS directory have to be copied to all machines and more to the point any changes or additions to such files also have to be copied to all machines Therefore some method of decoupling the installation directory from the ad
209. out configuration file OA_ADMIN Optional Same as OA ADMIN 94 If OA ADMIN 94 is not defined then this non release specific version is checked OA INSTALL Optional All executables oasys install dir Installation level oa pref file pathname OA MANUALS Optional Specific directory for user manuals If not defined oasys manuals dir then will search in pathname OA ADMIN xx manuals xx major version number OA INSTALL manuals OA HOME Optional Specific home directory for user If not defined oasys home dir will use pathname SHOME SUSERPROFILE Windows OA_TEMP Optional Specific temporary directory for user If not oasys temp_dir defined will use lt pathname gt P_tmpdir Unix Linux TEMPS Windows It will be clear from the table above that none of Environment variables have to be set and that all defaults will revert to pre 9 4 behaviour In other words users wishing to keep the status quo will find behaviour and layout unchanged if they do nothing OA INSTALL Previously the software used the OA INSTALL renamed from OASYS environment variable to locate the directory the software was installed in On Windows this is no longer required as the software can work out it s own installation directory As this environment variable is no longer required it is recommended that it is removed from machines it is currently set on as in some cases where more than one version has been installed in
210. ow and select Show Tags The tag names can be defined in the input boxes When a curve file is written T HIS will save the tags of all the tagged curves in the file When performing operations in the dialogue box curves can be referenced by their tags The tag must be placed in double quotes Page 5 20 lt lt Undock Curve Manager 7 Select soriby CurvelD Curve ID Curve ID 3 Curve Selector APPLY CANCEL CURVE RANGE 1 1000 1001 22000 2001 3000 dm e u m n lt lt Undock Curve Manager an Select Curve ID dif vel x n 123 2030 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 5 4 Model Manager BEEN E EIE x Lt Select Re Read Delete Convert Bina Shaw Model Titles Y 5 4 1 Select This allows the user to turn models on off f Deselecting a model will result in removal vl x All Models of its entities as options when reading data Models can be displayed according v 1 ARUP GENERIC SLED MODEL to their titles or alternatively by the directories they were read in from v J CRUSH TUBE v J FT ARUP DUMMIES OASYS VEHICLE PR Clicking on the button displaying a model j 5 title will produce a menu o that Model Manager x illustrated The number of each type of item in the model and the sources T HIS Title LG09 LARGE TEST Y BELTED SLED found for that item type s data will be shown The user can select which file type Directory Entestisled
211. ows 2D graphics tty No graphics Suitable only for batch mode processing producing laser output files and not recommended for use here default Is the same as x in this instance e Edit the existing string to remove the 1 at its end and replace it with d lt option gt where option is one of the above For example d x Selects X Lets T HIS choose the best option d default It is recommended that you use d default Which will select X and provide for any future options Note that there must be no spaces in this definition d x would cause an error Also you must use lower case throughout d X would also cause an error e Click on OK in the Editing action window to close and save it Click on Close in the edit File Type window to close and save it Page I 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Click on Close in the Folder Options window to close and save it You should now find that e All thf files on your system show the T HIS icon e Double clicking on any such file starts T HIS with the appropriate graphics driver and opens that file It is not possible to set up the filename d3thdt for double clicking in this way since Windows requires filename extensions when assigning applications to files 1 1 1 1 If th files do not currently have an application associated with them 2 If thf files do currently have an application associated with them In any folder window click
212. p mag Node 100000 M3 Disp mag Node 100000 M4 Disp mag Node 100000 M5 Disp mag Node 100000 i M6 Disp mag Node 100000 5 M2 Vel mag Node 100000 tf M3 Vel mag Node 100000 FS M4 Vel mag Node 100000 79 M5 Vel mag Node 100000 Wel i ode Page 5 81 T HIS 9 20 GRAPHS This panel can be used to create additional graphs within T HIS In addition to creating graphs this menu can also be used to control the layout of the graphs and to set up pages of graphs within T HIS See Section 3 0 for more details Page 5 82 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Graph Layout Create Create Graphs s Number of graphs to create ly Create using preference settings _ Create using current settings Copy settings from graph Page Size Width pixles Height pixles Automatic Page Layout ly Tile Wide Tile Tall _ Cascade Tx 4 3x2 _ 3x3 Xx Manual Page Layout Advanced E User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 9 21 PROPERTIES This menu can be used to display addition curves properties Minimum and maximum curve values can be highlighted for each curve and the value can also be displayed 1 200 1 000 0 800 In addition to displaying the value on the curve the Pd values can also be added automatically to the curve label in the graph legend Node 1343 m ax 1 1 45E6 5 21 1 Curves Curve Properties NX Curves Legend Curves
213. p then it will be selected if at least one of the groups is selected CURVE GROUP LIST If more than one group containing the Tage weit we ee me same curve is selected then the curve ee will only be counted once as an input Esse ei D E pe IEA ai curve 3 Curve Group 3 Accelerations Page 5 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS By Command Line In command line mode a single curve may be selected by typing in a range A valid syntax is A single curve number e g 27 A from to range e g 10 30 no gaps mandatory A compound list in e g 1 2 10 30 3 97 In all contexts the order in which a group is defined does NOT influence the order in which it is processed It is ALWAYS processed in ascending sequential order Thus the addition operation OP ADD 30 20 10 1 2 3 40 will produce the results 40 10 1 41 20 2 42 30 3 5 0 2 Output Curves All operations that generate new curves must have a target curve defined This must be one of the following nnn a specific curve number nnn meaning the lowest free curve meaning the highest free curve In all cases output will start at the relevant curve number however defined and will rise sequentially with no gaps This can cause an existing curve to be overwritten or the output curve number to exceed the limit of 999 Both conditions are checked for a warning is given if either will
214. pages server hosts file 2 Your machine strictly the X11 server has not been told to accept window manager requests from remote machines This is usually the case when you are trying to display from a remote machine over a network and you get the message similar to Xlib connection to lt hostname gt refused by server Xlib Client is not authorised to connect to server In this case go to a window with a Unix prompt on your machine and type xhost Which tells your window manager to accept requests from any remote client It will produce a confirmatory message which will be something like access control disabled clients can connect from any host If T HIS still fails to work then please contact your system manager or contact Oasys Ltd for advice and help 1 2 5 Command Line Mode Command line mode is the main method of data input on non X Windows devices Command line mode is also available within the X Windows screen interface and is accessed through the dialogue window In command line mode the user will be presented with a prompt which also indicates which level of the menu structure the user is at For example Defaults gt In response to the prompt a valid option must be given These are usually a two or three letter abbreviation of a command for example PL is the command to plot a graph A list of the commands available is provided by typing M for Menu In addition to commands specific to one menu there are
215. ph Window NEW WINDOW T t Tidy Menus TIDY_MENUS V v Change Curve Picking Group CURVE GROUP Q q Swap to Quick Pick QUICK PICK PAGE UP Next Page PAGE DOWN Previous Page Change edit to next point EDIT NEXT O Copy Axis Settings COPY AXIS Page 6 12 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 FAST TCF FAST TCF CONTENTS 7 0 Overview 7 1 Introduction 7 2 Page Graph layout and selection 7 3 Input syntax to load other files 7 4 Input for data extraction requests 7 5 Units 7 6 Curve Tags 7 7 Curve Groups 7 8 Performing curve operations 7 9 Applying extra options to data requests 7 10 Setting properties for curves 7 11 Image Output options 7 12 Tabulation and presenter var options 7 13 FAST TCF Curve Output 7 14 FAST TCF additional 7 0 FAST TCF OVERVIEW FAST TCF is a scripting language for T HIS It is designed to be editable and backward compatible with previous versions of T HIS From version 9 2 FAST TCE scripts can be recorded and played back in T HIS The FAST TCF scripts are plain text files and are therefore easy to edit and manipulate 7 0 1 NEW FEATURES New Features for FAST TCF version 9 3 FAST TCE scripts from version 9 2 of T HIS are compatible with version 9 3 Because of the multiple graphs and pages available in T HIS 9 3 additional commands have been added to FAST TCF 93 to define and position graphs and to generate multiple images containing one or more graphs
216. placement Displacement 0 00 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 04 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 08 0 09 0 10 Time I Disp x Node 1343 I Disp x Node 1344 Disp x Node 1345 All of the options that are available to control the label scale and type of the y axis are also available for the second y axis except for the Grid option NOTE When the DOUBLE AXIS option is used with GRID lines a grid is only plotted for the left hand y axis Page 5 65 T HIS 5 15 5 Legend 5 15 5 1 Curve Labels Show Prefix This option can be used to automatically add a prefix to each of the curve legends when a curve is plotted This option has 3 settings Automatic If there is more that 1 model loaded in T HIS then a prefix will automatically be added to any curves that have been read in from a model Curves read in from other files will not be prefixed On A prefix will automatically be added to any curves that have been read in from a model regardless of the number of models currently loaded in T HIS Curves read in from other files will not be prefixed Off No prefixes will be added Prefix Format This option can be used to set the format used for the curve prefix This option has 4 settings Model The model number will Number be used as the prefix e g M1 Directory The directory name the model was read from will be used at the prefix e g run1 THF File The root name of the THF file will be used as t
217. rate an image containing all graphs all n active graphs graph number n page all current Generate an image for each page the current n page page number n image bit24 filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all bmp24 n active graphs graph number n page all current Generate an image for each page the current n page page number n ppm pix filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all n active graphs graph number n a n au al TY n n n TA n page Il current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n page Il current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n jpg jpeg filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all active graphs graph number n page all current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n png24 filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all active graphs graph number n page all current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n ps filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all active graphs graph number n page all current Generate an image for each page the current page page number n filename graph all active Generate an image containing all graphs all active graphs graph number
218. rations 4 Curve Group 4 Forces If none of the curves in a group are unblanked in a graph then Update PERENNE the tick box will be empty 5 3 6 Summary Displays a window from which a group of curves may be chosen The maximum and minimum values of the selected curves are then displayed 5 3 List Displays a LIST CURVES window from which a number of curves may be selected The data point values for the selected curves are then listed in a listing box 5 9 8 Scan Displays a window from which a group of curves may be chosen The maximum and minimum values of the selected curves are then displayed Page 5 19 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 3 9 CURVE RANGE SELECTION The range buttons in the Curve Control menu can be used to when you are working with more than 1000 curves to move between groups of 1000 curves Pressing the green tab will display the next group of 1000 curves in the menu whilst pressing the red tab will display the previous group of 1000 curves Alternatively pressing the Select button will bring up the following new window Select the appropriate group of 1000 curves and press apply to display those 1000 curves in the Curve control menu 9 3 10 CURVE TAGS Curves can be given tags to act as internal identifiers within T HIS which can be used to reference curves in order to perform operations on them In order to display the curve tags toggle on the Show Labels arr
219. rectory for the latest one thf e fno THF file exists then T HIS will look for a d3thdt file xtf file xtfile e If this does not exist then no thf or xtf input filename is passed to FAST TCF and the input file is defaulted to ASCII The program runs in any directory you like via the start in command line option The FAST TCF output files are created in that directory and files written out are relative to that directory Instead of opening a single model multiple models can be read using the command line option this executable tcf lt FAST TCF input file gt start_in lt start directory exit batch model_list lt file name The model list expects a text file with a list of filenames 1 per line to read into model slots within T HIS e g e side_imnpact runl runl thf Page 7 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS e side_imnpact run2 run2 thf e side_imnpact run3 run3 thf e side_imnpact run4 run4 thf Shell operation Right click on the SHELLS s T HIS button and go to the options menu Select the FAST TCF input script and the thf input file if necessary Return to the main shell menu and press the T HIS button 7 1 2 2 Interactive running In the T HIS tools menu within T HIS select the FAST TCF option then click on the Run tab in the sub menu that appears This brings up the following menu The user can select the script file then with play the whole file through or step through each c
220. rence curve Value as a age of reference curve peak value Average difference Value Joage of reference curve peak value Area Weighted Difference Correlation 0 to 1 Parameter For more details on this function please see Appendix G A curve is numerically integrated with respect to the x axis variable using Simpson s rule Fits a straight line through the points using the least squares method The second curve is mapped onto the first curve the resulting curve has identical x axis values to the reference first curve with y axis values obtained from the mapped second curve Produces a single curve that bounds the maximum values of the group of input curves Produces a single curve that bounds the minimum values of the group of input curves Sorts a curve into monotonically increasing x axis values Multiply the y axis values together for two curves or multiply all the y values by a constant If two curves are being multiplied together they must have identical x axis values Multiply the x axis values together for two curves or multiply all the x values by a constant If two curves are being multiplied together they must have identical y axis values Normalize a curve so that the y axis values lie in the range 1 1 Normalize a curve so that the x axis values lie in the range 1 1 Reverse the order of all the points in the curve Produces the reciprocal of the y values of a curve Reverses the x and y axes o
221. resultant plastic material model the following plastic results will also be written out to THF file Note that these data are written even if the DATABASE EXTENT BINARY card field lt beamip gt is not set the presence of a resultant beam material triggers their output automatically This is not the case for Hughes Liu data components for which output must be requested explicitly see below Where extra results are written and T HIS cannot resolve unambiguously whether they are Belytschko Schwer plastic data or Hughes Liu stress strain data it is your responsibility to interpret the results correctly Beam results are always output in the element local coordinate system Only beams declared in beam element time history blocks will be available In command line mode the read beam element data command is used as follows RE BE nn lt component gt curve where nn is the beam element number lt component gt is the data component from the list above curve is the target curve number A 7 Shell Data Components For shells the following data components are available These combine with directions for the data component and in some cases a location through the shell thickness Component THF a3that XTF Gtfile LSDA inou Asci Page A 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS xx some p E ES Svy swesinyy e pe s svesinxy e pe oz swsimyz pe pe
222. rface 2 4 Window management in the screen interface 2 5 Dynamic Viewing Using the mouse to change views 2 6 Tool Bar Options 3 GRAPHS AND PAGES 3 1 Creating Graphs 3 2 Page Size 3 3 Page Layouts 3 3 1 Automatic Page Layout 3 4 Pages 3 5 Active Graphs 4 Global Commands and Pages 4 1 Page Number 4 2 PLOT PL 4 3 POINT PT 4 4 CLEAR CL 4 5 ZOOM ZM 4 6 AUTOSCALE AU 4 7 CENTRE CE 4 8 MANUAL 4 9 STOP 4 10 TIDY 4 11 Additional Commands 5 Main Menu 5 0 Selecting Curves 5 1 READ Options 5 2 WRITE Options 5 3 Curve Manager 5 4 Model Manager 5 5 EDIT Options 5 6 LINE STYLES 5 7 Command Session Files 5 8 IMAGE Options 5 9 OPERATE Options 5 10 MATHS Options 5 11 AUTOMOTIVE Options 5 12 SEISMIC Options 5 13 MACRO Options 5 14 FAST TCF Options 5 15 TITLE AXES LEGEND Options 5 16 DISPLAY Options 17 SETTINGS 18 Preferences 19 Curve Groups 20 GRAPHS 5 21 PROPERTIES 5 22 UNITS 6 Other Options 6 1 Tool Bar 6 2 Graph Tool Bar 6 3 CURVE INFORMATION 6 4 Keyboard Shortcuts 7 FAST TCF 7 0 FAST TCF OVERVIEW 7 1 FAST TCF INTRODUCTION 5 2 5 5 T HIS NNR PP mMODOOoooooe m CN E Y U2 M NN pa propa 0 BRGRUO CAP pec Puce uo qa uo e o eS IIND RRWNNUNNNNNNEERADNNNE Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un Un UN IND ANNAN Ss ADRIANA AAA AIN Fo l0 2 27 R2 E V 0o 060 r2 OC RO 060 UO 0060 OO 0 ta UO Page 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009
223. rgy 3 N lt p Node Group Im pp Xmomenum_ Im p Ymomentum m pp momentum x velocity fF Average X velocity y velocity fF Average Y velocity z velocity lAverageZ velocity am pp lAddedmass ek p Eroded Kinetic energy le _p___ Eroded Internal energy Part group Group id Ikinetice_________p_________k Kimeticenergy ijnternale internal energy hpurgasse Hourglassenergy ote Hotalenergy a Ade mass ___ Ell eee amp Retractor pullout Pulou fvp Force v Pullout EU c 09 O Pag pu IN User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Rig Wall Wall id n ormal force SS Normal force fore Global X force y force a Global Y force lobal Z force rpa nrb Part id d isplacement Displacement y YDisplacement Velocity x dX Velocity y CY Velocity Z Velocity a cceleration Acceleration Magnitude m z coord rotation x X rotation yoo rotation ZOO JjZrottion x y N I lt px IN ay CN rotational acceleration az Y KZ rotational acceleration Rotation Accel Magnitude dc os D N ID IND x IVelocity local lalcceleration local x o llocalXAcceleration Local Y Acceleration Ec Local Z Acceleration Local X rotation Local Y rotation x Strain Current Length O Id isplacement local N I lt IrJotation local KR
224. ring up another popup from which you can i Wigs Setas E MAAN select the Macro or Fast TCF script The EA 1 popup will contain a list of Scripts that D3PLOT has picked up from the OASYS and home directory If the script you want is not in this list you can browse for it by clicking on the folder icon The listing of assigned keys is colour coded to easily distinguish Fi Page Layout Tile Tall F between pre programmed shortcuts white Fast TCF scripts F2 F hentos and Matros Ce EEEF loasysd4 A A thm s Pre programmed Shortcuts Defaults shown in bold oa_pref name shown in brackets View Controls A a Autoscale AUTOSCALE Autoscale Y axis Y_AUTOSCALE P p Plot PLOT SPACE Plot PLOT Z z Zoom ZOOM Zoom in ZOOM IN wow Zoom out ZOOM OUT Blanking B b Blank All BLANK R r Reverse curve blanking REVERSE U u Unblank all curves UNBLANK Automotive Menu AUTOMOTIVE MENU Command Files Menu CFILE MENU C c Curve Menu CURVE MENU Curve Properties Menu PROP MENU Curve Table CURVE TABLE Display Menu DISPLAY MENU Page 6 11 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page Layout 1 Page Layout Tile Tall TILE_TALL 2 Page Layout Tile Wide TILE WIDE 3 Page Layout Tile Cascade CASCADE 4 Page Layout Tile 1x1 LAYOUT IXI 5 Page Layout Tile 2x2 LAYOUT_2X2 6 Page Layout Tile 3x3 LAYOUT 3X3 Miscellaneous G g Create anew gra
225. ring gt Dyn view action for shift Middle mouse OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY OTATION_Z ROTATION SPHERE ee er _UP_ De dv right shift string Dyn view action for shift Right mouse dv_left_ctrl string gt Dyn view action for OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY trl Left mouse OTATION Z ROTATION SPHERE ba DEO en OP is dv middle ctrl string gt Dyn view action for OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY trl Middle mouse ROTATION 4Z ROTATION_ SPHERE ee an UP E dv right ctrl string Dyn view action for OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY OTATION_Z ROTATION SPHERE RANSLATION nn UP din ZOOM UP VE Page H 12 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS dv_left_both string Dyn view action for IROTATION XYZ ROTATION XY shift ctrl Left OTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE mouse RANSLATION on _UP_ c dv middle both string Dyn view action for OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY RANSLATION shift ctrl Middle OTATION_Z ROTATION _SPHERE a UT UP A dv right both string gt Dyn view action for STATION XYZ Ron XY ZOOM UP VE shift ctrl Right OTATION_Z ROTATION_SPHERE en SR UP dv_shift_action string gt Dynamic viewing CURRENT WIREFRAME FREE _EDGE URRENT ne ia a NUSED dv_ctrl_action string gt D a WERE URRENT WIREFRAME FREE EDGE IREFRAME mode for ctrl mouse UNUSED Duttor string Dynamic viewing URRENT WIREFRAME FREE EDGE FREE EDGE nod naba UA
226. rve 2 to group group 1 cgroup create Group 2 Create a curve group called Group 2 cgroup add Group 2 curve 1 Add all curves with a curve tag containing curve 1 to group Group 2 cgroup remove Group 2 curve 11 Remove curve with tag curve 11 from group Group 2 To use a curve group as the input to another FAST TCF command the curve group name is preceeded by an amp If a curve group name contains spaces then the name should be enclosed in double quotes and the amp should be before the first e g operate multiple amp group 1 10 tag output Multiple all curves in curve group group 1 by 10 and tag the outputs as output 1 output 2 operate multiple amp Group 2 10 tag output_ Multiple all curves in curve group Group 2 by 10 and tag the outputs as output_1 output_2 _ Curve Groups can currently be used as e The first curve input in all of the operate commands e Within the list of curves specified as input to curve range functions e To select a group of curves for the display command e Outputting curves to T HIS curve files and CSV files Page 7 23 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 8 PERFORMING FAST TCF CURVE OPERATIONS Curve operation oper loper command necessary words depending on operation Many curve processing operations and functions are available The syntax is common for all types of curve operation 1 the first word is oper and is followed by 2 t
227. rve has not been defined then it will be pe displayed as Undefined and a popup menu will be available that Undefined Ut m kg E El can be used to select the correct unit system If the selected unit system 1s different to the unit system currently being used to display uz mm T s results then the curve values will automatically be converted to the current display unit system Us mm ka ms Note Once the unit system for a curve has been defined it can not Ud mm gm ms be changed LS ft slug s Ub m T s Page 5 91 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Setting the Axis Units for a Curve The X and Y axis units of a curve can be defined or changed at any time The popup menu contains all of the Moment per Unit idth basic Unit types that T HIS knows about plus an option to setup a user defined unit Force per Unit Widith To create a user defined unit for a curve the unit should be User Defined Unit Label 5 defined in terms of it s basic properties The values for mass length time angle and temperature should be Length ERR the powers that are used to describe the unit in terms of it s fundamental dimensions Mass mm Some examples of common units defined using this method Tire ag are shown below Angle Temp Linc bo po Jo ph d i 0 00 aa DisplacementO 0 LO Po elocit Page 5 92 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 6 Other Options 6 1 Tool Bar File Graphs Plotting
228. rve pal Moment Curve e distance 000 Output Curve User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 9 11 16 TTI This option requires 3 input curves to represent Shear force to represent Axial force and a third to represent bending moment in the dummy s upper neck loadcell Enter these curves in the corresponding input boxes The 4 critical constants used to calculate NIJ Fzc tension Fzc comp Myc flexion and Myc extension default to the values specified by the test creators These can be changed by entering different values into the respective boxes Enter the e distance into the e distance box Select which curves you wish to output to in the Output box For more information on the calculation of NIJ refer to Appendix E NIJ will output _ mag the 4 possible conditions for a ERES O EI Nte is the tension extension condition Ntf is the tension flexion condition Nce is the compression extension condition Ncf is the compression flexion condition Thorax Trauma Index Apply This option Upper Rib Acceleration requires 3 input curves 1 to Lower Rib Acceleration represent the ee 112 Acceleration Acceleration 1 to represent the Lower Rib Acceleration anda __ l third to represent File default tti the Lower Spine Acceleration Enter these curves in the corresponding input boxes Write To Screen The output can either be written to the screen appearing in a listing
229. rve values in the legend area append Append curve values min max average to the curve labels in the legend 2nd Add a 2nd line to the legned for each curve containing the curve values min max average curve 1 curve 2 THE maximum on off Tum on off the display of one of the following curve properties in the legend Input one or more curves and terminate the list with other maximum display curve maximum value minimum display curve minimum value average display curve average value other display other curve values Page 7 28 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS properties curves format AA TI re summary smaximum _ on of smaximum o curve 1 curve 2 smaximum Jon off Page 7 29 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 11 FAST TCF IMAGE OUTPUT OPTIONS The options to generate images can be split into 4 sections Curve style definition Plot setup Curve Display and Image Generation 7 11 1 Curve style definition Description keyword second word _ following words Plot style setup style options Individual curve style styec curve number of tag style options This section explains how to set up the styles for the curves in a plot The two types of syntax available in the table above effect when and how the curves are styled The plot style setup keyword style allows the user to define a plot specific styling that applies the styles to the curves only when they
230. s Strain pes bhs yes swan ol esoo po es po cr emeret es yes A 12 Retractor Data Components For retractors the following data components are available XA ASCII IEEE S a em Es es E FP FoevemwPulu oto bs ol Joo A 13 Slipring Data Components For sliprings the following data components are available E THF d3thdt XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCII PT Pultiroueh yes dyes yes A 14 Contact Data Components For contacts the following data components are available E adu THF d3thdt XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCII FX Global X force yes vs yes rv Global Y force yes ys yes o FZ Global Z force yes ys yes FM Force Magnitude yes bs yes Page A 11 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 TEN Total energy COA ves O A 15 Nodal Reaction Force Data Components For nodal reactions the following data components are available Component TH a3that XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASO FX xForee yes s yes Ev yForee yes yes lyes FZ froe S VS s FS FM Force Magniwae tl lyes yes Jys 0 EN energy ll lyes yes 0 LEX tocalXforee ll pes LEY tocalYforee ll lyes pez tocaizforee Y lyes A 16 Airbag Data Components For airbags the following data components are available Versions of LS DYNA 971 can also generate PART based data for AIRBAGS that use the PARTICLE airbag methods Component THE a3that XTF xtfile LSDA bino ASC PR Press
231. s and the points will be skipped GRID SPACING By default T HIS will automatically set the grid line intervals for the x axis when the grid is tuned on see Section 5 16 5 If the GRID option is changed from Automatic to Manual a grid Interval and Offset my be specified If the Interval is set to 0 1 and the Offset to 0 02 then grid lines will be produced at 0 02 0 12 0 22 Page 5 62 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS UNITS Units wi Add Exponent to Label Format Automatic T Axis values can be displayed using 3 different Decimal Places Fu formats Font Default 7 Automatic SIZE Automatic y Values are displayed using exponential Colour Foreground format all values are F displayed as values of EO E3 E6 etc e g 11 234E 03 E 31 Plottina Display Scientific 10 000 Values are displayed using exponential format 9 000 e g 1 123E 04 8 8 000 _ 18002494 General 9 0006 03 Values are displayed as 7 000 real numbers B PENET 10000 000 6 000 e g 11234 000 Band Ban Z L 5 000 7 000 23 In addition to specifying the format the number of decimal places can also be 4 000 set between 0 and 9 and the colour and font used to display the values can be 3 000 set 8000 000 6 000 e103 7000 000 5 000e 03 6000 000 2 000 4 000e 03 1 000 3 000 6 03 5000 000 gt BA 2 000 6 03 4000 000 1 000843 000 000 ne u Au
232. s following words as a label until another min max keyword is found otherwise yaxis label otherwise yaxis label 2nd Y axis options 2ya if numeric 1 yaxis if numeric 2 yaxis Takes following words as a label until another min max keyword is found otherwise yaxis label otherwise yaxis label Page 7 36 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 7 12 Outputting curve properties to text files variables and REPORTER These requests output a curve property eg its maximum Y value into a specified tabulation file toa REPORTER variable in a text file or into a variable within FAST TCF keyword extra Format variable variable description words optional word name words filename curve property if values format varf variable description to outputineeded name Tabulation taba filename curve property if values format varf variable description file append to output needed name 5 tabc ilename curve property if values format varf variable description Each output is to outputineeded name appended to the current line in the file filename curve property if values format varf variable description Each output is to outputineeded name appended to the current line in the file followed by a carrage return so that the next output starts a new line FAST TCF varf ariable curve property if values format description variable name to outputineeded REPORTER lvar variable curve property
233. s option is to generate a FAST TCE script using a text editor such as vim or wordpad However an easier option is to use T HIS as normal then generate a FAST TCF script to recreate the curves currently displayed on the screen from within T HIS It involves a single button click to produce a FAST TCE script that can recreate the plot on the screen T HIS internally stores the history behind each curve noting which curves operations and data requests were used to create each curve This means that the user does not have to start recording a command file and carefully record a script Instead the user can work for as long as they like as normal then choose to generate a FAST TCF script to recreate the plot on the screen by using the FAST TCF gt Create menu By default the FAST TCF script that is generated will contain commands to reproduce all of the graphs that are currently defined in T HIS Instead of reproducing all of the graphs the FAST TCE script can also contain the commands to generate a subset or pages or graphs 7 1 5 1 FAST TCF Script FAST TCF Script Create Run Script Name ion93 this93 Debug default inp 1 w All Pages Current Page Only Page All Graphs All Active Graphs Only Graph FASTTCF Script Image Output wf 8 bit BMP Compressed y Generate for Format Filename script output bmp FASTTCF Script Curve Output Filename script output cur
234. stem has been customised locally you may have to use some other command or icon consult your system manager in this case Page 1 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Windows 2000 XP Vista Ives NO Windows XP 64 Vista 64 aao yes NO Linux 2 4 kernel Linux 2 6 kernel Suse Enterprise 9 64 bit 328 64 yes YES Linux 2 6 kernel Redhat EL4 64 bit 2 amp e yes YES YES YES ES YES lt z z gt HP UX 11 23 ITANIUM oae ls 2 a 2 ii us Y 1 2 2 1 Batch Mode T HIS 9 4 can run in batch mode where the main application window is not displayed on the screen Batch mode is available on all platforms and it can be used with both the OpenGL and MESA drivers To start T HIS in batch mode use the command line option batch e g this94 exe tcf script inp batch When running in batch mode T HIS will automatically exit at the end of the script regardless of whether or not exit is specified NOTE All image postscript and PDF outputs require a DISPLAY on UNIX LINUX systems If you are running T HIS in batch mode as part of a automatic post processing script then T HIS must have a X Windows DISPLAY even though the main window is not displayed If the machine you are using is a server or part of a cluster without an X Server then T HIS can be used with the Xvfb software 1 2 3 Selecting a device when a window manager is not running If you are running on a non window device for e
235. styles on off U Curve editing options A AAA A eta new curve x ax abe L Seta new curve y axis label A Set a new curve tag EAD Read a T HIS eroup file IST List all T HIS groups ELETE Delete all T HIS eroups REATE Create a new T HIS group JJ RO Group options g o go O Fon Nn T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 M Image output options PEG lt file gt Capture a JPEG image BMP U lt file gt Capture an uncompressed Bitmap image PM lt file gt Capture a portable pixmap file PREF Define T HIS user EG Set time interval for automatic curve resularising preferences ONV Set unset automatic conversion from ms to s when filtering MP C lt file gt Capture a compressed Bitmap image FILE Turn on off output of injury criteria values and error calculations to ASCII files SHOW Turn on off display of HIC 3ms clip values ZERO Turn on off automatic creation of 0 0 point when reading data from Page J 6 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Installation organisation 1 Introduction Up to and including release 9 3 of the software the installation was organised thus OASYS directory All executables Top level oa_pref file Job queue control files Other configuration files ELE The various user manuals t 43plot library t primer library t reporter library Scripts and macros used by the respective programmes t this library The vari
236. t Automatic Value Y2 axis decimal placeskstring5 Number of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Default 3 decimal places displayed for second Y axis Valle y2 axis format string Format used to Automatic General Scientific Default Automatic display second Default Automatic N an aluce background_colour string gt Background HITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE BLACK YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE URQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK OL_15 COL_16 COL_17 COL_18 COL_19 OL_20 COL_21 COL_22 COL_23 COL_24 OL_25 COL_26 COL_27 COL_28 COL_29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 SER 4 USER 5 USER 6 foreground colour string Foreground HITE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE YAN MAGENTA YELLOW ORANGE URQUOISE INDIGO LIME SKY PINK OL 15 COL 16 COL 17 COL 18 COL 19 OL 20 COL 21 COL 22 COL 23 COL 24 OL 25 COL 26 COL 27 COL 28 COL 29 OL 30 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 SER 4 USER 5 USER 6 Page H 4 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS ser_colourl string gt R ser_colour2 string gt R ser_colour3 string gt R ser_colour4 string gt R ser_colour5 string gt R ser_colour6 string gt R The following options control the preferred order of data sources for various entities Preference Type ID escription alid arguments Default BR ata source for global data LSDA ASCII THF noneknone gt SOLUSETEA I ie rn peo OTOeCTeCC a AAA EE eee lt KOTGered I nodal_rb EN ata source for no
237. t and syntax oa pref arguments valid for T HIS The following options are available to control how T HIS starts Preference Type Description Valid arguments Default f required filtering Automatically replot graph after RUE sing axis title options hen filtering file names string Controls default file filters LSTC OASYS ARUP LSTC pPASYS d3thdt xtfile OASYS ARUP bf 3 legend line width lt real gt D efault line width for curves pixels 2 none gt macro directory estring gt f pecify a directory for T HIS to look BEEN OASYS this library macro in for MACRO definition aster group filesstring gt ilename for default group nformation plot format string D efault format of plot DEFAULT AUTO DEFAULT OATIN PA A AM ROOTNAM S regularisation RUE FALSE ALSE show_hic_value show_3ms_value N OFF show_thiv_value N OFF show_phd_value lt string gt Dis play PHD value N OFF Start_in string Director to start T HIS in AEREA none gt ECER95 Q 1 AI O UA a 7 O TO TO O T 1 T1 igsi igsi c method string Default method for calculating Viscou teria The following strings and values control display options Preference Type D escription alid arguments Default axis width real Default line 2 idth for axis pixels Page H 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 axis colour string Axis colour FOREGROUND BACKGROUND WHITE B
238. t perform 5 11 AUTOMOTIVE Options mosto ie SONY MN perations available within T HIS from reading in data to producing 2 12 SEISMIC Options postscript laser files 5 13 MACRO Options 5 14 FAST TCF Options 5 15 TITLE AXES Options 5 16 DISPLAY Options 5 17 SETTINGS Menu 5 18 PREFERENCES Menu 5 19 GROUPS Menu 5 20 GRAPHS Menu 5 21 PROPERTIES Menu 5 22 UNITS Menu 5 0 Selecting Curves 5 0 1 Input Curves By Curve ID A number of the menus require a range of curves to be selected When a range of curves has to be selected a menu containing a list of the available curves will be displayed see figure right A range or curves may be selected by either CURVE LIS 1 Click on the first item and hold down SIENTEN Disp x Node 1343 the mouse key drag the mouse to the Gr rume last item in the list All items between EAU PETE ESL a eS the first and last including the first and ESEETYEE Disp x Node 1345 last are selected 74 M1 Disp x Node 1346 Pa Click on the first item hold down the reg SHIFT key and click on the last item in illie M1 Disp y Node 1545 the list All items between the first and TEEN Disp y Node 1344 last including the first and last are m selected tf M1 Disp y Node 1345 6 M1 Disp y Node 1346 M1 Disp z Node 1343 M1 Disp z Node 1344 M1 Disp z Node 1345 M1 Disp z Node 1346 M1 Disp mag Node 1343 Page 5 1 T HIS User manual Version 9
239. t settings I Copy settings from graph Page 3 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 When new graphs are created the initial settings for each graph can be copied from 3 different sources Create using preference The Display and Axis Settings are copied from the preference file settings Create using current The Display and Axis Settings are copied from the current settings in the settings Display and Axis menus Copy settings from graph n The Display and Axis Settings are copied from the specified graph 3 2 Page Size Page Size Width Height These options can be used to specify the total s ze of the area in pixels used by the graph windows 3 3 Page Layouts 3 3 1 Automatic Page Automatic Page Layout Layout Y Tile Wide Tile Tall If an Automatic page layout is used and the layout is set to 1X 1 2x 2 3 x 3orX x Y m Cascade T HIS will automatically create multiple pages and position the graphs on each page if 1x1 MEM required CUN 2x2 ME ar hm NM NNNM NEN Tile Wide All of the graphs are positioned on a single page Page 3 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Tile Tall All of the graphs are positioned on a single page Cascade All of the graphs are positioned on a single page 1x1 Each graph is positioned on it s own page 2x2 Graphs are arranged in a 2 by 2 grid If there are more than 4 graphs then graphs 1 to 4 are positioned on page 1 5
240. t the Title prompt The current title will be displayed in brackets Page 5 34 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 XL This option allows the user to edit the x axis label for individual curves Enter the curve number at the Select curve prompt Enter the desired new title at the X Axis prompt The current x axis label will be displayed in brackets YL This option allows the user to edit the y axis label for individual curves Enter the curve number at the Select curve prompt Enter the desired new title at the Y Axis prompt The current y axis label will be displayed in brackets TA This option allows the user to edit the tag for individual curves Enter the curve number at the Select curve prompt Enter the desired new Tag at the Tag prompt The current tag will be displayed in brackets T HIS DIALOGUE i D 5 Time 5 DIALOGUE Acceleration ig 5 DIALOGLIE Page 5 35 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 7 Command Command Session Files session Files Playback Record Playback Pause Resume Command and session files are used to i i drive or record a T HIS session Both Record Pause Resume session save and command playback files have been set up to act like tape recorders and the concept of recording and playing back files will be used below These files button click command files are not easy to edit by hand and they ar
241. ted Maximum difference and time of variation Maximum difference as a age of the reference value at the same time Maximum difference as a age of the peak reference value Average difference Average difference as a age of the peak reference value Area weighted difference where y Reference Curve y Data Curve T HIS Regression coefficient ya Average of Data and Reference Curve ye yr n Number of Data Points This is a value between O and 1 where 1 means 100 correlation Page G 1 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page G 2 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS APPENDIX H The oa pref preference file This file contains code specific preferences that can be used to modify the behaviour of T HIS It is optional and where entries or the whole file are omitted T HIS will revert to its default settings oa pref naming convention and locations The file is called oa pref It is looked for in the following places in the order given e The optional administration directory defined by the environmental variable SOA ADMIN or OA ADMIN xx where xx is the release number e The site wide installation directory defined by the environment variable SOA INSTALL e The user s home directory SHOME Unix Linux or SUSERPROFILE Windows e The current working directory See Installation organisation for an explanation of the directory structure All four
242. the same axis unit then no unit label will be displayed The unit label may be turned on and off by toggling the Add Units button AXIS LIMITS The minimum and maximum x axis values can be controlled using a combination of the text box and the popup menu opposite Autoscale The axis values will be set to the maximum and minimum values of all the curves that are currently being plotted Locked The axis limit is set to the user defined value specified in the text box If the curves are translated of scaled dynamically the limit will be reset User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 A RS xi Title A AXIS Y AXIS YZ AXIS Legend Label automatic wi Automatic User Defined w Display Label w Add Units zautamatic Ww Automatic User Defined Font Default T SIZE Automatic 7 Colour Foreground y Minimum lt quto gt ly Autoscale Locked Maximum Mok Ii Autoscale Lacked Axis Type wi Linear Logarithmic Grid Spacing v Automatic User Defined Interval Offset Units 7 Add Exponent to Label Format Automatic A Decimal Places A Font Default T SIZE Automatic 7 Colour Foreground x Note The global command AUTOSCALE see Section 4 5 will reset the minimum and maximum values to AUTO AXIS TYPE The x axis can be switched between a Linear or Logarithmic scale If a Logarithmic scale is selected a warning will be generated if an attempt is made to plot points that have ve or zero X value
243. ting paper size and margins can therefore only be done through this method Global preferences From version 9 3 onwards global preferences that apply to all programs can be specified using oasys as the program name oasys lt keyword gt lt argument At present the following global preferences can be defined If a preference is defined twice using both oasys and this then the this setting will override the global setting Preference Type D escription alid arguments Default Page H 11 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 mE ui maximise logical Maximise window RUE FALSE FALSE hen Program is started placement string Location for initial LEFT RIGHT BOTTOM TOP none indow on LEFT BOTTOM LEFT TOP multi screen display RIGHT BOTTOM RIGHT TOP Proeram ir Install dir _ dir string 5 ire Meee wem Poe sa _dir nd D rector user nn manuals are installed i J LO laser paper size kstring Default paper size orientation A T Ss aa aaa E ei dl sd EEE EEE mm ae menu_attributes display_factor real gt Factor on display size 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 saturation 0 0 1 0 dv_left_shift string Dyn view action for ROTATION XYZ ROTATION XY shift Left mouse OTATION_Z ROTATION SPHERE RANSLATION E SUP US filename syntax LSTC d3 OASYS dv middle shift OTATION XYZ ROTATION XY OTATION Z ROTATION SPHERE RANSLATION an _UP_ nn st
244. tion Z P P macraz macra3 macrod macros this macro_directory macro C blah macros _ T HIS will read any thm files within the macro directories and generate the macro menu shown right using keywords within the macro scripts T HIS will search the macro directories in the following order macro number 2 this macro_directory from SYSTEM oa_pref file this macro_directory from users oa_pref file this macro_directory from local oa_pref file Curve input 1 Macro Curve Inputs The scripting for a macro in T HIS is based upon a FAST TCF using variables within the script see a Ie ESI FAST TCF section for more details There are Curve input 3 some extra command options to make T HIS aware put ig NI Ti of input curves and constants within the macro Curve input 4 7 These macro keywords are as follows Macro Constants Constant Input 1 Ni Input 3 plis macro acr name acronym for the macro button in T HIS macro title description a more descriptive title for the macro macro curve curve variable curve FAST TCF variable name for input curve followed by curve description description macro const const variable curve FAST TCF variable name for input constant followed by constant description description If one or more macro files are found with duplicate acronyms then only the last file read will be displayed so users can override SYSTEM macros with there own definitions if
245. tion in both the X and Y axis directions Drag X Drag a point in the X axis direction only Drag Y Drag a point in the Y axis direction only 5 5 1 2 Insert Insert Between Between At Cursor Split segment At Start At End Between Finds the nearest segment to the point selected on the screen and then projects the point onto the segment At Cursor Finds the nearest segment to the point selected on the screen and then inserts the a point at the screen location between the 2 ends of the segment Page 5 25 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Split Segment Finds the nearest segment to the point selected on the screen and then splits the A segment in 2 or more parts x At Start Inserts a new point at the screen location before the first point in the curve At End Inserts a new point at the screen location after the last point in the curve 5 5 1 3 Delete Delete Point Point To End From Start Point Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and deletes it To End Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and deletes all points in the curve from that point onwards From Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and deletes all points in the Start curve up to that point 5 5 1 4 Locate Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and updates the list of points in the main edit panel so that the points either side of the picked point are displayed 5 5 1 5 Hestart Resets the curve being e
246. to a scratch definition before the selected curve Inserts the last curve copies to a scratch definition after the selected curve Copies the curve to a scratch definition Copies the curve along with is line style settings to a scratch definition Copies the curve to a scratch definition and then deletes the original curve Copies the curve along with is line style settings to a scratch definition and then deletes the original curve Deletes the selected curve Blank Blank All Unblank All Pick Visible Reverse All Blank by Model Unblank by Model Blank by Group Unblank by Group Blank all curves Unblank all curves Pick curves from the screen to be blanked Reverse the blanking status of all curves Blank curves belonging to a Model Unblank curves belonging to a Model Blank curves by Curve Group Unblank curves by Curve Group Page 5 17 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 3 3 Delete Delete All Curves Delete by Model Delete by Group All Blanked All Visible Delete All Select a groups of curves for deletion Curves Deletes all current curves You are prompted for confirmation first Delete by Model Delete curves belonging to a Model Delete by Group Delete curves by Curve Group All Blanked Delete all the curves that are currently blanked All Visible Delete all the curves that are currently unblanked 5 3 5 Table The Table option can be used to give more control over
247. tomatic 0 000e 00 2000 000 T wh 0 000 1000 000 0 000 0 000 0 1 Scientific General Page 5 63 T HIS 5 15 3 Y AXIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 The same options for LABELS LIMITS SCALE GRID LINES and UNITS apply to the Y AXIS as those available for the X_AXIS 5 15 4 Second Y AXIS Curves can be plotted in T HIS using 2 different y axis scales When DOUBLE Y AXIS is selected using the check box in the Y2 Axis menu the curve management window changes from to with an additional tick box for each curve that controls which curves are plotted against the second right hand y axis ID Y2 Label If only one y axis scale is used it is not possible to meaningfully plot curves with different units or very different values A second scale allows more information to be displayed at once as demonstrated below To identify which axis a curve is being plotted against the line Second Y axis Disp x Node 1343 labels on the plot are automatically modified Page 5 64 disabled Left hand Y I Disp x Node 1343 ax1s Right hand y Disp x Node 1343 axis User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS l l l l l l be ele Je l J b Displacement 0 00 0 01 002 0 03 0 04 005 006 0 07 008 0 05 0 10 Time Disp x Node 1343 Disp x Node 1344 Disp x Node 1345 l l l mi Up Ec a Ee cop 7 Dis
248. top of the plot X label The label for the X axis of the plot Title ARUP GENERIC SLED MODEL Y label The label for the Y axis of the plot Label The label applied to the line itself A Axis HUG Y Axis Label Metis The first three are only used on a plot if this curve is the first or only curve to be plotted and the relevant labels are in automatic mode see TITLE and AXIS You can change any of these by simply overtyping whatever is currently there When you are happy with the result use the APPLY button to dismiss this box saving the new values The labels here are scratch values current only in this editor the permanent curve labels are only overwritten with them if you SAVE this edited curve RESET will restore the scratch labels to the original values of the permanent curve being edited The title axis and line labels can also be modified using the dialogue box Page 5 28 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 9 6 LINE STYLES The LINE STYLE menu is shown in the figure right This menu can be used to change the colour width style and symbol for any of the curves that are currently being used When a curve file is written T HIS will save the line style for each curve in the file The lower half of this panel contains a list of all the curves that are currently being used By default the curve that was clicked on in the CURVE CONTROL menu will be highlighted and the colour and symbol buttons in the top
249. trol the display of the minimum maximum values on the screen Text The font font size and colour of the values can be selected Either a single colour can be used for all the values or the values for each curve can be coloured using the same colour as the curve Background To make it easier to read the values a background can also be specified In addition to specifying the background colour a transparency value can be used to control the visibility of curves under the text Border and Border Colour Specify a border and border colour to be added around the value Connecting Line This option will draw a line connecting the value with the point it relates to on the curve The connecting line is drawn using the same colour as the border Value The values can be displayed showing just the Y axis value or with both the X and Y axis values If both values are displayed they can either be displayed separated by acomma or one above the other Curve Properties Curves Legend Text Fant Text SIZE Text Colour Background Colour Border Border Colour Border Width Connecting Line Value Number Format Decimal Places Default T Automatic T A Background y 0 Transparency 100 en L I _ OnOff _ On Off wi Y Value Only X Y Values X Value Y value acientific 1 2345E 2 q gt e Page 5 85 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Number Format The values
250. ure yes dyes yes vo vorume yes s yes mo qmemaeegy yes dyes vs IN Mass flowratein dyes es vs ou Massflowrateout yes dyes bs TM foams ol s dyes yes De Density yes yes SA Sufaceare yes s Tre Gastemperatare tl yes yes RF eactionforee yes s PR Pressure yes o MAF Flowrrate through fabric ll dyes May Flowrate through vent tl yes fo TA Toara o o s o UN Unmbtocke area yes re Gastemperature yes 0 A 17 Joint Data Components For joints the following data components are available Page A 12 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Component TR thao X TF xtfile LSDA binout Ascu FX GlobalXforee js yes rv jGelYfoe lol lyves yes FZ GlobalZforee yes yes FM ForeeMagmitude Ives yes Mx JjMommiX Eyes fers My MowniY 0 0 yes yes Mz Momentinz 0 lyes js MM MomentMagnitede tl lyes yes General Stiffness Joints PHA Page ll lves es peH farma Eves yes PHS gt Phistif nessmoment yes Ay PHD Phidamping moment ves Jyo PHT Phitotalmomene lyes yes THA rhetaangte yes yes DTH JdTemy yes es THS gt Thetastiffmessmoment to loo lyes yes THD Theta damping moment _ yes yes THT Theta total moment yes bs psa psiange ll yes es pes JaPsyk yes lyes PSS Psistif messmoment _ lyes ys PSD Psidamping moment lyes yes
251. urve 1 into file name define var date 30_Nov_2005 define variable variable name variable value EN Eon a pane Autoscale Autoscale plot Plotgraphs pot Lr Append into file ee fuese usan Define FAST TCF def name value See variable without Define error fail def error value value e Define default file def file MT ng default de t rito word 1 ue word title 2 etc Define user line def user user line font size le 1 to 8 to 24 Define surface surf dd beam layer integration thickshell number Exit reading file xt no or all Regularise time interval fering ams reset3 H Ot Page 7 41 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 7 14 2 Limits Description limit word limit per line 80 words include file name 150 characters ag length 60 characters 7 14 3 Variables Variable names can only have a z 0 9 and _ in them Variables can be inserted anywhere in the script FAST TCF will replace any variables with their corresponding values before processing the line for example define var output displacement define var nod id 12345678 define var xscale 0 001 node nod id output x xscale xscale converts into node 12345678 displacement x xscale 0 001 Variable definitions can contain several words or other varaibles and these will be joined together to form the final variable value for example define var day
252. ve with respect to the x and y axes The user is prompted for the x and y A Translation 0 0000 values Translation 0 0000 Calculate the vector magnitude from three input curves Calculate the vector magnitude from two input curves This function is typically used to modify a curve Hanning nn Cosine Taper _ Exponential The y axis values for each of the input curves is multiplied by a factor u Store Window Curve between 0 and 1 Three different window shapes 10 000 age Lead In are available The Store Window Curve option can be used to output the multiplying factors to a separate curve if required Translate a curve so that the first data point is moved to 0 0 Page 5 47 T HIS 5 10 MATHS Options User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 The MATHS menu is shown in the figure SHORT _LOG EXP all rn right Thi 11 thematical Lai i ee ee el ety L06100 SIN a Cos options are self explanatory and work on the ACOS TAN ATAM y value of the curve except where explicitly stated Note Trigonometrical functions expect the user to work in radians 5 10 1 SQRT 5 10 2 LOG 5 10 3 EXP 5 10 4 LOG10 5 10 5 n 5 10 6 LOG x 5 10 7 LOG10 x 9 10 8 SIN 9 10 9 ASIN 5 10 10 COS 5 10 11 ACOS 9 10 12 TAN 9 10 13 ATAN Page 5 48 The square root of a curve Natural log to base e e to power of Log to base 10 Raise to power n Log to base 10 x axis values Log to
253. xample a Tektronix display or emulator you may not be able to use screen menus Instead you will have to run in command line mode It is very unlikely that a user on a modern workstation will see these options since the machine will have a window manager and will be running in screen menu mode If they do appear it suggests that the machine and or software are wrongly set up see 1 2 4 below for suggested remedies Page 1 3 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 1 2 4 If T HIS will not start in screen menu mode You may be running on a device with a window manager but still only get the command line prompt and probably no menu driven _93 shell either This is almost certainly because of one or both of the following setup errors 1 The DISPLAY environment variable has not been set up or has been set incorrectly This tells the X11 window manager where to place windows and it must be set to point to your screen Its generic setup string 1s setenv DISPLAY lt hostname gt lt display number gt C shell syntax Where lt hostname gt is your machine s name or internet address for example setenv DISPLAY 0 Default display 0 on this machine setenv DISPLAY tigger 0 Default display 0 on machine tigger setenv DISPLAY 69 177 15 2 0 Default display 0 address 69 177 15 2 You may have to use the raw network address if the machine name has not been added to your etc hosts file or possibly the yellow
254. xer Error Function Difference as a age of reference pc er Error Function Difference as a age of peak reference pc max er rror Function Average Difference aver Cg Fa nonzero 1 1000000th of curve Error Function Average Difference as a age of peak av_max_err reference rror Function Area weighted difference rror Function Max difference amp time Curve Correlation Function correlate jab x Returns curve correlation value 7 12 2 Writing out curve properties to a text tabulation file This is achieved using the tabulation command This automatically overwrites any existing file in the output directory but only on the first occurrence in the input script If this is not desired then use the taba command which will append an existing file on the first tab call A 9 2 onwards option is the tabc command which appends the data into csv format on the last line in the file The first call to this command writes a new line to the file and the subsequent calls append the end of this line This enables the user to compare runs on a line by line basis in software such as Excel Some examples of writing out curve properties to a text file are below e g tab output txt 1 max max y of curve 1 file output txt curve number maximum Y description tab output txt node_head_accn maxw 1 00E 03 30 00E 3 file output txt curve tag max Y in window window tl window t2 taba output
255. ximised to take up the whole of the main window these buttons can be used to access the rest of the T HIS menus without having to resize the graphics box between commands Almost all of the options and functions in these menus may also be accessed from other menu locations e g the Main Menu area Page 2 7 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 Page 2 8 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS 3 GRAPHS AND PAGES 3 1 Creating Graphs 3 2 Page Size 3 3 Page Layouts 3 4 Pages 3 5 Active Inactive Graphs T HIS 9 4 can display a maximum of 32 graphs Each graph can have a different appearance and they can display different curves Graphs can be laid out using a number of different formats and they can be organised into Pages 3 1 Creating Graphs Create Graphs Create a new graph The shortcut key G can also be used to create new graphs Number of This option can be used graphs to to create multiple graphs create ex Create Create Graphs s Number of graphs to create _ Create using preference settings Create using current settings Nw Copy settings from graph Page Size Width pixles Height SAW pixies Automatic Page Layout Tile Wide Tile Tall _ Cascade 4x1 _ 2x2 _ 3x3 El or x Manual Page Layout Advanced E Create Create Graphs s Number of graphs to create _ Create using preference settings Create using curren
256. y components of the time signal The frequency is calculated in Hz NOT radians s if the time axis is in seconds T HIS automatically adds points with zero y value to the end of the curve to pad the curve out so that the number of points to the next power of 2 An option to regularise the curve before performing the function is on by default The spacing between points on the frequency axis of the resulting curve is determined by the time duration of the padded input curve dx 1 0 time The highest frequency in the output curve is determined by the time interval of the input curve F max points dt Performs an inverse fast Fourier transform Converts two input signals from the frequency to the time domain The two input signals can be the magnitude and phase or real and imaginary components of the time signal By default beam element plastic rotations are always written out by LS DYNA as being increasing ve 1 e cumulative This option allows a non cumulative plastic rotation to be calculated by taking two input curves the moment time and the cumulative rotation time histories for the beam in question Baseline correction Page 5 55 T HIS User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 5 13 MACRO Options The MACRO menu can be used to play FAST TCF based macro files on existing T HIS curves T HIS macro files can be stored in any directory Each user can define up to three macro areas using Macro Functions the oa pref op
257. y ll yes es Mz MomentinZ he lyes MM Moment Magnitude oo bs yes A 24 Boundary Condition Data Components For SPC s the following data components are available Component THF a3that XTF xtfile LSDA binout ASCH rx Applied x Force Lodo dw Page A 16 User manual Version 9 4 November 2009 T HIS Fy Appliedy Force he ps FZ Applied 7 Fore ll lyes s ER Applied Resuttantforee lol bs ps EN Fnergy from applied fore Eyes yes Boundary condition motion X Foree fl yes ys Boundary condition motion Y Force yes yes FZ Boundary condition motion Z Force yes be ft Resultant Boundary condition motion Toe yes be EN Energy from Boundary condition motion EEE yes x Boundary condition motion X Momem he PU MY Boundary condition motion Y Momem pes Mz Boundary condition motion Moment M uw Boundary condition moment Magnitude 1 be E A 25 FSI Data Components For Fluid structural interactions the following data components are available Component THF a3that XTF xtile LSDA binout ASCE PR Pressure oes Pope o ppo Ey YFere yes O FZ Rowe yes FM Force Magnitude yes PL Porousteakage lll s ME Mass ges LEX LeakageXForee yon LFY beakageX Fore o yes pez veakageX Force o HE ve LEM LeakageForce Magnitude yes m JranTenperaun es XX Cooordinate of Sensor yes Y IV Covordinate of Sensor yes Z Z Co ordinate of Sens

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