User`s guide

MADYMO Coupling Manual Release 7.5

shell element ID list for coupling:

1 2 3 4

input summary including part IDs:

number of part IDs = 9

number of unique nodal points = 1

number of shell elements = 4

number of solid elements = 0

number of solid-shell elements = 0

Accompanying reprint ﬁle:

COUPLING

FE_MODEL ...............................: /10/3 ( /coupling_model/fe_model )

NUMBER OF NODES : 9

NUMBER OF PARTS : 1

PART ID (FROM COUPLED PROGRAM) : 92

THICKNESS : 1.0000E-01

BULK MODULUS : 2.5000E+07

NUMBER OF ELEMENTS : 4

NUMBER OF TRIADS : 0

NUMBER OF QUADS : 4

NUMBER OF SOLIDS : 0

5.4 Coupling on Microsoft Windows platform

The new MPP coupling is also available on Microsoft Windows for LS-DYNA. The procedure

to start a coupling calculation is:

1. Set the environment variables MADLIC_LICENSE_FILE and environment variables nec-

essary to execute the LS-DYNA software.

2. Open two command shells and go to the directory where the input ﬁles for MADYMO

and LS-DYNA are located. All input ﬁles must reside in the same directory, otherwise

the communication between both programs will fail.

3. start MADYMO in command window 1 with the command:

"<madymo_dir>\<platform_id>\bin\madymo_cli.exe" -coupling socket

<input_xml_file>

4. start LS-DYNA in command window 2 with the command:

"<lsdyna_dir>\lsdyna.exe" y=madymo i=<input_file>

5.5 Restart

For more general information on restart, see the LS-DYNA user manual and the MADYMO

Reference Manual

. Restart is supported in MPP coupling for both LS-DYNA and MPP-DYNA