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Linear Dynamic Analysis

Use the data in tutorial/12_dynamic_beam.

Analysis Target

The analysis target is a cantilever beam. Figure 4.12.1 shows the geometry, and Figure 4.12.2 shows the mesh.

Item Description Notes Reference
Analysis type Linear dynamic analysis !SOLUTION,TYPE=DYNAMIC !DYNAMIC,TYPE=LINEAR
Number of nodes 525
Number of elements 240
Element type 10-node quadratic tetrahedral element !ELEMENT,TYPE=342
Material name M1 !MATERIAL,NAME=M1
Boundary conditions Restraint, concentrated load !CLOAD
Matrix solver CG/SSOR !SOLVER,METHOD=CG,PRECOND=1

Shape of the cantilever

Figure 4.12.1: Shape of the cantilever beam

Mesh data of the cantilever

Figure 4.12.2: Mesh data of the cantilever beam

Analysis Setup

Perform a linear dynamic analysis by restraining displacement on the constrained surface shown in Figure 4.12.1 and applying a concentrated load to the load node. The Analysis Control Data are shown below.

Analysis Control Data beam.cnt

#  Control File for FISTR
## Analysis Control
!VERSION
 3
!WRITE,LOG,FREQUENCY=5000
!WRITE,RESULT,FREQUENCY=5000
!SOLUTION, TYPE=DYNAMIC
!DYNAMIC, TYPE=LINEAR
 11 , 1
 0.0, 1.0, 500000, 1.0000e-8
 0.5, 0.25
 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
 100000, 3121, 500
 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
## Solver Control
### Boundary Condition
!BOUNDARY, AMP=AMP1
 FIX, 1, 3, 0.0
!CLOAD, AMP=AMP1
 CL1,    3,    -1.0
### Material
# define in mesh file
### Solver Setting
!SOLVER,METHOD=CG,PRECOND=1,ITERLOG=NO,TIMELOG=NO
 10000, 1
 1.0e-06, 1.0, 0.0
!END

Analysis Procedure

Run fistr1.

cd FrontISTR/tutorial/12_dynamic_beam
fistr1 -t 4

(Run with 4 threads.)

Analysis Results

Figure 4.12.3 shows the displacement time history at the monitoring node (load node, node 3121) specified in the Analysis Control Data, plotted using Microsoft Excel. An excerpt from the monitoring-node displacement output file (dyna_disp_3121.txt) is shown below as numerical output.

Displacement time history at the monitoring node

Figure 4.12.3: Displacement time history at the monitoring node

Displacement of monitoring node dyna_disp_3121.txt

         0  0.0000E+000      3121  0.0000E+000  0.0000E+000  0.0000E+000
       500  5.0000E-006      3121  5.3301E-005 -2.6682E-005 -1.5646E-002
      1000  1.0000E-005      3121  4.0790E-005 -1.0696E-006 -4.4118E-002
      1500  1.5000E-005      3121  9.1017E-005  5.7542E-005 -8.1017E-002
      2000  2.0000E-005      3121  1.8944E-005  5.6499E-005 -1.2358E-001
      2500  2.5000E-005      3121  3.4535E-005  6.1147E-005 -1.7787E-001
      3000  3.0000E-005      3121  3.0248E-005  1.6211E-004 -2.2844E-001
      3500  3.5000E-005      3121  4.2434E-005  1.1706E-004 -2.7330E-001
      4000  4.0000E-005      3121 -2.0130E-005  1.2298E-004 -3.2436E-001
      4500  4.5000E-005      3121  4.1976E-005 -4.2753E-005 -3.8902E-001
      5000  5.0000E-005      3121  5.6526E-005  1.2043E-004 -4.6494E-001
      5500  5.5000E-005      3121  1.9195E-005  8.8901E-006 -5.4673E-001
      6000  6.0000E-005      3121  3.9722E-005 -8.0492E-005 -6.4665E-001
      6500  6.5000E-005      3121  9.0688E-005 -1.9603E-004 -7.5697E-001
      7000  7.0000E-005      3121  3.8175E-005  1.3406E-004 -8.6961E-001
      7500  7.5000E-005      3121 -2.1776E-005  2.9617E-004 -9.6952E-001
      8000  8.0000E-005      3121 -1.6732E-005  2.0223E-004 -1.0672E+000
      8500  8.5000E-005      3121  1.0129E-004  4.9717E-004 -1.1583E+000
      9000  9.0000E-005      3121  4.4797E-005  6.6073E-004 -1.2421E+000
      9500  9.5000E-005      3121 -5.5023E-007  7.2865E-004 -1.3154E+000
     10000  1.0000E-004      3121  4.6793E-005  3.6134E-004 -1.3947E+000

Analysis Result Log 0.log

 fstr_setup: OK
#### Result step=  5000
 ##### Local Summary @Node    :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //U1    3.5119E-02      5021 -3.5178E-02      1221
 //U2    1.1456E-03      1203 -1.1672E-03      1003
 //U3    0.0000E+00      1001 -4.6494E-01      3121
 //V1    1.2518E+03   1001249 -1.4015E+03   1000542
 //V2    3.8803E+02      5021 -3.3289E+02   1001074
 //V3    4.7101E+01   1000007 -1.5435E+04   1001066
 //A1    6.7723E+09      5021 -4.1214E+09      5011
 //A2    4.9616E+09      3219 -1.2304E+10      1221
 //A3    9.4377E+09      1221 -5.7155E+09      5121
 //E11   8.0049E-03      5001 -7.9582E-03   1000367
 //E22   2.8641E-03      1203 -2.2671E-03      5103
 //E33   2.8794E-03      1203 -2.6589E-03   1001105
 //E12   2.6224E-03      1201 -2.3782E-03      1001
 //E23   8.3475E-04   1000713 -1.0763E-03   1000353
 //E31   5.8002E-04   1000750 -2.3236E-03   1000368
 //S11   3.7805E+01   1000738 -4.1247E+01      1201
 //S22   1.4126E+01   1000738 -1.7677E+01      1201
 //S33   9.6734E+00   1001098 -1.7677E+01      1201
 //S12   4.0344E+00      1201 -3.6588E+00      1001
 //S23   1.2842E+00   1000713 -1.6558E+00   1000353
 //S31   8.9234E-01   1000750 -3.5747E+00   1000368
 //SMS   3.2995E+01      1203  1.8529E-01   1000240
 ##### Local Summary @Element :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //E11   5.9346E-03       126 -5.9635E-03        61
 //E22   1.6102E-03        68 -1.6304E-03       125
 //E33   1.8989E-03        61 -1.9798E-03       126
 //E12   8.3076E-04        62 -7.8339E-04         3
 //E23   5.7501E-04       119 -6.2415E-04       178
 //E31   2.5209E-04        35 -1.3096E-03         2
 //S11   2.4565E+01       126 -2.6193E+01         2
 //S22   5.2809E+00       183 -5.7364E+00         2
 //S33   5.5451E+00       183 -5.7987E+00         2
 //S12   1.2781E+00        62 -1.2052E+00         3
 //S23   8.8463E-01       119 -9.6023E-01       178
 //S31   3.8783E-01        35 -2.0148E+00         2
 //SMS   2.3676E+01        61  1.7835E+00       179
 ##### Global Summary @Node    :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //U1    3.5119E-02      5021 -3.5178E-02      1221
 //U2    1.1456E-03      1203 -1.1672E-03      1003
 //U3    0.0000E+00      1001 -4.6494E-01      3121
 //V1    1.2518E+03   1001249 -1.4015E+03   1000542
 //V2    3.8803E+02      5021 -3.3289E+02   1001074
 //V3    4.7101E+01   1000007 -1.5435E+04   1001066
 //A1    6.7723E+09      5021 -4.1214E+09      5011
 //A2    4.9616E+09      3219 -1.2304E+10      1221
 //A3    9.4377E+09      1221 -5.7155E+09      5121
 //E11   8.0049E-03      5001 -7.9582E-03   1000367
 //E22   2.8641E-03      1203 -2.2671E-03      5103
 //E33   2.8794E-03      1203 -2.6589E-03   1001105
 //E12   2.6224E-03      1201 -2.3782E-03      1001
 //E23   8.3475E-04   1000713 -1.0763E-03   1000353
 //E31   5.8002E-04   1000750 -2.3236E-03   1000368
 //S11   3.7805E+01   1000738 -4.1247E+01      1201
 //S22   1.4126E+01   1000738 -1.7677E+01      1201
 //S33   9.6734E+00   1001098 -1.7677E+01      1201
 //S12   4.0344E+00      1201 -3.6588E+00      1001
 //S23   1.2842E+00   1000713 -1.6558E+00   1000353
 //S31   8.9234E-01   1000750 -3.5747E+00   1000368
 //SMS   3.2995E+01      1203  1.8529E-01   1000240
 ##### Global Summary @Element :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //E11   5.9346E-03       126 -5.9635E-03        61
 //E22   1.6102E-03        68 -1.6304E-03       125
 //E33   1.8989E-03        61 -1.9798E-03       126
 //E12   8.3076E-04        62 -7.8339E-04         3
 //E23   5.7501E-04       119 -6.2415E-04       178
 //E31   2.5209E-04        35 -1.3096E-03         2
 //S11   2.4565E+01       126 -2.6193E+01         2
 //S22   5.2809E+00       183 -5.7364E+00         2
 //S33   5.5451E+00       183 -5.7987E+00         2
 //S12   1.2781E+00        62 -1.2052E+00         3
 //S23   8.8463E-01       119 -9.6023E-01       178
 //S31   3.8783E-01        35 -2.0148E+00         2
 //SMS   2.3676E+01        61  1.7835E+00       179

 ...

#### Result step=500000
 ##### Local Summary @Node    :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //U1    5.2758E-02      5221 -5.2989E-02      1021
 //U2    1.0426E-03   1000750 -7.2090E-02      1021
 //U3    0.0000E+00      1001 -6.5930E-01      3121
 //V1    1.6455E+03      5217 -1.6058E+03      1019
 //V2    8.7881E+02   1000132 -2.2448E+03      1221
 //V3    1.9455E+02   1000003 -1.7874E+04      1221
 //A1    5.7327E+09      5221 -4.0019E+09      1203
 //A2    7.0089E+09      3221 -4.3280E+09   1000713
 //A3    4.9140E+09      1211 -8.4702E+09      5021
 //E11   1.0808E-02   1001104 -1.0904E-02      1003
 //E22   3.4008E-03      1203 -3.2574E-03      5203
 //E33   3.6321E-03      1103 -3.5530E-03   1001105
 //E12   3.4760E-03      1201 -2.9256E-03      1001
 //E23   9.1779E-04   1000017 -1.3462E-03      1001
 //E31   6.4324E-04   1000750 -2.5756E-03      1101
 //S11   5.0236E+01      5201 -5.2624E+01      1001
 //S22   1.8815E+01   1001098 -2.2485E+01   1000008
 //S33   1.2848E+01   1001098 -2.2485E+01   1000008
 //S12   5.3477E+00      1201 -4.5009E+00      1001
 //S23   1.4120E+00   1000017 -2.0711E+00      1001
 //S31   9.8961E-01   1000750 -3.9625E+00      1101
 //SMS   4.4276E+01      1003  6.5308E-01   1000690
 ##### Local Summary @Element :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //E11   8.0789E-03       186 -8.0188E-03      1001
 //E22   2.1847E-03         8 -2.1148E-03       192
 //E33   2.5029E-03      1001 -2.6704E-03       186
 //E12   1.1765E-03        62 -1.0144E-03         3
 //E23   4.9965E-04         6 -5.1495E-04        66
 //E31  -1.2336E-05       125 -1.4721E-03         2
 //S11   3.3432E+01       186 -3.4438E+01         2
 //S22   7.0191E+00       183 -7.4671E+00         2
 //S33   7.6014E+00       183 -7.7370E+00         2
 //S12   1.8099E+00        62 -1.5605E+00         3
 //S23   7.6870E-01         6 -7.9223E-01        66
 //S31  -1.8979E-02       125 -2.2647E+00         2
 //SMS   3.1742E+01       186  7.0883E-01       114
 ##### Global Summary @Node    :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //U1    5.2758E-02      5221 -5.2989E-02      1021
 //U2    1.0426E-03   1000750 -7.2090E-02      1021
 //U3    0.0000E+00      1001 -6.5930E-01      3121
 //V1    1.6455E+03      5217 -1.6058E+03      1019
 //V2    8.7881E+02   1000132 -2.2448E+03      1221
 //V3    1.9455E+02   1000003 -1.7874E+04      1221
 //A1    5.7327E+09      5221 -4.0019E+09      1203
 //A2    7.0089E+09      3221 -4.3280E+09   1000713
 //A3    4.9140E+09      1211 -8.4702E+09      5021
 //E11   1.0808E-02   1001104 -1.0904E-02      1003
 //E22   3.4008E-03      1203 -3.2574E-03      5203
 //E33   3.6321E-03      1103 -3.5530E-03   1001105
 //E12   3.4760E-03      1201 -2.9256E-03      1001
 //E23   9.1779E-04   1000017 -1.3462E-03      1001
 //E31   6.4324E-04   1000750 -2.5756E-03      1101
 //S11   5.0236E+01      5201 -5.2624E+01      1001
 //S22   1.8815E+01   1001098 -2.2485E+01   1000008
 //S33   1.2848E+01   1001098 -2.2485E+01   1000008
 //S12   5.3477E+00      1201 -4.5009E+00      1001
 //S23   1.4120E+00   1000017 -2.0711E+00      1001
 //S31   9.8961E-01   1000750 -3.9625E+00      1101
 //SMS   4.4276E+01      1003  6.5308E-01   1000690
 ##### Global Summary @Element :Max/IdMax/Min/IdMin####
 //E11   8.0789E-03       186 -8.0188E-03      1001
 //E22   2.1847E-03         8 -2.1148E-03       192
 //E33   2.5029E-03      1001 -2.6704E-03       186
 //E12   1.1765E-03        62 -1.0144E-03         3
 //E23   4.9965E-04         6 -5.1495E-04        66
 //E31  -1.2336E-05       125 -1.4721E-03         2
 //S11   3.3432E+01       186 -3.4438E+01         2
 //S22   7.0191E+00       183 -7.4671E+00         2
 //S33   7.6014E+00       183 -7.7370E+00         2
 //S12   1.8099E+00        62 -1.5605E+00         3
 //S23   7.6870E-01         6 -7.9223E-01        66
 //S31  -1.8979E-02       125 -2.2647E+00         2
 //SMS   3.1742E+01       186  7.0883E-01       114