User`s guide

Release 7.5 MADYMO Coupling Manual
• Add the LS-DYNA *SET (*SET_PART, *SET_SHELL, *SET_SOLID) cards to define the
LS-DYNA element sets to be used in the coupling contact interaction.
• Add the *CONTACT_COUPLING card to define the LS-DYNA sets (just defined) to be
used for the contact in MADYMO. The format of *CONTACT_COUPLING is:
*
CONTACT_COUPLING
ID
SID
STYPE
where ID is the contact identifier; SID is the identifier of the SET to be used for coupling
and STYPE is the SET type, which can have the following values:
0 : part set (default)
1 : shell element set
2 : solid element set
3 : thick shell set
Input Example Extended Coupling
The following is part of a MADYMO input deck.
<COUPLING
FE_MODEL="/10/3"
/>
The following is part of a LS-DYNA input deck.
*
CONTACT_COUPLING
98
63
*
SET_PART
63
92 93
This forces LS-DYNA to send all elements belonging to part 92 and 93 to MADYMO.
Verification
The user is advised to check the log file and the reprint file to verify if all entities are commu-
nicated correctly. The log file shows the LS-DYNA output of all FE data send to MADYMO,
the reprint file shows the FE data that MADYMO received from LS-DYNA.
Example LS-DYNA log file:
c o n t a c t c o u p l i n g
contact coupling interface ID = 98
number of part IDs = 1
number of shell element IDs = 0
number of solid element IDs = 0
number of solid-shell element IDs = 0
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