Patran 2008 r1 Interface To SAMCEF Preference Guide

Patran 2008 r1
Interface To SAMCEF
Preference Guide
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Contents
MSC Patran Interface to SAMCEF Preference Guide
1 Overview
Purpose 2
SAMCEF Product Information 3
What is Included with this Product? 4
Patran SAMCEF Integration with Patran 5
Releases Compatibilities 7
2 Building a Model
Introduction to Building a Model 10
Coordinate Frames 13
Finite Elements 14
Elements 16
Multi-Point Constraints 17
Material Library 24
Materials Form 24
Defined Properties Using Fields 41
Externally Defined Material Data 41
Element Properties 42
Element Properties Form 42
Loads and Boundary Conditions 70

Loads & Boundary Conditions Form 70
Load Cases 107
3 Running an Analysis
Review of the Analysis Form 110
Analysis Form 111
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Execution Parameters 113
Solution Types 116
Options for Chaining 117

Manual Recombination Options (Dynamic analyses only) 119
Crack Creation definition form 120
Solution Parameters 122

Friction Algorithm 123
Specific Options 125

Linear Static (’Transient’ Static parameters)
(Structural analysis) 126
Natural Frequency (Structural analysis) 127
Buckling (Structural analysis) 129
Elasto-Visco-Plastic Parameters (Structural analysis) 130
Transient Parameters (Thermal analysis) 133
Select Load Cases 140
Output Requests 142

Linear Static Analysis 146
Natural Frequency Analysis 152
Buckling Analysis 157
Elasto-Visco-Plastic Analysis 158
Steady-State and Transient Thermal analyses 166
4 Read Results
Review of the Read Results Form 174
Read Results Form 174
Translation Parameters 177
Select Results File 179

Data/Results Translated from the Analysis Code Results File 181
5 Files
Access to the File Control Form 192
File Control Form 192
Files 194
General files 195
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Forward Translation 195

Reverse Translation 195
Environment Variables 197

The settings.pcl File 197
SAMPAT3 197
The Forward Translator JobFile 198

Part 1 198
Part 2 199
JobFile Example 200
BANQUE File Example 202
Major supported BACON Commands 214
The Reverse Translator JobFile 217
The SAMRUN file on Unix (Example) 218
The SAMRUN.cmd file on W2000 (Example) 219
6 Errors/Warnings
Errors/Warnings 222
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Chapter 1: Overview
Patran Interface to SAMCEF Preference Guide
1 Overview

Purpose 2

SAMCEF Product Information 3

What is Included with this Product? 4

MSC Patran SAMCEF Integration with MSC Patran 5

Releases Compatibilities 7
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2 Patran Interface to SAMCEF Preference Guide
Purpose
Purpose
MSC Patran comprises a suite of products written and maintained by MSC.Software Corporation. The
core of the product suite is MSC Patran, a finite element analysis pre and postprocessor. MSC Patran also
includes several optional products such as advanced postprocessing programs, tightly coupled solvers,
and interfaces to third party solvers. This document describes one of these interfaces. For more
information on the MSC Patran suite of products, see the MSC Patran User’s Guide.
The MSC Patran SAMCEF Application Preference provides a communication link between MSC Patran
and SAMCEF. It also provides customization of certain features that can be activated simply by selecting
SAMCEF as the analysis code preference in MSC Patran.
MSC Patran SAMCEF is integrated into MSC Patran. The casual user will never need to be aware that
separate programs are being used. For the expert user, there are three main components of MSC Patran
SAMCEF: several PCL files to provide the customization of MSC Patran for SAMCEF, PAT3SAM to
convert model data from the MSC Patran database into the analysis code input file, and SAMPAT3 to
translate results and/or model data from the analysis code results file into the MSC Patran database.
Selecting SAMCEF as the analysis code under the “Analysis Preference” menu customizes MSC Patran
in five main areas:
1. Material Library
1. Element Library
1. Loads and Boundary Conditions
1. MPCs
1. Analysis forms
PAT3SAM translates model data directly from the MSC Patran database into the analysis code-specific
input file format. This translation must have direct access to the originating MSC Patran database. The
program name indicates the direction of translation: from MSC Patran to SAMCEF.
SAMPAT3 translates results and/or model data from the analysis code-specific results file into the MSC
Patran database. This program can be run so that the data is loaded directly into the MSC Patran database,
or if incompatible computer platforms are being used, an intermediate file can be created. The program
name indicates the direction of translation: from SAMCEF to MSC Patran.
The MSC Patran SAMCEF Application Preference is written and maintained by SAMTECH
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Chapter 1: Overview 3
SAMCEF Product Information
SAMCEF Product Information

SAMCEF is a general-purpose finite element computer program.
It is developed, supported, and maintained by
SAMTECH, S.A.
Parc Scienlifique du Sart Tilman
Rue des Chasseurs-Ardennais, 8,
B-4031 Angleur, Liège, Belgium.
www.samcef.com
See the SAMCEF User’s Manual for a detailed description of SAMCEF’s capabilities.
Support line for the Samcef Preference: patran@samcef.com
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What is Included with this Product?
What is Included with this Product?

The MSC Patran SAMCEF product include the following items:
1. PCL command and library files which add all the MSC Patran SAMCEF customization
definitions into MSC Patran. This file is named SAMCEF.plb.
2. The executable programs PAT3SAM and SAMPAT3 which perform the forward and results
translation of data. Although these programs are separate executables, they are run from within
MSC Patran and are transparent to the user.
3. Script files are also included to drive the programs in item 2. These script files are started by MSC
Patran and control the running of the programs in MSC Patran SAMCEF.
4. The MSC Patran SAMCEF Preference Guide is included as part of the product.
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MSC Patran SAMCEF Integration with MSC Patran

Several diagrams are shown below to indicate how these files and programs fit into the MSC Patran
environment. In some cases, site customization of some of these files is indicated. Please see the Patran
Installation and Operations Guide for more information on this topic.
Figure 1-1 shows the process of running an analysis. The SAMCEF.plb library defines the various
Execution Parameters, Solution Type, Solution Parameter, Specific Options, Select Loads Cases and
Output Request forms called by the Analysis form. When the Apply button is selected on the Analyze
form, a.jba file is created, and the script samcefSubmit is started. This script may need to be
modified for your site installation. The script, in turn, starts the PAT3SAM forward translation. MSC
Patran operation is suspended at this time. PAT3SAM reads data from the database and creates a
BACON input file, or Banque file. BACON and then analysis modules are executed in series after
successful translation, if the user has requested that action. A message file is created to record any
translation messages
Figure 1-1 Forward Translation
Figure below shows the process of reading information from an analysis results file. When the Apply
button is selected on the Read Results form, either a .jbm or .jbr file is created, depending on
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whether model or results data is to be read. A process is then spawned to start the SAMPAT3 results
translation. The MSC Patran database is closed while this translation occurs. A message file is created to
record any translation messages. SAMPAT3 reads the data from the SAMCEF results file. If SAMPAT3
can find the desired database, the results will be loaded directly into it. If, however, it cannot find the
database SAMPAT3 will create a new MSC Patran model database before loading the results.
SAMPAT3 is also used to create a “query” file, used when recovering a summary of available results.
Then, the user may also request generation of a MSC Patran 2.4 Neutral (topology) file.
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Releases Compatibilities
Patran:
This guide describes the Samcef Preference as it appears in the MSC Patran 2006 release.
Samcef Output Data:

The data generated by this Samcef Preference (Samcef command instructions,..) or reloaded through the
backward translator are compatible with Samcef V 11 release.
Forward and Backward Translators:

The Samcef Preference converters (forward and backward) are 32-bit compliant executable files to match
MSC Patran specifications.
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Chapter 2: Building a Model
2 Building a Model

Introduction to Building a Model 10

Coordinate Frames 13

Finite Elements 14

Material Library 24

Element Properties 42

Loads and Boundary Conditions 70

Load Cases 107
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Introduction to Building a Model

There are many aspects to building a finite element analysis model. In several cases, the forms used to
create the finite element data are dependent on the selected analysis code and analysis type. Other parts
of the model are created using standard forms.
Under preferences from the main form in MSC Patran, there is a selection entitled Analysis. The Analysis
Preference form accessed by that selection identifies/defines the analysis code which is to be used for
this model.
The specified code may be changed at any time during model creation. As much data as possible will be
converted if the analysis code is changed after the modeling process has already begun. However, the
user must check that the analysis codes support identical or equivalent functionality. If they don’t, the
translation may be approximate.
The setting of the Analysis Preference determines what will be presented to the user in several areas
during the subsequent modeling steps.
These customized areas include the material and element libraries (including multi-point constraints), the
applicable loads and boundary conditions, and the analysis forms. The selected Analysis Type may also
affect the allowable selections in these same areas. For more details, see Analysis Codes (p. 426) in the
Patran Reference Manual.
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The following table lists the SAMCEF structural element types which are supported by the SAMCEF
Analysis Preference.
Element Types
Element Types Description
MASS Mass
17 0D Fourier Beam
18 1D Fourier Shell
169 1D Fourier Membrane
21 Mindlin Rod
22 Mindlin Beam
30 1D Membrane (axisymmetric)
48 1D Shell (axisymmetric)
13 2D Solid (Fourier)
14 2D Solid (Fourier)
15 Membrane (Plane) or 2D Solid (Axisymmetric/Plane Strain)
26 Membrane (Plane) or 2D Solid (Axisymmetric/Plane Strain)
28 2D Shell (Mindlin)
29 2D Shell (Mindlin)
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57 Membrane
58 Membrane
8 Hexagonal Solid or Thick Shell
46 Wedge Solid or Thick Shell
47 Tetrahedral Solid
Note: The Hybrid formulation is still supported for compatibility reasons but is no longer enhanced.
The following table lists the element supported in a Thermal analysis

222 Pipe
31 Rod or Axisymmetric Membrane

224,223 Shell
34,35 Membrane or Axisymmetric volume

39 Brick Solid or Thick Shell
105 Prism
106 Tetrahedral
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Coordinate Frames
Coordinate Frames
Coordinate frames will generate the .AXL command, within the appropriate context for SAMCEF.
Unreferenced coordinate frames are not being translated.
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Finite Elements
Finite Elements
By choosing the Finite Elements toggle located on the application selections for MSC Patran, the Finite
Elements form will appear. This permits definition of basic finite element constructs, including the
creation of nodes, element topology, and multi-point constraints.
The form below is displayed when Create is selected as the action and Node as the object on the Finite
Elements form. Nodes created will be translated to .NOE commands in the Banque file.
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Finite Elements
Elements
Finite elements in MSC Patran simply assigns element topology, such as Quad/4, for standard finite
elements. The type of element to be created is not determined until the element properties are assigned.
See Element Properties Form for details concerning the SAMCEF element types. Elements can be
created either directly using the Element object, or indirectly using the Mesh object. The form below
appears when the Object is set on Mesh and the Type is set on Surface
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Finite Elements
Multi-Point Constraints
Multi-point constraints (MPCs) can also be created from the Finite Elements menu. These are special
element types which define a rigorous behavior between several specified nodes. The forms for creating
MPCs are found by selecting MPC as the Object on the Finite Elements form. The full functionality of
the MPC forms are defined in Create Action (FEM Entities) (p. 91) in the Reference Manual - Part III.
MPC Types
To create an MPC, first select the type of MPC you want to create from an option menu. The types that
will appear in this option menu are dependent on the current settings of the Analysis Code and Analysis
Type preferences. The following table summarizes the MPC types that are supported for SAMCEF.
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MPC Types Analysis Type Description

Explicit Structural Explicit linear constraint equations between degrees-of-
freedom (dof) using the .MCE CNLI command.
Rigid Fixed Structural Creates a rigid body between an independent node and several
dependent nodes using the .MCE RIGI command.
Rigid Bar Structural Creates an equality relationship between groups of dofs using
.LIA GROUPE.
LIA Structural, Thermal Creates an equality relationship between 2 dofs using the
.LIA command.
Comments:
1. Sliding surfaces are not treated as MPC types. They can be treated as Loads/BCs, using conditions
defined in Loads and Boundary Conditions. To create a sliding surface, define an analysis
coordinate system with one axis as the surface outward normal. Then enforce a zero translation
(displacement), in that direction, for all nodes on the surface.
2. The BACON command .STICK, which can be used for non-homogeneous linking of two meshed
parts of a model, is supported as an LBC type.
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Degrees-of-Freedom
Whenever a list of degrees-of-freedom is expected for an MPC term, a listbox containing the valid
degrees-of-freedom is displayed on the form. A degree-of-freedom is valid if:
1. It is valid for the current Analysis Code Preference.
2. It is valid for the current Analysis Type Preference.
3. It is valid for the selected MPC type.
In most cases, all degrees-of-freedom which are valid for the current Analysis Code and Analysis Type
preferences are valid for the MPC type.
The following degrees-of-freedom are supported by the MSC Patran SAMCEF MPCs for the various
analysis types:
Degrees-of-Freedom Equivalent Loads/BCs Analysis Type

UX T1 Structural
UY T2 Structural
UZ T3 Structural
RX R1 Structural
RY R2 Structural
RZ R3 Structural
TEMP TEMP Thermal
The above table defines the equivalence between degrees-of-freedom and LBC directions when the LBC
coordinate is Coord 0 (Global).
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Explicit MPCs
Creates a BACON .MCE CNLI construct defining a linear relationship between DOFs (Structural only).
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Rigid Fixed MPCs

Creates a BACON .MCE RIGI construct that inserts a rigid body between an independent node and
several other dependent nodes (Structural only).
Rigid Bar MPCs

Creates a BACON .LIA GROUPE construct that defines an equality relationship between a group of
nodes and up to six (6) degrees-of-freedom of an independent node (Structural only).
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Note: There is no difference between the dependent and independent term in the treatment
of .LIA.
Cyclic Symmetry MPCs

Note: This feature is obsolete and is replaced by the Cyclic Symmetry LBC.
LIA MPCs EStructural and Thermal)

Creates an equality between two DOFs. The .LIA construct is used to define the boundaries.
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Note: This MPC type is only available for explicit nodes. Special care is required when using
hybrid elements.
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Material Library
Material Library
By choosing the Materials toggle located on the application selections for MSC Patran, the Materials
form appears. When creating materials, several option menus are available. The selections made in this
option menu will determine which material form is presented, and ultimately, which SAMCEF material
will be created.
The following pages give an introduction to the Materials form, followed by the details of all the material
property definitions supported by the MSC Patran SAMCEF Preference Guide.
The .MAT is used (in most cases) to define the material data for elements. This places a restriction on the
element types supported by MSC Patran SAMCEF.
Materials Form
The Materials form shown below provides the following options for the purpose of creating SAMCEF
materials
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Material Library
The following table shows the allowable selections for all options when the Action is set to Create and
the Analysis Type on the Analysis Preference form is set to Structural. The various options have different
names, depending on previous selections
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Material Library
Object Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Isotropic • Linear Elastic
• Hyperelastic Mooney-Rivlin
Hart-Smith
• Elastoplastic Raghava
von Mises
• Visco Plastic von Mises Lemaitre
Raghava Prager
Isotropic Hardening
Non Linear Hardening
2 Kinematic Hardening
Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening
2 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

Orthotropic • Linear Elastic
• Elastoplastic von Mises
Raghava Prager
Isotropic Hardening
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Anisotropic • Linear Elastic
• Elastoplastic von Mises
Raghava Prager
Isotropic Hardening
The following table shows the allowable selections for all options when the Action is set to Create and
the Analysis Type on the Analysis Preference form is set to Thermal.
Object Option 1
Isotropic Thermal
Orthotropic Thermal
Anisotropic Thermal
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Material Library
Isotropic
Linear Elastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of a linear elastic material.
Hyperelastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of a Hyperelastic material.
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Elastoplastic
Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
Elastoplastic
Raghava Isotropic
von Mises
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of an elastoplastic material.
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Material Library
Visco plastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of an Visco Plastic material.
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Material Library
Property List may vary according to the combined choice of ’Option2 and ’Option 3’. All the available
combinations are not described here.
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Thermal
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Orthotropic
Linear Elastic
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Orthotropic
Elastoplastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of a Visco Plastic material.
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Orthotropic
Visco Plastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of a Visco Plastic material.
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Orthotropic
Thermal
Anisotropic
Linear Elastic
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Material Library
Note: Scroll down to enter data for remaining stiffness, density and thermal expansion
coefficient.
Elastoplastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of an elastoplastic material.
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Material Library
Note: Scroll down to enter data for yield limits and stress vs plastic strain curve.
Visco Plastic
This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of an Visco Plastic material.
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Material Library
Note: Scroll down to enter data for yield limits and stress vs plastic strain curve.
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Thermal
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Material Library
Defined Properties Using Fields

Properties which depend on temperature, strain and strain rate can be input using tabular and
general fields.
The function expression for general fields is as follows:
[polynom (E0|E1|E2|E3|E4|MIN|MAX|variable) ]
where
E0, E1, E2, E3, E4 are polynomial coefficients
MIN and MAX specify the valid range of the function
Variable may be ’T, ’e, or ’er.
Externally Defined Material Data

Note: This option is no longer supported.
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Element Properties
Element Properties
By choosing the Element Properties toggle located on the main menu in MSC Patran, the Element
Properties form will appear. When creating element properties, several option menus are available. The
selections made in these option menus will determine which element property form is presented, and
ultimately, which SAMCEF element will be created.
The following pages give an introduction to the Element Properties form, followed by the details of all
the element property definitions supported by the MSC Patran SAMCEF Preference Guide.
Element Properties Form

When Element Properties is selected on the main menu, the following form will be displayed. Four option
menus on this form are used to determine which SAMCEF element types are to be created, and which
property forms are to be displayed. The individual property forms are documented later in this section.
For more details, see the Create Element Property Sets (p. 67) in the Patran Reference Manual.
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Element Properties
The following table shows the allowable selections for all option menus when Analysis Type is set to
Structural.
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Element Properties

0D • Mass
• Axisymmetric Bar General Section
Pipe Section
1D • Rod General Section Mindlin
Pipe Section Plane
3D Memb.
• Spring General
Linear
Non Linear
• Axisymmetric Shell Axisymmetric
Fourier
• Beam General Section Mindlin
Pipe Section Mindlin
• Axisymmetric Plane Strain
Membrane Axisymmetric
Fourier Membrane
2D • Shell Mindlin
• 2D Solid Plane Strain
Axisymmetric
Fourier
Fourier Membrane
• Membrane Plane
3D Membrane
3D • Thick Shell Homogeneous
• Solid Homogeneous
RTM
The following table shows the allowable selections for all option menus when Analysis Type is set
to Thermal
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1D • Rod
• Axisymmetric Membrane
• Pipe
2D • Shell
• 2D Solid
• Membrane
3D • Solid
Important: The following pages will detail the most major Element Properties forms and
sub-forms... but not all.
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(0D)Mass (Structural only)

Options below create a concentrated mass that is associated with the degrees-of-freedom of a node. This
creates a concentrated mass at a point which results in generation of the .MASS command.
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Element Properties
(0D)-Axisymmetric Bar (Structural only)

This form creates axisymmetric bar element properties.
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Element Properties
(pipe section option view)
(1D)Rod (Structural & Thermal)

Options below create 1D rod element properties for Structural analysis..
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(pipe-section option)
Options below create 1D rod element properties for Thermal analysis.
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(1D)Spring (Structural only)

Options below create spring properties. Springs may be general, linear or nonlinear.
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(linear option view)
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Element Properties
(non linear spring view)
(1D)Axisymmetric Shell, Fourier Membrane (Structural only)

Options below create axisymmetric shell element properties. Elements may be of true axisymmetric
or Fourier.
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Element Properties
Note: The MKU and MKP (second order stiffness matrix due to large rotation and second order
stiffness due to active pressure) options may be selected for second order elements. The
default is “NO.”
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(1D)Beam (Structural only)

Options below create a 3D beam element of general or pipe section..
(1D)Axisymmetric Membrane (Structural & Thermal)

Options below create 1D axisymmetric membrane element properties for Structural analysis. Elements
may be plane strain or axisymmetric.
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Options below create 1D axisymmetric membrane element properties for Thermal analysis
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(1D) Pipe (Thermal only)
(2D)Shell (Structural & Thermal)

Options below create a thin shell element for a Structural analysis.
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Options below create a thin shell element for a Thermal analysis
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Element Properties
(2D) 2D Solid (Structural & Thermal)

Options below create a 2D solid element for a Structural analysis.
The element may be of plain strain, axisymmetric or Fourier.
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Element Properties
Note: The MKP (second order stiffness matrix due to active pressure) options may be selected for
second order elements. The default is “NO.”
Options below create a 2D solid element for a Thermal analysis.
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Element Properties
(2D) Membrane (Structural & Thermal)

Options below create a membrane element for a Structural analysis.
The element may be either plane or 3D.
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Element Properties
Note: The MKP (second order stiffness matrix due to active pressure) options may be selected for
second order elements. The default is “NO.”
Options below create a membrane element for a Thermal analysis
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(3D) Thick Shell (Structural only)

Options above create thick shell elements, which may have wedge or hexahedral topologies.
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Element Properties
(3D) Solid Structural (Homogeneous)

Options below create solid elements for a Structural analysis, homogeneous option, which may have
tetrahedral wedge or hexahedral topologies.
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Element Properties
(3D) Solid (RTM)

Options below create solid elements for a Structural analysis, RTM options, which may have tetrahedral
wedge or hexahedral topologies.
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Element Properties
(3D) SolidThermal)
Options below create solid elements for a Thermal analysis
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Loads and Boundary Conditions

By choosing the Loads/BCs toggle located on the main menu of MSC Patran, the Loads and Boundary
Conditions form will appear. When creating loads and boundaries, several option menus are available.
The selections made in this option menu will determine which loads and boundary form is presented, and
ultimately, which SAMCEF loads and boundaries will be created.
The following pages give an introduction to the Loads & Boundary Conditions form, followed by the
details of all the loads and boundary conditions supported by the MSC Patran SAMCEF
Preference Guide.
Loads & Boundary Conditions Form

The Loads & Boundary Conditions form shown below provides the following options for the purpose of
creating SAMCEF loads and boundaries. The full functionality of the form is defined in Loads and
Boundary Conditions Form (p. 27) in the Patran Reference Manual.
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The following table shows the allowable selections for all options when the Analysis Type is set to
Structural.
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Analysis Type Object Type

Structural • Displacement Nodal
• Force Nodal
• Pressure Element Uniform
Element Variable
• Inertial Load Element Uniform
• Node to Node Absolute Contact (formerly Nodal
«Contact (Absolute)»)
• Node to Node Relative Contact (formerly Nodal
«Relative Contact»)
• Temperature (SAMCEF) Nodal
• Displacement Retained (SAMCEF) Nodal
• Hybrid Deformation (SAMCEF) Element Uniform
• Append Nodal
• Node Surf Contact Nodal
Element Uniform
• Cyclic Symmetry Nodal
Element Uniform
• Density of Force Element Uniform
Analysis Type Object Type

Thermal • Temperature (Thermal) Nodal
• Initial Temperature Nodal
• Load Nodal
• (S) Prescr. Temp. t=0. Nodal
• (S) Volumic Convection Nodal
• (S) Surfacic Flux Element Uniform
• (S) Convection Element Uniform
• (S) Volumic Flux Element Uniform
• (S) Therùal Gluing Element Uniform
• (S) Thermal Stick Element Uniform
Basic Form
This subordinate form appears whenever the Input Data button is selected on the Loads and Boundary
Conditions form. The information contained on this form will vary according to the Object that has been
selected. Information that remains standard to this form is defined below.
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Object Tables
On the Loads/BCs Input Data forms there are areas where the load data values are defined. The data fields
presented depend on the selected Load Object and Type. In some cases, the data fields also depend on
the selected Target Element Type. These Object Tables list and define the input data that pertain strictly
to a specific selected object:
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Displacement (Structural)
Object Type Type
Displacement Nodal Structural
Creates the BACON .CLM FIX or .CLM FNN command to define friction or imposed displacements.
Input Data Description

Translations (T1,T2,T3) Defines the enforced translational displacement values. These are in model
length units.
Rotations (R1,R2,R3) Defines the enforced rotational displacement values. These are in degrees.
Important: Use this boundary condition to define sliding surfaces by controlling translations in a
coordinate frame with one axis normal to the surface.
Force (Structural)
Object Type Type
Force Nodal Structural
Creates the BACON .CLM CHA command

Force (F1,F2,F3) Defines the applied forces in the translation degrees-of-freedom.
Moment (M1,M2,M3) Defines the applied moments in the rotational degrees-of-freedom.
Pressure (Structural)
Object Type Type Dimension
Pressure Element Uniform Structural 2D
Element Variable
Creates the BACON .CLM PRESS command to define uniform or variable pressure.
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Top Surf Pressure Defines the top surface pressure load on shell elements.
Bot Surf Pressure Defines the bottom surface pressure load on shell elements.
Edge Pressure Defines the edge pressure value on axisymmetric, plane strain, and
plane stress elements.

Pressure Element Uniform Structural 3D
Element Variable
Creates the BACON .CLM PRESS command to define uniform or variable pressure.

Pressure Defines the face pressure value on solid elements.
Inertial Load(Structural)
Inertial Load Element Uniform Structural 1D
2D
3D
Creates the BACON .CLM ACC/ROT/DROT commands listed below to define inertial loads, body
forces and rotational speeds for static load cases.

Trans Accel (A1,A2,A3) Defines translational acceleration in the translation degrees-of-freedom.
(Generates the command: .CLM ACC V a1 a2 a3.)
Rot Velocity (w1,w2,w3) Defines rotational velocity in the rotational degrees-of-freedom.
(Generates the command: .CLM ROT V w1 w2 w3.)
Rot Accel (a1 a2 a3) Defines rotational acceleration in the rotational degrees-of-freedom.
(Generates the command: .CLM DROT V a1 a2 a3.)
Node to Node Absolute Contact (formerly «Contact (Absolute)»)(Structural)

Object Type Type
Contact (Absolute) Nodal Structural
Creates the BACON .JEU command to define the limits of contact between nodes and a rigid foundation
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Component Defines the degree-of-freedom for which this condition applies.
Lower Bound (L) Defines the lower bound value of contact.
Upper Bound (H) Defines the upper bound value of contact.
Displacement (FIX) Defines the imposed displacement value.
Friction Defines the coefficient of friction.
Node to Node Relative Contact (formerly «Relative Contact»))(Structural)

Object Type Type
Contact (Relative) Nodal Structural
Creates the BACON .JER command to define the limits of contact between nodes on parallel straight
lines and surfaces

Lower Bound (L) Defines the relative lower bound value of contact.
Upper Bound (H) Defines the relative upper bound value of contact.
Displacement (SER) Defines the imposed relative displacement value.
Contact Direction Defines the contact direction.
Butee
Friction Defines the coefficient of friction.
At least one direction must have a non-zero value to generate the Direction parameter. In this case,
directions which are ignored are assumed to be zero.
Important: At present, MSC Patran does not provide for definition of the relationship between
surfaces. To overcome this limitation, a naming convention has been adopted. Nodes
on each surface must be defined as LBCs with the same name (i.e., set name), but
with suffices _1 and _2. For example, create LBC’s side_1 and side_2. Properties
defined for side_1 will be written to the BACON input file.
Temperature (Structural)
Object Type Type
Temperature Nodal Structural
Creates the BACON .CLT command to define a temperature field.
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Temperature Defines the temperature at the node or mid surface of a shell node.
Gradient Defines the temperature gradient for shell elements.
Displacement Retained (Structural)

Object Type Type
Displacement Nodal Structural
Creates the BACON .RET command to select dof for the creation of a super element or for the running
of a DYNAM analysis

Translations (T1,T2,T3) Defines the retained translational dof.
Rotations (R1,R2,R3) Defines the retained rotational dof.
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Node to Surface (Structural)
Description
Forces All Defaults When set to a non zero value, all defaults are taken into account.
Defaults are driven by Samcef module.
Nodes Projection Forces nodes projection on master surface (topology correction)
Normal Accuracy Accuracy used to «drive» the slaved node projection algorithm
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Tangential Accuracy Accuracy used to «extend» a master face area when the projection of a
slave node lies outside the face
Tightening Tightening value
Reference Distance For each slave node, the pgm computes contact conditions with all the
facets which are inside a sphere around the node
Shells Normals Direction For shells only. 3 director cosine to indicate normal direction
Reverse Shells Normals For shells only. Forces ALL the normals of the shells to be reversed
Lower Bound Maximum displacement between the slave nodes and the master
surface
Stop Distance Offset for the master surface
Friction Coefficient Friction value
Friction Option Friction law
Contact Option Contact option
Number of Closest Facets For each node, number of master surface’s faces to be taken into
account to detect contact
Coupled Iteration Method Select the coupled iteration method
Uncoupled Iteration Select the uncoupled iteration method
Method
Reprofiling Only at Time Enable the reprofiling at each time step start instead at each iteration
Step
Facets Smoothing Enable the facets smoothing transition algorithm
Transition
Smooting Angle Smoothing angle for the transition algorithm
Dummy If one explicitly defines zeo values for the data above, Patran GUI will
not display the LBC,...To by-pass this limitation, setting a non zero for
the Dummy data will force Patran to display correctly the Lbc. The
Dummy data is not exported to Samcef
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Combinations
Tigh_ Tigh_ Cont_ Cont_ Cont_ Cont_
Keyword Stick SRot LRot SRot SDis MDis LDis
Forces All Defaults X X X X X
Nodes Projection X X X X X X X
Normal Accuracy X X X X X X X
Tangential Accuracy X X X X X X X
Tightening X X
Reference Distance X X X X X
Shells Normals X X X X X X
Direction
Reverse Shells X X X
Normals
Lower Bound X
Stop Distance X X X X
Friction Coefficient X X X X
Friction Option X X X
Contact Option X X X
Number of Closest X X
Facets
Coupled Iteration X X X
Method
Uncoupled Iteration X X X
Method
Reprofiling Only at X X
Time Step
Facets Smoothing X X X
Transition
Smooting Angle X X X
Dummy X X X X X X X
Allowed values
Keyword Description
Forces All Defaults (Integer)
1=takes all defaults
Nodes Projection (Integer)
0=no projection
1=projection
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Keyword Description
Normal Accuracy (Real)
strictly positive value
Tangential Accuracy (Real)
Tightening (Real)
Reference Distance (Real)
Shells Normals Direction (3 reals)
(directors cosine)
Reverse Shells Normals (Integer)
0=do not reverse
1=reverse
Lower Bound (Real)
Stop Distance (Real)
strictly positive
Friction Coefficient (Real)
strictly positive
Friction Option (Integer)
0= no friction
1=classical
2=infinite
3=function of velocity
Contact Option (Integer)
0= classical contact
1=scratch
2=always
Number of Closest Facets (Integer)
strictly positive
Coupled Iteration Method Any value will enable this option
Uncoupled Iteration Method Any value will enable this option
Reprofiling Only at Time Step Any value will enable this option
Facets Smoothing Transition Any value will enable this option
Smooting Angle (Real)
strictly positive
Dummy (Integer)
Non zero
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Default values
Keyword Description
Forces All Defaults «All Defaults» not enabled
Nodes Projection No projection
Normal Accuracy Automatically computed by the algorithm
Tangential Accuracy Automatically computed by the algorithm
Tightening COMPULSORY
Reference Distance Infinite (i.e. all the facets of the master surface can potentially create
contact conditions)
Shells Normals Direction No direction imposed
Reverse Shells Normals No reverse
Lower Bound No lower bound active
Stop Distance No stop distance
Friction Coefficient COMPULSORY if friction is enabled
Friction Option 0 (i.e no friction)
Contact Option 0
Number of Closest Facets 10
Coupled Iteration Method Coupled Iteration Method is the default
Uncoupled Iteration Method
Reprofiling Only at Time Step By default, reprofiling occurs at each iteration
Facets Smoothing Transition No facet smoothing
Smooting Angle 30 degrees
Remarks
Keyword Description
Forces All Defaults When set to a non zero value, all other values defined in the other fields
of the Input data form are discarded
Nodes Projection
Normal Accuracy See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
This field has to be filled only in special cases, to help the algorithm in
special contact conditions
Tangential Accuracy (same as above)
Tightening
Reference Distance In some cases, can reduce the computation time; in general, this field has
to be left empty
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Keyword Description
Shells Normals See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Direction In the case of shells, the pgm cannot compute from the master surface
topology where is the material. By default, normals of elements point to
the region of slave nodes (and of course, the material is in the opposite
direction); this field forces the pgm to choose normal that is the closest to
the given direction
Reverse Shells Normals (same as above); this field forces the pgm to change the sign of the
element’s default normal.
Lower Bound
Stop Distance Acts as the master surface has a non-zero thickness (this is, useful for shell
thickness modeling)
Friction Coefficient Only one value is required as isotropic friction law is assumed
Friction Option See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Contact Option See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Number of Closest Can be combined with the <Reference Distance> criterion to accelerate
Facets the computation; in the major situations, this field has not to be filled
Coupled Iteration See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Method
Uncoupled Iteration See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Method
Reprofiling Only at See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Time Step
Facets Smoothing See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
Transition
Smooting Angle See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
About contacts (part 1)

1. When relative displacements are small, one can assume that a slave node will always be projected
onto the same target facet. The facet’s area may be extended when the slave node’s projection is
outside.
The SAMCEF Preference will add the <UN2 1> parameter in the output bank file to force this
configuration (and reduce the facets search time)
Contact re-profiling is not needed in such a model.
2. When displacements are moderate, one slave node will be in contact with a small number of
facets: the <Number of Closest Facets> and the <Reference Distance> default values can be
overwritten by the user to reduce the computation time.
Contact re-profiling is not needed in such a model.
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3. When displacements are large, the previous way of working is not suitable because one should
define a large <Reference Distance> and/or a lot of <Closet Facets>.
In such a model, special parameters are added in the output bank file to activate re-profiling: in
this case, contact connectivity is recomputed by MECANO at each Newton iteration.
Important: Contact conditions cannot be used within a model in which cracks have been defined

1. «.._SDIS» ; small relative displacements of parts; the node is in contact with one and only one
facet; the target facet is computed in the pre-processing phase (the choosen facet is the closest one
to the node) and will never change; during each analysis step of the non-linear analysis,
MECANO tries to (normally) project the node on this facet; if it can, contact is maintained; if it
fails, contact is released; a contact release at time step ’i’ can, of course, be re-activated at time
step ’j’ > ’i’
2. «..MDIS»; moderate relative displacements of parts; nodes are in contact with a number of
nearest facets selected by the preprocessor; the list of facets is not updated during the non-linear
analysis; same rules of «release/reactivation» of contacts as the SDIS is applied but here the
module will handle a list of target faces..not one facet
alone !
3. «...LDIS»; large relative displacements of parts; the more general contact condition; nodes are in
contact with a number of nearest facets selected, not by the pre-processor, but by the MECANO
module; during each time step, the MECANO module will update this list of facets . LDIS option
will often leads to huge computation time
4. So, if one is sure that non linear geometries are small AND that relative displacements of parts
are small, use «SDIS»; in other cases/in doubt, use «LDIS»

1. «CONT_SROT»;Same as «SDIS « PLUS small rotations hypothesis ; so clearly the more
restrictive hypothesis!
2. «TIGH_SROT»;is thightening with small rotations in areas where thightening occurs PLUS
«small non linear geometries AND small relative displacements»
3. «TIGH_LROT»;is to be used when any of the TIGH_SROT above assumptions are not verified.
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About load types and SAMCEF modules

Load type Bacon command Available for SAMCEF module
Stick .STI linear, non-linear ASEF, MECANO
Tigh_SRot .CPS linear, non-linear ASEF, MECANO
Tigh_LRot .MCT non-linear ONLY MECANO
Cont_SRot .CPS linear, non-linear ASEF, MECANO
Cont_SDis .MCT non-linear ONLY MECANO
Cont_MDis .MCT non-linear ONLY MECANO
Cont_LDis .MCT non-linear ONLY MECANO
Cyclic Symmetry (Structural)
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Definitions
Rotation Axis To select the X,Y or Z structural axis for the ’rotation’ option.
Rotation Angle Define the rotation angle value around the selected axis.
The sign of the value defined the direction of the rotation

Number of sectors Define the number of sectors for the cyclic symmetry. Therefore the
rotation angle will be 360 /number_of_sectors.
The sign of the value defined the direction of the rotation

Wave Number Select the mode family to be taken into account in the cyclic
boundary consitions
Attribute Number Attribute attached to the generated MAPP elements.
Translation Vector Translation vector of slave nodes (’translation’ option only).
Nodes projection Forces nodes projection on master surface (topology correction)
Tangential Accuracy Accuracy used to «extend» a master face area when the projection
of a slave node lies outside the face
Dummy If one explicitly defines zeo values for the data above, Patran GUI
will not display the LBC main characteristic, like arrows,...
Setting a non zero for the Dummy data will force Patran to display
correctly the Lbc. The Dummy data is not exported to Samcef
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Input Data Rot. Opt. Trans. Opt.
Rotation Axis X
Rotation Angle X(*)
Number of sectors X(*)
Wave Number X
Attribute Number X X
Translation Vector X
Nodes projection X X
Normal Accuracy X X
Tangential Accuracy X X
Dummy X X
*mutually exclusive
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Allowed values
Rotation Axis (1 0 0) for global X axis, (0 1 0) for global Y axis, (0 0 1) for global Z axis.
Only global axes can de defined.
Rotation Angle (Real)
Number of sectors (Integer)
Wave Number (Integer)
Attribute Number (Integer)
Translation Vector (Direction Vector).
0=no projection
1=projection
Dummy (Integer)
Non zero
Default values
Rotation Axis COMPULSORY.
Rotation Angle COMPULSORY
Number of sectors COMPULSORY
Wave Number
Attribute Number
Translation Vector COMPULSORY
Nodes Projection projection
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Remarks
Rotation Axis
Rotation Angle ’Rotation Angle’ and ’Number of sectors’ values are mutually exclusive
Number of sectors ’Rotation Angle’ and ’Number of sectors’ values are mutually exclusive
Wave Number Wave number must be set to zero for static linear analysis
Wave number is not required for the ’translation’ option

Attribute Number
Translation Vector The ’translation’ option defines a periodic condition more than a cyclic
symmetry condition
Nodes Projection no projection

Rotation .ZYG ROTA linear, non-linear ASEF, DYNAM,
MECANO
Translation .ZYG TRANS linear, non-linear ASEF, DYNAM,
MECANO
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Mindlin Glue (Structural)
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Description
Reference Distance All shells edges which are at a distance greater than oÉÑÉêÉåÅÉ=aáëí~åÅÉ=
from a slave node are ignored during the projection of the slave node. So
between this slave node and a rejected shell edges, no SH3D element is
generated
Allowed values
strictly positive
Default values
Reference Distance Infinite (i.e. all the edges of the master surface can potentially be taken into
account)
Remarks
Forces All Defaults When set to a non zero value, all other values defined in the other fields of
the Input data form are discarded
Reference Distance In some cases, can reduce the computation time; in general, this field has to
be left empty

Shell to Shell .APS linear, non-linear ASEF, DYNAM,
MECANO
Shell to Volume .APS linear, non-linear ASEF, DYNAM,
MECANO
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Density of force (Structural)
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For Surfacic/Surfacic_Axisym options

Sforce (SFx, SFy, SFz) Surfacic Density of force vector
For Lineic option

Lforce (LFx, LFy, LFz) Lineic Density of force vector
For Lineic in Beam axes option

PRz Lineic density of force value on the beam z-axis.
PRy Lineic density of force value on the beam y-axis.
Remarks
Sforce (SFx, SFy, SFz) Surfacic Density allows to enter a density of force along arbitrary
axes on the contrary of the Pressure lbc which defined a density of
force perpendicular to the element.
A well know example of the Density of Force is the distributed

force the snow on a roof
Hybrid Deformation (Structural)

Note: This option is no longer supported.
Append (Structural)
Creates a link between homogeneous mesh faces. The first application region is the master face. The
second one are to be made of nodes of volumes elements.
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Temperature (Thermal)
This panel allows to define a temperature with/without a time-dependency.
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Initial Temperature (Thermal)

This panel allows the definition of an initial temperature
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Load (Thermal)
Thermal loads are concentrated fluxes at nodes.
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Prescribed Temperature at t=0 (Thermal).

This panel allows the definition of the temperature at time=0.
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Volumic convection (Thermal)
Convection (Thermal)
This panel defines the classical convection on 2D elements (shells or membranes) or on faces of 3D
elements
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Volumic Flux (Thermal)

This panel defines a volumic on elements.The same panel is used for both 2D or 3D target elements
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Surfacic Flux (Thermal)

This panel defines the surface flux on 2D elements (shells or membranes) or on faces of 3D elements
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Radiation (Thermal)
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Sticking (Thermal)
This panel helps to modelize classical sticking between two supports.
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Description
Nodes Projection Forces nodes projection on master surface (topology correction)
Tangential Accuracy Accuracy used to «extend» a master face area when the projection
of a slave node lies outside the face
Allowed values
Keyword Description
0=no projection
1=projection
Default values
Keyword Description
Nodes Projection No projection
Remarks
Keyword Description
Forces All Defaults When set to a non zero value, all other values defined in the other
fields of the Input data form are discarded
Nodes Projection
Normal Accuracy See SAMCEF Contact manual for more details
This field has to be filled only in special cases, to help the algorithm
in special contact conditions
Tangential Accuracy (same as above)
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Gluing (Thermal)
This panel helps to modelize the thermal gluing between two supports. Thermal properties of the junction
can also be defined.
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Description
Reference Distance All shells edges which are at a distance greater than oÉÑÉêÉåÅÉ=
aáëí~åÅÉ=from a slave node are ignored during the projection of
the slave node
Interface Conduction Interface Conductance
Coefficient
Radiation Property Emissivity * Stefan-Boltzman constant
Surface Dissipation Surface dissipation
Allowed values
Keyword Description
Interface Conduction (Real)
Coefficient strictly positive value
Radiation Property (Real)
Surface Dissipation (Real)
Default values
Keyword Description
Reference Distance No reference distance
Interface Conduction
Coefficient
Radiation Property
Surface Dissipation
Remarks
Keyword Description
Reference Distance In some cases, can reduce computation time, but, in general, this
field has to be left empty
Interface Conduction
Coefficient
Radiation Property In this release, he same input scalar value is applied to both the
master and slave support
Surface Dissipation (same as above)
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Load Cases
Load Cases
Load cases in MSC Patran are used to group a series of load sets into one load environment for the model.
A load case, not load sets, is selected when preparing an analysis. The individual load sets are translated
into the input options described in the Object Tables of the section on Loads and Boundary Conditions
form.
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Load Cases
For Thermal analyses, all the loadcases created/handled must be TimeDependent
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Chapter 3: Running an Analysis
3 Running an Analysis

Review of the Analysis Form 110

Execution Parameters 113

Solution Types 116

Options for Chaining 117

Solution Parameters 122

Specific Options 125

Select Load Cases 140

Output Requests 142
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Review of the Analysis Form

The Analysis toggle on the main menu for MSC Patran brings up the Analysis form which can be used
to request an analysis of the model with the SAMCEF finite element program. For details see The
Analysis Form (p. 8) in the MSC.Patran Reference Manual. It can also be used to incorporate the contents
of a SAMCEF results file into the database. See Read Results.
The following page gives an introduction to the Analysis form used to prepare a SAMCEF analysis. This
is followed by detailed descriptions of the subordinate forms that can be displayed from the Analysis
form.
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Analysis Form
Setting the Action option menu to Analyze indicates that an analysis run is being prepared.
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The following table shows the allowable selections for the Analyze action.
Object Method
Entire Model BACON File
Full Run
Interactive Run
Unix Computed Files (on W2000 only)
The Method indicates how far the translation is to be taken.
If BACON File is selected a complete BACON input file is created.

If Full Run is selected an Analysis Deck translation is done, and the resulting input deck is
submitted to BACON and thereafter to SAMCEF which is run in the
background.
If Interactive Run is selected SAMCEF will be run in the foreground, with MSC Patran suspended
until the execution is complete.
if Unix Computed Files is the Samcef Preference will generate all the files compatible with an
selected (on W2000 release analysis to be performed on UNIX machines.
only) However, no remote computation is launched, so you have to
manually move these files to a selected UNIX machine to be able to
run SAMCEF on this UNIX machine.
Which files have to be moved to the UNIX machine?
File Name Description

jobname.dat This is a BACON “banque” file created by the interface.
jobname_mesh.dat This is a BACON “banque” file containing only topology.
This file is optional: for many jobs, topology is directly included in the
’jobname.dat file’
SAMRUN This is a UNIX script used to run SAMCEF, generated by MSC Patran.
SAMANSWERS* These files contain information generated by MSC Patran.
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Execution Parameters
This subordinate form appears whenever Execution Parameters is selected (Structural analysis).
This subordinate form appears whenever Execution Parameters is selected (Thermal analysis)
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The Release Info panel (Structural and Thermal analyses)
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Solution Types
Solution Types
This subordinate form appears whenever Solution Type is selected on the Analysis form. For more
information, see The Analysis Form (p. 8) in the MSC.Patran Reference Manual. It displays the available
solution types for the analysis type chosen. See Preferences>Analysis (p. 431) in the Patran Reference
Manual. Chaining allows for chained analysis but only one solution type can be selected. The
information that is requested on the Solution Parameters, Specific Options, and Output Requests forms
varies based on this selection.
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Options for Chaining

The Options for Chaining form provides a set of standard options for defining initial conditions for
analyses by either reading initial data or performing a preset sequence of analyses. For example, the form
illustrated below provides for defining initial and other special conditions for a Structural Static Linear
Analysis.
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Manual Recombination Options (Dynamic analyses only)
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Crack Creation definition form
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The form illustrated below provides the chaining options for a Thermal analysis.
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Solution Parameters
Solution Parameters
This subordinate form appears whenever the Solution Parameters button is selected. The form is identical
for all solution types but the available options may vary. The solution parameters for a ASEF analysis are
shown below.
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Solution Parameters
Friction Algorithm
The form illustrated below provides the solution parameters for a Thermal analysis
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Solution Parameters
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Specific Options
Specific Options
The Specific Options subsidiary forms allow the user to define data required for a particular solution
type. These forms are described on the following pages.
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Specific Options
Linear Static (’Transient’ Static parameters)

(Structural analysis)
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Specific Options
Natural Frequency (Structural analysis)
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Specific Options
Natural Frequency -POSTFAC Manual Input
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Specific Options
Buckling (Structural analysis)

This subordinate form appears whenever the Solution Type is Buckling. (The form will be named
appropriately.)
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Specific Options
Elasto-Visco-Plastic Parameters (Structural analysis)

This subordinate form appears whenever the Solution Type is Elasto-Visco-Plastic.
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Specific Options
Transient Analysis Parameters (Structural analysis)
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Specific Options
Calculation Time Steps (Structural analysis)
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Specific Options
Transient Parameters (Thermal analysis)
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Specific Options
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Specific Options
Calculation Time Steps (Thermal analysis)
(continued) Manually handling times (part 1)
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Specific Options
(continued) Manually handling Times (part 2)
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Specific Options
(continued) Manually handling times (Tips and Tricks)
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Specific Options
Question Answer
Is the spreadsheet of times saved in Yes. And you’ll retrieve it when you will reload the database
the database? again.
But don’t forget that all the characteristics you have defined under
the Analysis panel and sub-panels will only be saved when the
Apply button of the Analysis main panel will be invoked!
Can I select more than one time at Yes you can select continuous row by using shift-click.
a glance?
And for non contiguous row? No, you cannot select non contiguous rows in this release.
How can I use a subset of all the Just click on the Default button to retrieve all the times form the
times available in the selected selected loadcases, check the «Manually Handling Times» toggle.
loadcases? Then click/shift-click anywhere in the row(s) of the time(s) you
want to delete and click on the «Delete Times» button
I fired some times but I want to There is no direct «undo». However, you can force-quit the
recover them? spreadsheet by clicking on the «Cancel»button. But of course,
you’ll loose all the operations you performed on the times since
the last moment you access the spreadsheet panel.
What’s the «Strat Time T1...» field This field simply shows the start/end time which can be infer from
for? the whole times list. This field cannot be modified.
What’s the «Times Increment» This field indicates the standard time increment that will be used
field for? by the integration process to go from ’T1’ to ’T2’. If the
«Manually Handling Times» toggle is on, you’ll have the
opportunity to change it. But, please note that each time the list of
times will change, the increment will be re-computed.
When I modify the list of the By doing this, we will warn you that the times list has changed
selected loadcases because you certainly add/remove some loadcases containing
(Analysis/Select Loadcases), the times steps. There is no way to disable this action.
times spreadsheet is prompted to
me: why?
Question Answer
The «Add Time...» fields offers me Not available in this release.
the opportunity to add times,
following a linear progression rule.
Is there other way to manually
enter a complex list of times?
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Specific Options
Question Answer
Can I import times for an external Not available in this release.
source (i.e an EXCEL file,..)
What is the major difference The «Default» button of the spreadsheet will re-initialize the
between the «Default» button in times list with (and only with) the times available in the selected
the spreadsheet and the action of loadcases: if you had manually added times, they are disregarded.
adding/removing loadcases from When changing the list of selected loadcases, you simply update
the selected loadcases list? the spreadsheet as far as the times retrieved from the selected
loadcases are concerned: manual times previously added in the
spreadsheet will not be cleaned.
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Select Load Cases
Select Load Cases

This form allows selection of the load case to be used for this run. The form is brought up when the user
selects the Select Load Cases button on the Analysis form (Structural analysis)
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Select Load Cases
The form below is brought up when the user selects the Select Load Cases button on the Analysis form
(Thermal analysis)
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Output Requests
Output Requests
The Output Requests forms allow the definition of what data is desired from the analysis code in the fçêm
of results. These forms will change depending on the selected solution type. All output requests are for
the entire model. The settings can be accepted, as altered, by selecting the OK button on the bottom of
the form. If the Cancel button is selected instead, the form will be closed without any of the changes being
accepted. Selecting the Default button resets the form to the initial default settings.
Note: In the following screen-captures of the forms, the displayed list of codes are for tutorial
purposes only. The codes which really appear in the panels may vary according the Patran
and/or Samcef release targeted by the Preference.
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Output Requests
(continued)
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Output Requests
Linear Static Analysis

General Output Requests Sub-form
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Output Requests
Storage Output Requests Sub-form
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Output Requests
«On Nodes»,»On Nodes/Time» Output Requests Sub-forms
«On Nodes» Available codes
Code 221 Residual
«On Nodes/Time» Available codes
Code 9153 Position
Code 9163 Displacement
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Output Requests
Code 9173 Velocity
Code 9183 Acceleration
Code 9184 External Load

Code 9221 Residual
«On Elements», «On Elements/Time» Output Requests Sub-forms
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Output Requests
«On Elements» Available codes
Code 3310 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Med)

Code 3331 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Up)
Code 3332 Equivalent Von Mises Stress
Code 3320 Equivalent Plastic Strain
Code 3411 Stress Tensor

Code 3431 2D Stress Tensor (Med)
Code 3435 2D Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 3436 2D Stress Tensor (Low)

Code 3437 Normal Force
Code 3438 Moment
Code 3439 MNT Data (Beams)
Code 3440 Normal Stress Data (Beams Sections Points)
Code 3450 Shear Stress Data (Beams Sections Points)

«On Elements/Time» Available codes
Code 9332 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Low)
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Output Requests
Code 9381 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Med)
Code 9382 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Up)

Code 9380 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Low)
Code 9327 Equivalent Total Strain
Code 9328 Temperature
Code 9334 Strain Energy
Code 9356 Scalar Damage
Code 9390 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material (Med)
Code 9391 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material (Up)
Code 9392 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material (Low)
Code 9421 Total Strain Tensor
Code 9445 Total Strain Tensor (Up)
Code 9446 Total Strain Tensor (Low)
Code 9423 Mechanical Strain Tensor
Code 9425 Plastic Strain Tensor
Code 9431 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Med)
Code 9435 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Up)
Code 9436 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Low)
Code 9437 Tensor of Normal Forces
Code 9438 Tensor of Bending Moments
Code 9456 Tensor of Damage

Code 9470 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Med)
Code 9471 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Up)
Code 9472 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Low)
Code 9556 Vector of Damage
Code 9522 Principal Elongation Vector
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Output Requests

Code 9438 Moment
Natural Frequency Analysis

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Output Requests
«On Nodes» Output Requests Sub-form
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Output Requests
Code 221 Residual
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Output Requests
«On Elements» Output Requests Sub-form
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Output Requests
Code 3438 Moment

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Buckling Analysis
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Elasto-Visco-Plastic Analysis
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Output Requests
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Output Requests
«On Nodes»,»On Nodes/Time» Output Requests Sub-forms
Code 221 Residual
«On Nodes/Time» Available codes
Code 9153 Position
Code 9163 Displacement
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Output Requests
Code 9173 Velocity
Code 9183 Acceleration
Code 9184 External Load

Code 9221 Residual
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Code 3438 Moment
Code 3441 Kirchoff Stress Tensor
Code 3442 Cauchy Stress Tensor
Code 3443 Biot Stress Tensor
Code 3451 Green-Lagrange Strain Tensor
Code 3452 Natural Strain Tensor
Code 3453 Biot Strain Tensor
Code 3407 2D Kirchoff Stress Tensor (Low)

Code 3408 2D Cauchy Stress Tensor (Low)
Code 3409 2D Biot Stress Tensor (Low)
Code 3417 2D Green-LagrangeStain Tensor (Low)

Code 3418 2D Natural Strain Tensor (Low)
Code 3419 2D Biot Strain Tensor (Low)
Code 3447 2D Kirchoff Stress Tensor (Med)
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Code 3448 2D Cauchy Stress Tensor (Med)
Code 3449 2D Biot Stress Tensor (Med)
Code 3457 2D Green-LagrangeStain Tensor (Med)

Code 3458 2D Natural Strain Tensor (Med)
Code 3459 2D Biot Strain Tensor (Med)
Code 3477 2D Kirchoff Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 3478 2D Cauchy Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 3479 2D Biot Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 3487 2D Green-LagrangeStain Tensor (Up)
Code 3488 2D Natural Strain Tensor (Up)
Code 3489 2D Biot Strain Tensor (Up)
Code 1441 Kirchoff Stress Tensor
Code 1442 Cauchy Stress Tensor
Code 1443 Biot Stress Tensor

Code 1451 Green-Lagrange Strain Tensor
Code 1452 Natural Strain Tensor
Code 1453 Biot Strain Tensor
Code 1407 2D Kirchoff Stress Tensor (Low)
Code 1408 2D Cauchy Stress Tensor (Low)
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Code 1409 2D Biot Stress Tensor (Low)
Code 1417 2D Green-LagrangeStain Tensor (Low)
Code 1418 2D Natural Strain Tensor (Low)

Code 1419 2D Biot Strain Tensor (Low)
Code 1447 2D Kirchoff Stress Tensor (Med)
Code 1448 2D Cauchy Stress Tensor (Med)
Code 3449 2D Biot Stress Tensor (Med)
Code 1457 2D Green-LagrangeStain Tensor (Med)
Code 1458 2D Natural Strain Tensor (Med)
Code 1459 2D Biot Strain Tensor (Med)
Code 1477 2D Kirchoff Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 1478 2D Cauchy Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 1479 2D Biot Stress Tensor (Up)
Code 1487 2D Green-LagrangeStain Tensor (Up)
Code 1488 2D Natural Strain Tensor (Up)
Code 1489 2D Biot Strain Tensor (Up)
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«On Elements/Time» Available codes

Code 9332 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Low)
Code 9381 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Med)

Code 9382 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Up)
Code 9380 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Low)
Code 9327 Equivalent Total Strain

Code 9334 Strain Energy
Code 9356 Scalar Damage
Code 9390 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material (Med)
Code 9391 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material (Up)
Code 9392 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material (Low)
Code 9421 Total Strain Tensor
Code 9445 Total Strain Tensor (Up)
Code 9446 Total Strain Tensor (Low)
Code 9423 Mechanical Strain Tensor
Code 9425 Plastic Strain Tensor
Code 9431 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Med)

Code 9435 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Up)
Code 9436 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Low)
Code 9437 Tensor of Normal Forces

Code 9438 Tensor of Bending Moments
Code 9456 Tensor of Damage
Code 9470 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Med)
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Code 9471 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Up)
Code 9472 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Low)
Code 9556 Vector of Damage

Code 9522 Principal Elongation Vector
Code 9438 Moment
Steady-State and Transient Thermal analyses

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Code 120 Nodal Temperature
Code 121 Rate of Temperature variation

Code 1120 Nodal Temperature (skin 2)
Code 1121 Rate of Temperature Variation (skin2)
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Output Requests
«On Nodes/Time» Output Requests Sub-form
Code 9121 Temperature variation Rate
Code 9221 Residue (in structural axes)
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Output Requests
Code 3511 Conductive Flux
Code 3521 Conductive Flux (shells/membranes)

Code 3810 Total Applied Flux
Code 3801 Applied Surface Flux
Code 3802 Applied Convective Flux
Code 3805 Absorbed radiative Flux

Code 3806 Emitted radiative Flux
«On Elements/Time» Output Requests Sub-form
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Code 9810 Total Applied Flux
Code 9801 Applied Surface Flux
Code 9802 Applied Convective Flux
Code 9804 Resultant Radiative Flux
Code 9805 Absorbed radiative Flux
Code 9806 Emitted Radiative Flux
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Chapter 4: Read Results
4 Read Results

Review of the Read Results Form 174

Translation Parameters 177

Select Results File 179

Data/Results Translated from the Analysis Code Results File 181
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Review of the Read Results Form

By choosing the Analysis toggle located on the main form for MSC Patran, an Analysis form will appear.
Selecting Read Results as the Action on the Analysis form allows the user to read results data into the
MSC Patran database from text (jobname.des and jobname.fmt) or binary (jobname.des and
jobname.fac) SAMCEF files. Other forms that are accessible from here are used to define translation
parameters and select the SAMCEF results file. These forms are described on the following pages.
Read Results Form

After setting the Action on the Analysis form to Read Results, the form is customized to appear as
below. The form is now used to define and select the data to be read from the SAMCEF database into
MSC Patran.
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Important:Simply importing a model data from a SAMCEF results file into a empty Patran database
does not create a complete, self-consistent Patran model!!!
Up to now, there is no way to import a complete Samcef model into Patran
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Translation Parameters
This form is used to control reading data from an SAMCEF results file.
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Depending on the selected object (Result Entities, Model, or Both), the model options are the following:
Note: Set the default language in the “settings.pcl” file (Français or English).
OBJECT DESCRIPTION
Check Model The translator will verify that the nodes list and the elements
(Results Entities) list are the same in MSC Patran and in SAMCEF files. If not,
the execution is stopped.
NoCheck Model No check is performed.
(Results Entities)
Database The translator will verify that the nodes and the elements
exist in the MSC Patran database. If not, the model is
(Model Data or Both) reloaded from the SAMCEF files into the MSC Patran
database.
If the model is present in the MSC Patran database, the

compatibility is checked, as in the option Check Model.
Neutral In all cases, the model is translated from the SAMCEF files
(Model Data) to a MSC Patran 2.5 Neutral file format: ‘problem’.out.
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Select Results File
Select Results File

How are the SAMCEF results designated in the MSC Patran database?
SAMCEF result types are classified in several categories. The postprocessor of SAMCEF uses a
dictionary that gives the characteristics of each type. The SAMPAT3 translator uses the same dictionary
file to handle the results found in the file, so the results designation is exactly the same as the one used
in SAMCEF.
The SAMPAT3 translator creates a primary load case in the MSC Patran database for each SAMCEF
module (in uppercase). When Global Variables (e.g., time, frequency) are used associated with secondary
load cases, their names are taken from the SAMCEF dictionary (in uppercase too).
When transient selected results (SAMCEF codes 9xx or 9xxx) are imported, the translator creates another
primary load case, also named with the SAMCEF module name (but in lower case this time). This allows
an easy selection during results processing (selection by primary load cases). To avoid confusion, the
related Global Variables are named in lowercase too.
The Select file form allows the user to select a file to be read. There are several features available. This
form is brought up when the user selects the Select Results File button on the Read Results form. The
default file filters will change depending on the Current analysis code in the Preferences menu.
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Data/Results Translated from the Analysis Code Results File
Data/Results Translated from the Analysis Code

Results File
Data
When reading model data from a SAMCEF results file, the following table defines all the data which will
be created in the MSC Patran database, and where it is derived from in the results file. No other model
data is extracted from the results file. This data are, in most of the cases, sufficient for evaluating any
results values.
Item Result Key Description

Nodes 100 Node ID
153 Nodal Coordinates

Elements 300 Element ID
302 Nodal Connectivity
Important:Reading model data from a SAMCEF results file into a empty Patran database is not at all
a valid way to import a Samcef model into Patran!!!
Results
Thanks to its direct coupling with the Samcef Results Codes Dictionary, the Samcef Preference is able to
import quite almost all of the results Samcef modules (the ones available in the preference) are able to
generate. The table below shows the most common results codes generated by Samcef.
Note: The selection of most of the codes described hereafter (but not all) can be driven in the
Analysis/Output Requests panel.
Depending on the chosen analysis module, some of the codes of the table below may be not
present in the results file.
The table below does not show ALL the possible codes available in the results file after an
analysis.
The following tables described most of the available results after a Structural analysis.
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Primary Label SOL PostCodes Description

Nodal Scalars Scalar 120 Nodal temperatures
Scalar 121 Rate of temperature variation
Scalar .. more
Displacements Vector 163 Nodal displacements (DX, DY, DZ)
Nodal Vectors Vector 173 Nodal speeds (VX, VY, VZ)
Vector 183 Nodal acceleration (AX, AY, AZ)
Vector .. more
Nodal Reactions -- 221 Nodal reaction
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Element Average Scalar 3310 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Med)
Scalars
Scalar 3331 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Up)
Scalar 3332 Equivalent Von Mises Stress
Scalar 3320 Equivalent plastic strain
Scalar .. more
Element Tensor 3411 Mean stress tensor
AverageTensors
Tensor 3431 2D Stress Tensor (Med)
Tensor 3435 2D Stress Tensor (Up)
Tensor 3436 2D Stress Tensor (Low)
Tensor 3437 Normal Force
Tensor 3438 Moment
Tensor .. more
Element by Node Scalar 1320 Equivalent plastic strain
Scalars
Scalar .. more
Element by Node Tensor 1411 Stress Tensor
Tensors Tensor 1431 2D Stress Tensor (Med)
Tensor 1435 2D Stress Tensor (Up)
Tensor 1436 2D Stress Tensor (Low)
Tensor 1437 Normal Force
Tensor 1438 Moment
Tensor .. more
Beam Results Tensor 1439 MNT data
(element by node) Tensor 1440 Normal Stress Data
Tensor 1450 Shear Stress Data
Tensor 1524 Efforts
Tensor 1525 Moments
Beam results Tensor 3439 MNT data
(average per Tensor 3440 Normal Stress Data
element) Tensor 3450 Shear Stress Data
Tensor 3524 Efforts
Tensor 3525 Moments
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Select (transient) Curve 9153 Position
Results
Curve 9163 Displacement
Curve 9173 Velocity
Curve 9183 Acceleration
Curve 9184 External load
Curve 9221 Residual
Curve 9310 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Med)
Curve 9331 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Up)
Curve 9332 Equivalent Von Mises Stress (Low)
Curve 9320 Equivalent Plastic Strain
Curve 9381 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Med)
Curve 9382 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Up)
Curve 9380 Equivalent Plastic Strain (Low)
Curve 9327 Equivalent Total Strain
Curve 9328 Temperature
Curve 9334 Strain Energy
Curve 9356 Scalar Damage
Curve 9390 Equivalent Stress for Non Elastic Material
(Med)
(Up)
(Low)
Curve 9421 Total Strain Tensor
Curve 9445 Total Strain Tensor (Up)
Curve 9446 Total Strain Tensor (Low)
Curve 9423 Mechanical Strain Tensor
Curve 9425 Plastic Strain Tensor
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Curve 9431 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material
(Med)
Curve 9435 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material (Up)
Curve 9436 Stress Tensor for Linear Elastic Material
(Low)
Curve 9437 Tensor of Normal Forces
Curve 9438 Tensor of Bending Moments
Curve 9470 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Med)
Curve 9471 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Up)
Curve 9472 Stress Tensor for Non Linear Material (Low)
Curve 9556 Vector of Damage
Curve 9522 Principal Elongation Vector
Curve 9431 2D Stress Tensor (Med)
Curve 9435 2D Stress Tensor (Up)
Curve 9436 2D Stress Tensor (Low)
Curve 9437 Normal Force
Curve 9438 Moment
Curve 9439 MNT Data (Beams)
Curve 9440 Normal Stress Data (Beams Sections Points)
Curve .. more
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Composite Results x411 Stress tensor (volumes or shells_med)
x=1: result per node 2x411 Stress tensor (shells_up)

per element per ply
x=3: average per 1x411 Stress tensor (shells_low)
element per ply
x421 Strain tensor (volumes or shells_med)
x=9: function of time 2x421 Strain tensor (shells_up)
results constant by
element 1x421 Strain tensor (shells_low)
Failure criteria Tsai-Hill 1 x621 volumes or shells_med
x=1: result per node 2x621 shells_up

per element per ply
1x621 shells_low
x=3: average per
element per ply Tsai-Hill 2 same with 622
x=7: result for the

critical ply
Tsai-Hill 3 same with 623
x=8: number of the
critical ply
x=9: function of time Tsai-Wu same with 624

results constant by
Hashin 1 same with 625
element
Max strain same with 628
Max stress same with 629
Stress ratio same with 630
Strain ratio same with 631
Rice & same with 632

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Scalar 703 Critical ply number
Scalar 704 Criterion value for the critical ply
Codes 7xx are Scalar 705 Critical ply number/ TSAI-HILL criterion
obsolete
Scalar 706 TSAI-HILL criterion value for the critical ply
Tensor 709 Strains in orthotropic coordinate system
Tensor 710 Stresses in orthotropic coordinate system
Tensor 711 Transverse stresses in orthotropic coordinate
system
The following tables described most of the available results after a Thermal analysis.

Nodal Scalars Scalar 120 Nodal temperatures
Scalar 121 Rate of temperature variation
Scalar 1120 Nodal Temperature (skin 2)
Scalar 1121 Rate of temperature variation (skin 2)
Scalar 122 Nodal pressure
Scalar .. more
Displacements Vector 163 Nodal displacements (DX, DY, DZ)
Resisudes -- 225 Residue
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Element Average Scalar 3810 Total Applied Flux
Scalars
Scalar 3801 Applied Surface Flux
Scalar 3802 Applied Convective Flux
Scalar 3804 Resultant Radiative Flux
Scalar 3805 Absorbed Radiative Flux
Scalar 3806 Emitted Radiative Flux
Scalar .. more
Element Vector 3511 Conductive Flux
AverageVectors
Vector 3521 Conductive Flux (shells/membranes)
Vector 3513 Gas Mass Flux
Vector 3523 Gas Mass Flux (shells/membranes)
Vector .. more
Element by Node Scalar 3810 Total Applied Flux
Scalars
Scalar 3801 Applied Surface Flux
Scalar 3802 Applied Convective Flux
Scalar 3804 Resultant Radiative Flux
Scalar 3805 Absorbed Radiative Flux
Scalar 3806 Emitted Radiative Flux
Scalar .. more
Element by Node Vector 1511 Conductive Flux
Vectors
Vector 1521 Conductive Flux (shells/membranes)
Vector .. more
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Select (transient) Curve 9120 Nodal Temperature
Results
Curve 9121 Rate of temperature variation
Curve 9221 Residue
Curve 9511 Conductive Flux
Curve 9521 Conductive Flux (shells/membranes)
Curve 9810 Total Applied Flux
Curve 9801 Applied Surface Flux
Curve 9802 Applied Convective Flux
Curve 9804 Resultant Radiate Flux
Curve 9805 Absorbed Radiative Flux
Curve 9806 Emitted Radiative Flux
Curve .. more
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Chapter 5: Files
5 Files

Access to the File Control Form 192

Files 194

Environment Variables 197

The Forward Translator JobFile 198

The Reverse Translator JobFile 217
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Access to the File Control Form

By choosing the Analysis toggle located on the main form for MSC Patran, an Analysis form will appear.
Selecting File Control as the Action on the Analysis form allows the user to review and edit files using
a text editor. Use of the form is described below.MSC.Nastran
File Control Form

After setting the Action on the Analysis form to Read Results the form is customized to appear as below.
The form is now used to select the file to be read/edited.
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Files
Files
There are several files that are either used or created by the MSC Patran SAMCEF Preference. The
following tables describes each file and how it is used. In the definition of the file names, any occurrence
of jobname would be replaced with the jobname assigned by the user.
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Files
General files
jobname.db This is the MSC Patran database from which the model data is read
during an analyze pass, and into which model and/or results data are
written during a Read Results pass.
settings.pcl This file is used to define a number of environmental variables. These are
used to set the default language for the forms and the preferred text editor
referenced on the File Control form.
Forward Translation
jobname.jba This a job file that is used to pass information between MSC Patran and
the Application Preference during translation. The user should never
have a need to do anything directly with this file.
jobname.dat This is a BACON “banque” file created by the interface.
jobname_mesh.dat This is a BACON “banque” file containing only topology.
This file is optional: for many jobs, topology is directly included in the
’jobname.dat file’
jobname.msg These message files contain any diagnostic output from the forward
translation.
SamcefSubmit Called on to submit both the forward PAT3SAM translation program, as
well as to submit SAMCEF after translation is complete.
SAMRUN (Unix only) This is a UNIX script used to run SAMCEF, generated by
MSC Patran.
SAMRUN.cmd, (W2000 only) Scripts used to run SAMCEF; generated by Patran
SAMRUN2.cmd
SAMANSWERS* This file contains information generated by MSC Patran.
Reverse Translation
jobname.jbr This small job file is used to pass certain information between MSC Patran
and the Application Preference during translation. The user should never
have a need to do anything directly with this file.
jobname.des.fac These are SAMCEF results files - binary if .fac, formatted if .fmt.
jobname.des.fmt
ResultsSubmit Called on to submit the reverse, SAMPAT3 translation. program.
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dic_van/vfr.dic This is the SAMCEF dictionary. To run properly, the translator must be in
a SAMCEF environment. The path is given by the variable SAM_EXE,
already defined in SAMCEF, if installed. If needed, copy this file into the
translator directory and modify the path in the variable SAM_EXE.
jobname.message This message file is created when output is redirected to a file.
jobname.errors This file contains errors and/or warnings generated during translation.
jobname.out This is a MSC Patran 2.5 Neutral file, created at the user’s request.
jobname.query This file is used during a QUERY run. It contains a formatted list of the
available results.
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Environment Variables
Environment Variables
The settings.pcl File

The following variables may be set in the “settings.pcl” file:
samcef_language “English” or “Fran´ais.” Set the default language for the analysis
forms, the messages produced by the reverse translator and the
results designation in the P3 DataBase.
samcef_editor Set the preferred editor to be used in the “File Control” action of the
analyze form.Full path to the editor executable file is highly
recommended.
samcef_script_method “SEPARATE” or “ALL_IN_1” SAMCEF. Runs are performed
separately or in one pass. For programmers only.
samcef_unix_shell (Unix only) “C” or “Bourne.” The scripts generated by the PCL
code to run SAMCEF include environment variable definition. This
is done by “setenv” or “set ...=”
For example, to generate French labels in the analysis form, enter the command:
pref_env_set_string ("samcef_language", "Francais")
SAMPAT3
The SAMPAT3 translator must run in a SAMCEF environment. The required auxiliary files are stored in
a site directory (“dir_where_samcef_is”):
dic_van.dic
dic_vfr.dic
samcef.proc
Needed environment variables:
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The Forward Translator JobFile

The forward translator, PAT3SAM, is driven by a JobFile containing the information and the directives
to be used for building the entries in the BACON “banque” data file.
The general structure of that file is given below, explained with reference to an example of a JobFile
driving a pre-stressed static analysis. Only basics keywords, items,.. are detailed: contents of the JobFile
may vary according to the target Patran and/or Samcef releases.
Each line has a maximum size of 80 columns and the following syntax:
KEYWORD[17] - “ = “ - VALUE[60]
Part 1
The first part of the file contains Job information, including file names etc. The meaning of the Keywords
used in the file is defined below:
BACON Name of the main BACON File

BACON MESH Name of the secondary BACON File if requested (topology: only
.NOE/.MAI/.SEL[user's groups])
SAMCEF RELEASE Target SAMCEF release
POSTFAC FILE Name of the optional POSTFAC input file
USERPROC FILE If a SAM_USERPROC is used (for information only)
MESSAGE Name of the message file used by the translator
TRANSTOL Translation Tolerance
MODEPREC, Accuracies
DPREC1,DPREC2
SUPER* Flags for superelements. Obsolete
STRESS SMOOTHING Error Estimation computation Obsolete
JOBNAME Jobname
ANALYSIS TITLE Analysis Title
Example:
ANALYSIS TYPE = ! LINEAR STATIC (ASEF)
SAMCEF RELEASE = 9
BACON = 1lineic.dat
POSTFAC FILE = 1lineic.pos
USERPROC FILE = 1lineic.proc
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MESSAGE = 1lineic.msg
TRANSTOL = 1.E-8
MODEPREC = 0.005
DPREC1 = 0.005
DPREC2 = 0.005
SUPERELEMENT CRE = OFF
SUPERELEMENT ASS = OFF
SUPERELEMENT RES = OFF
STRESS SMOOTHING = OFF
JOBNAME = 1lineic
ANALYSIS TITLE = ! SAMCEF job created on 25-Mar-02 at 09:13:38
This part ends when a keyword starting the second part appears (i.e., “$Start”).
Part 2
In this second part there are some directives used to build the BACON “banque” data files. This part ends
when the end-of-file is reached. Two types of keyword are recognized:
1. The KEYWORD contains a “$” sign: it contains a directive and an appropriate action to be
executed (see below).
1. The KEYWORD doesn't contain any “$” sign: it is a BACON command (or comment) generated
by the PCL program. One has only to copy the VALUE in the BACON File.
Note that in this part, the first word found in the keyword is always the current BACON label. The
directive is to be extracted, starting at the “$” sign.G=
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Directive Value Action

$Start BACON Label Starts a BACON entry.
$Topology <none> Asks for the generation of the topology (.NOE/.MAI/.SEL). Used
to produce a single data file (appears only if BACON MESH is not
previously given).
$PFStart <none> Starts a POSTFAC entry: all the following lines are to be written
on a separate file (name given by the keyword POSTFAC FILE in
the general section). Note that the lines starting with “!” must be
ignored.
$PFEnd <none> Ends a POSTFAC section: the writing returns on the BACON File.
$Materials <none> Generate the BACON commands describing the materials.
$EltsProps <none> Generate the BACON commands describing the element
properties.
$LoadCase LC ID Generate the BACON commands describing the loads and the
boundary conditions corresponding to the given LoadCase.
$LdCsDy LC ID Same as $LoadCase but for a modal analysis.
$LoadCaseP LC ID Same as $LoadCase but for a pre-stress analysis.
JobFile Example
An example Jobfile is as follows:
$$ Jobfile for SAMCEF created 25-Mar-02 at 09:14:02
$$ SAMCEF PREFERENCE RELEASE = Fri 22 Mar 2002
$$ DATABASE =
/hosts/cauchy/cauchy2/demoulin/Patran/Pref/P2002r1/./1lineic.db
ANALYSIS TYPE = ! LINEAR STATIC (ASEF)
SAMCEF RELEASE = 9
BACON = 1lineic.dat
POSTFAC FILE = 1lineic.pos
USERPROC FILE = 1lineic.proc
MESSAGE = 1lineic.msg
TRANSTOL = 1.E-8
MODEPREC = 0.005
DPREC1 = 0.005
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DPREC2 = 0.005
SUPERELEMENT CRE = OFF
SUPERELEMENT ASS = OFF
SUPERELEMENT RES = OFF
STRESS SMOOTHING = OFF
JOBNAME = 1lineic
ANALYSIS TITLE = ! SAMCEF job created on 25-Mar-02 at 09:13:38
ASEF $Start = ASEF
ASEF CMMNT1 = !
ASEF CMMNT2 = ! LINEAR STATIC (ASEF)
ASEF CMMNT3 = !
ASEF MODE = MODE I 0 LECT 132 M 1 ECHO 1
ASEF CMMNT4 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT5 = ! Topology
ASEF CMMNT6 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF $Topology = !
ASEF CMMNT7 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT8 = ! Materials
ASEF CMMNT9 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF $Materials = !
ASEF CMMNT10 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT11 = ! EltsProps
ASEF CMMNT12 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF $EltsProps = !
ASEF CMMNT13 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT14 = ! Miscellaneous
ASEF CMMNT15 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF SAM NOPS = .SAM NOP1 -2 NOP2 0 NOP3 0 NOP4 0 NOP5 -1 NOP6 -1
ASEF SAM FLAGS = .SAM DEGRE 1 MF 1
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ASEF OPT = .OPT METHODE 3

ASEF TITLE = TITRE "SAMCEF job created on 25-Mar-02 at 09:13:38"
ASEF CMMNT16 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT17 = ! Result Options
ASEF CMMNT18 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT19 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT20 = ! Loads/BCs
ASEF CMMNT21 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF CMMNT22 = ! LoadCase : Default
ASEF $LoadCase 1 = 1
ASEF CMMNT23 = !---------------------------------------
ASEF END = RETURN
BANQUE File Example

The BANQUE file generated for the example follows:
.INIT &
! JOBNAME IS '1lineic'
! SAMCEF job created on 25-Mar-02 at 09:13:38
! LINEAR STATIC (ASEF)
! -------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------
.ASEF &
!
! LINEAR STATIC (ASEF)
!
MODE I 0 LECT 132 M 1 ECHO 1
!---------------------------------------
! Topology
!---------------------------------------
.NOE
I 1 X 0 Y 0 Z -0.25
I 2 X 0.333333 Y 0 Z -0.25
I 3 X 0.666667 Y 0 Z -0.25
I 4 X 1 Y 0 Z -0.25
I 5 X 0 Y 0.333333 Z -0.25
I 6 X 0.333333 Y 0.333333 Z -0.25
I 7 X 0.666667 Y 0.333333 Z -0.25
I 8 X 1 Y 0.333333 Z -0.25
I 9 X 0 Y 0.666667 Z -0.25
I 10 X 0.333333 Y 0.666667 Z -0.25
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I 11 X 0.666667 Y 0.666667 Z -0.25

I 12 X 1 Y 0.666667 Z -0.25
I 13 X 0 Y 1 Z -0.25
I 14 X 0.333333 Y 1 Z -0.25
I 15 X 0.666667 Y 1 Z -0.25
I 16 X 1 Y 1 Z -0.25
I 17 X 0 Y 0 Z -0.0833333
I 18 X 0.333333 Y 0 Z -0.0833333
I 19 X 0.666667 Y 0 Z -0.0833333
I 20 X 1 Y 0 Z -0.0833333
I 21 X 0 Y 0.333333 Z -0.0833333
I 22 X 0.333333 Y 0.333333 Z -0.0833333
I 23 X 0.666667 Y 0.333333 Z -0.0833333
I 24 X 1 Y 0.333333 Z -0.0833333
I 25 X 0 Y 0.666667 Z -0.0833333
I 26 X 0.333333 Y 0.666667 Z -0.0833333
I 27 X 0.666667 Y 0.666667 Z -0.0833333
I 28 X 1 Y 0.666667 Z -0.0833333
I 29 X 0 Y 1 Z -0.0833333
I 30 X 0.333333 Y 1 Z -0.0833333
I 31 X 0.666667 Y 1 Z -0.0833333
I 32 X 1 Y 1 Z -0.0833333
I 33 X 0 Y 0 Z 0.0833333
I 34 X 0.333333 Y 0 Z 0.0833333
I 35 X 0.666667 Y 0 Z 0.0833333
I 36 X 1 Y 0 Z 0.0833333
I 37 X 0 Y 0.333333 Z 0.0833333
I 38 X 0.333333 Y 0.333333 Z 0.0833333
I 39 X 0.666667 Y 0.333333 Z 0.0833333
I 40 X 1 Y 0.333333 Z 0.0833333
I 41 X 0 Y 0.666667 Z 0.0833333
I 42 X 0.333333 Y 0.666667 Z 0.0833333
I 43 X 0.666667 Y 0.666667 Z 0.0833333
I 44 X 1 Y 0.666667 Z 0.0833333
I 45 X 0 Y 1 Z 0.0833333
I 46 X 0.333333 Y 1 Z 0.0833333
I 47 X 0.666667 Y 1 Z 0.0833333
I 48 X 1 Y 1 Z 0.0833333
I 49 X 0 Y 0 Z 0.25
I 50 X 0.333333 Y 0 Z 0.25
I 51 X 0.666667 Y 0 Z 0.25
I 52 X 1 Y 0 Z 0.25
I 53 X 0 Y 0.333333 Z 0.25
I 54 X 0.333333 Y 0.333333 Z 0.25
I 55 X 0.666667 Y 0.333333 Z 0.25
I 56 X 1 Y 0.333333 Z 0.25
I 57 X 0 Y 0.666667 Z 0.25
I 58 X 0.333333 Y 0.666667 Z 0.25
I 59 X 0.666667 Y 0.666667 Z 0.25
I 60 X 1 Y 0.666667 Z 0.25
I 61 X 0 Y 1 Z 0.25
I 62 X 0.333333 Y 1 Z 0.25
I 63 X 0.666667 Y 1 Z 0.25
I 64 X 1 Y 1 Z 0.25
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I 65 X 1.01 Y 0 Z 0
I 66 X 1.01 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 67 X 1.01 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 68 X 1.01 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 69 X 1.01 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 70 X 1.01 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 71 X 1.01 Y 1 Z 0
I 72 X 1.175 Y 0 Z 0
I 73 X 1.175 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 74 X 1.175 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 75 X 1.175 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 76 X 1.175 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 77 X 1.175 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 78 X 1.175 Y 1 Z 0
I 79 X 1.34 Y 0 Z 0
I 80 X 1.34 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 81 X 1.34 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 82 X 1.34 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 83 X 1.34 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 84 X 1.34 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 85 X 1.34 Y 1 Z 0
I 86 X 1.505 Y 0 Z 0
I 87 X 1.505 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 88 X 1.505 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 89 X 1.505 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 90 X 1.505 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 91 X 1.505 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 92 X 1.505 Y 1 Z 0
I 93 X 1.67 Y 0 Z 0
I 94 X 1.67 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 95 X 1.67 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 96 X 1.67 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 97 X 1.67 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 98 X 1.67 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 99 X 1.67 Y 1 Z 0
I 100 X 1.835 Y 0 Z 0
I 101 X 1.835 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 102 X 1.835 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 103 X 1.835 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 104 X 1.835 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 105 X 1.835 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 106 X 1.835 Y 1 Z 0
I 107 X 2 Y 0 Z 0
I 108 X 2 Y 0.166667 Z 0
I 109 X 2 Y 0.333333 Z 0
I 110 X 2 Y 0.5 Z 0
I 111 X 2 Y 0.666667 Z 0
I 112 X 2 Y 0.833333 Z 0
I 113 X 2 Y 1 Z 0
I 114 X 2.01 Y 0 Z 0
I 115 X 2.01 Y 0.2 Z 0
I 116 X 2.01 Y 0.4 Z 0
I 117 X 2.01 Y 0.6 Z 0
I 118 X 2.01 Y 0.8 Z 0
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I 119 X 2.01 Y 1 Z 0
I 120 X 2.208 Y 0 Z 0
I 121 X 2.208 Y 0.2 Z 0
I 122 X 2.208 Y 0.4 Z 0
I 123 X 2.208 Y 0.6 Z 0
I 124 X 2.208 Y 0.8 Z 0
I 125 X 2.208 Y 1 Z 0
I 126 X 2.406 Y 0 Z 0
I 127 X 2.406 Y 0.2 Z 0
I 128 X 2.406 Y 0.4 Z 0
I 129 X 2.406 Y 0.6 Z 0
I 130 X 2.406 Y 0.8 Z 0
I 131 X 2.406 Y 1 Z 0
I 132 X 2.604 Y 0 Z 0
I 133 X 2.604 Y 0.2 Z 0
I 134 X 2.604 Y 0.4 Z 0
I 135 X 2.604 Y 0.6 Z 0
I 136 X 2.604 Y 0.8 Z 0
I 137 X 2.604 Y 1 Z 0
I 138 X 2.802 Y 0 Z 0
I 139 X 2.802 Y 0.2 Z 0
I 140 X 2.802 Y 0.4 Z 0
I 141 X 2.802 Y 0.6 Z 0
I 142 X 2.802 Y 0.8 Z 0
I 143 X 2.802 Y 1 Z 0
I 144 X 3 Y 0 Z 0
I 145 X 3 Y 0.2 Z 0
I 146 X 3 Y 0.4 Z 0
I 147 X 3 Y 0.6 Z 0
I 148 X 3 Y 0.8 Z 0
I 149 X 3 Y 1 Z 0
.MAI
I 1 N 1 2 6 5 0 17 18 22 21
I 2 N 2 3 7 6 0 18 19 23 22
I 3 N 3 4 8 7 0 19 20 24 23
I 4 N 5 6 10 9 0 21 22 26 25
I 5 N 6 7 11 10 0 22 23 27 26
I 6 N 7 8 12 11 0 23 24 28 27
I 7 N 9 10 14 13 0 25 26 30 29
I 8 N 10 11 15 14 0 26 27 31 30
I 9 N 11 12 16 15 0 27 28 32 31
I 10 N 17 18 22 21 0 33 34 38 37
I 11 N 18 19 23 22 0 34 35 39 38
I 12 N 19 20 24 23 0 35 36 40 39
I 13 N 21 22 26 25 0 37 38 42 41
I 14 N 22 23 27 26 0 38 39 43 42
I 15 N 23 24 28 27 0 39 40 44 43
I 16 N 25 26 30 29 0 41 42 46 45
I 17 N 26 27 31 30 0 42 43 47 46
I 18 N 27 28 32 31 0 43 44 48 47
I 19 N 33 34 38 37 0 49 50 54 53
I 20 N 34 35 39 38 0 50 51 55 54
I 21 N 35 36 40 39 0 51 52 56 55
I 22 N 37 38 42 41 0 53 54 58 57
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I 23 N 38 39 43 42 0 54 55 59 58
I 24 N 39 40 44 43 0 55 56 60 59
I 25 N 41 42 46 45 0 57 58 62 61
I 26 N 42 43 47 46 0 58 59 63 62
I 27 N 43 44 48 47 0 59 60 64 63
I 28 N 65 66 73 72
I 29 N 66 67 74 73
I 30 N 67 68 75 74
I 31 N 68 69 76 75
I 32 N 69 70 77 76
I 33 N 70 71 78 77
I 34 N 72 73 80 79
I 35 N 73 74 81 80
I 36 N 74 75 82 81
I 37 N 75 76 83 82
I 38 N 76 77 84 83
I 39 N 77 78 85 84
I 40 N 79 80 87 86
I 41 N 80 81 88 87
I 42 N 81 82 89 88
I 43 N 82 83 90 89
I 44 N 83 84 91 90
I 45 N 84 85 92 91
I 46 N 86 87 94 93
I 47 N 87 88 95 94
I 48 N 88 89 96 95
I 49 N 89 90 97 96
I 50 N 90 91 98 97
I 51 N 91 92 99 98
I 52 N 93 94 101 100
I 53 N 94 95 102 101
I 54 N 95 96 103 102
I 55 N 96 97 104 103
I 56 N 97 98 105 104
I 57 N 98 99 106 105
I 58 N 100 101 108 107
I 59 N 101 102 109 108
I 60 N 102 103 110 109
I 61 N 103 104 111 110
I 62 N 104 105 112 111
I 63 N 105 106 113 112
I 64 N 114 115 121 120
I 65 N 115 116 122 121
I 66 N 116 117 123 122
I 67 N 117 118 124 123
I 68 N 118 119 125 124
I 69 N 120 121 127 126
I 70 N 121 122 128 127
I 71 N 122 123 129 128
I 72 N 123 124 130 129
I 73 N 124 125 131 130
I 74 N 126 127 133 132
I 75 N 127 128 134 133
I 76 N 128 129 135 134
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I 77 N 129 130 136 135

I 78 N 130 131 137 136
I 79 N 132 133 139 138
I 80 N 133 134 140 139
I 81 N 134 135 141 140
I 82 N 135 136 142 141
I 83 N 136 137 143 142
I 84 N 138 139 145 144
I 85 N 139 140 146 145
I 86 N 140 141 147 146
I 87 N 141 142 148 147
I 88 N 142 143 149 148
I 89 N 52 56
I 90 N 56 60
I 91 N 60 64
I 92 N 61 62
I 93 N 62 63
I 94 N 63 64
I 95 N 49 53
I 96 N 53 57
I 97 N 57 61
I 98 N 49 50
I 99 N 50 51
I 100 N 51 52
I 101 N 71 78
I 102 N 78 85
I 103 N 85 92
I 104 N 92 99
I 105 N 99 106
I 106 N 106 113
I 107 N 119 125
I 108 N 125 131
I 109 N 131 137
I 110 N 137 143
I 111 N 143 149
I 112 N 144 145
I 113 N 145 146
I 114 N 146 147
I 115 N 147 148
I 116 N 148 149
I 117 N 114 120
I 118 N 120 126
I 119 N 126 132
I 120 N 132 138
I 121 N 138 144
I 122 N 65 72
I 123 N 72 79
I 124 N 79 86
I 125 N 86 93
I 126 N 93 100
I 127 N 100 107
!---------------------------------------
! Materials
!---------------------------------------
Main Index
.MAT I 1
BEHA "Elastic"
YT 210000
NT 0.3
M 7800
A 1e-06
!---------------------------------------
! EltsProps
!---------------------------------------
.SEL GROUP 1 MAILLES
I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 $
27
GROUP 2 MAILLES
I 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
49 50 $
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
72 73 $
74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88
GROUP 3 MAILLES
I 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
GROUP 4 MAILLES
I 101 102 103 104 105 106 122 123 124 125 126 127
GROUP 5 MAILLES
I 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121
.BEAM
GROUP 3 DIRECTION 0 0 1
.HYP VOLUME GROUP 1
.HYP MINDLIN GROUP 2
.AEL
GROUP 1 MAT 1
GROUP 2 MAT 1
GROUP 3 MAT 1
GROUP 4 MAT 1
GROUP 5 MAT 1
.UNITE SI
.PHP GROUP 2 THICK VAL 0.1
.BPR NOM "pbeam_1" UNITE 1.
TYPE "CIRCLE0" R1 10 R2 9
.AEL GROUP 3 PROF "pbeam_1"
.BPR NOM "pb1_1" UNITE 1.
.AEL GROUP 4 PROF "pb1_1"
.BPR NOM "pb2_1" UNITE 1.
.AEL GROUP 5 PROF "pb2_1"
!---------------------------------------
! Miscellaneous
!---------------------------------------
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.SAM NOP1 -2 NOP2 0 NOP3 0 NOP4 0 NOP5 -1 NOP6 -1

.SAM DEGRE 1 MF 1
.OPT METHODE 3
TITRE "SAMCEF job created on 25-Mar-02 at 09:13:38"
!---------------------------------------
! Result Options
!---------------------------------------
!---------------------------------------
! Loads/BCs
!---------------------------------------
! LoadCase : Default
.CLM
FIX NOEUD I 1 C 1 2 3
.CLM CHARGE NOEUD
I 144 COMP 3 V 100 NC 1
I 149 COMP 3 V -100 NC 1
!-----------------------------
! Load/BC : shell_shell
! Shell->Shell Glue
!-----------------------------
.SEL GROUP 6 NOEUDS
I 107 108 109 110 111 112 113
.SEL GROUP 7 FACES
MAILLE 64 FACE 1
MAILLE 65 FACE 1
MAILLE 66 FACE 1
MAILLE 67 FACE 1
MAILLE 68 FACE 1
.APS
GROUPE 6 7 ROTATION 1
!-----------------------------
! Load/BC : shell_Vol
! Shell->Volume Glue
!-----------------------------
.SEL GROUP 8 NOEUDS
I 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64
.SEL GROUP 9 FACES
MAILLE 28 FACE 1
MAILLE 29 FACE 1
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MAILLE 30 FACE 1
MAILLE 31 FACE 1
MAILLE 32 FACE 1
MAILLE 33 FACE 1
.APS
GROUPE 8 9
!------------------------------------------
! Load/BC : Density of Force on 1D Elements
!------------------------------------------
.CLM
I 101 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 101 PRY 1 NC 1
I 101 LFX 1 NC 1
I 101 LFY 2 NC 1
I 101 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 102 LFX 1 NC 1
I 102 LFY 2 NC 1
I 102 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 102 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 102 PRY 1 NC 1
I 103 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 103 PRY 1 NC 1
I 103 LFX 1 NC 1
I 103 LFY 2 NC 1
I 103 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 104 LFX 1 NC 1
I 104 LFY 2 NC 1
I 104 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 104 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 104 PRY 1 NC 1
I 105 PRY 1 NC 1
I 105 LFX 1 NC 1
I 105 LFY 2 NC 1
I 105 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 105 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 106 LFX 1 NC 1
I 106 LFY 2 NC 1
I 106 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 106 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 106 PRY 1 NC 1
I 122 PRY 1 NC 1
I 122 LFX 1 NC 1
I 122 LFY 2 NC 1
I 122 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 122 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 123 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 123 PRY 1 NC 1
I 123 LFX 1 NC 1
I 123 LFY 2 NC 1
I 123 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 124 LFX 1 NC 1
I 124 LFY 2 NC 1
I 124 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 124 PRY 1 NC 1
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I 124 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 125 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 125 LFX 1 NC 1
I 125 LFY 2 NC 1
I 125 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 125 PRY 1 NC 1
I 126 LFX 1 NC 1
I 126 LFY 2 NC 1
I 126 LFZ 3 NC 1
I 126 PRY 1 NC 1
I 126 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 127 PRZ 2 NC 1
I 127 PRY 1 NC 1
I 127 LFX 1 NC 1
I 127 LFY 2 NC 1
I 127 LFZ 3 NC 1
!------------------------------------------
! Load/BC : Density of Force on 2D Elements
!------------------------------------------
.CLM
I 28 SFX 100 NC 1
I 28 SFY 200 NC 1
I 28 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 29 SFX 100 NC 1
I 29 SFY 200 NC 1
I 29 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 30 SFX 100 NC 1
I 30 SFY 200 NC 1
I 30 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 31 SFX 100 NC 1
I 31 SFY 200 NC 1
I 31 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 32 SFX 100 NC 1
I 32 SFY 200 NC 1
I 32 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 33 SFX 100 NC 1
I 33 SFY 200 NC 1
I 33 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 34 SFX 100 NC 1
I 34 SFY 200 NC 1
I 34 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 35 SFX 100 NC 1
I 35 SFY 200 NC 1
I 35 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 36 SFX 100 NC 1
I 36 SFY 200 NC 1
I 36 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 37 SFX 100 NC 1
I 37 SFY 200 NC 1
I 37 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 38 SFX 100 NC 1
I 38 SFY 200 NC 1
I 38 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 39 SFX 100 NC 1
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I 39 SFY 200 NC 1
I 39 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 40 SFX 100 NC 1
I 40 SFY 200 NC 1
I 40 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 41 SFX 100 NC 1
I 41 SFY 200 NC 1
I 41 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 42 SFX 100 NC 1
I 42 SFY 200 NC 1
I 42 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 43 SFX 100 NC 1
I 43 SFY 200 NC 1
I 43 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 44 SFX 100 NC 1
I 44 SFY 200 NC 1
I 44 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 45 SFX 100 NC 1
I 45 SFY 200 NC 1
I 45 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 46 SFX 100 NC 1
I 46 SFY 200 NC 1
I 46 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 47 SFX 100 NC 1
I 47 SFY 200 NC 1
I 47 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 48 SFX 100 NC 1
I 48 SFY 200 NC 1
I 48 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 49 SFX 100 NC 1
I 49 SFY 200 NC 1
I 49 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 50 SFX 100 NC 1
I 50 SFY 200 NC 1
I 50 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 51 SFX 100 NC 1
I 51 SFY 200 NC 1
I 51 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 52 SFX 100 NC 1
I 52 SFY 200 NC 1
I 52 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 53 SFX 100 NC 1
I 53 SFY 200 NC 1
I 53 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 54 SFX 100 NC 1
I 54 SFY 200 NC 1
I 54 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 55 SFX 100 NC 1
I 55 SFY 200 NC 1
I 55 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 56 SFX 100 NC 1
I 56 SFY 200 NC 1
I 56 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 57 SFX 100 NC 1
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I 57 SFY 200 NC 1
I 57 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 58 SFX 100 NC 1
I 58 SFY 200 NC 1
I 58 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 59 SFX 100 NC 1
I 59 SFY 200 NC 1
I 59 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 60 SFX 100 NC 1
I 60 SFY 200 NC 1
I 60 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 61 SFX 100 NC 1
I 61 SFY 200 NC 1
I 61 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 62 SFX 100 NC 1
I 62 SFY 200 NC 1
I 62 SFZ 300 NC 1
I 63 SFX 100 NC 1
I 63 SFY 200 NC 1
I 63 SFZ 300 NC 1
!------------------------------------------------
! Load/BC : Density of Force on 3D Elements Faces
!------------------------------------------------
.CLM
FACE I 19 6 SFX 300 NC 1
FACE I 19 6 SFY 200 NC 1
FACE I 19 6 SFZ 100 NC 1
!---------------------------------------
RETURN
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Major supported BACON Commands

The following table lists the major supported BACON commands and summarizes their use in the
SAMCEF preference (The following table is not an exhaustive list of all the BACON commands which
can be generated by the Samcef Preference).
COMMAND FORM(S) Explanation

.AEL Element Props. Element attributes
.APP Load/BCs Meshes merging
Append
.APS Load/BCs Shells-shells or shells-volumes junctions
MindlinGlue
.AXE Finite Element Symmetry axis definition
MPC
Cyclic Symmetry
.AXL Geometry Coord Local displacement coordinates systems
.BEAM Finite Element Beam topologies
(beams)
.BPR Element Props. Beam profiles
(beams)
.CLM Load/BCs All mechanical LBCs: fixations, nodal forces,
Pressure, Force.... pressure,...
.CLT Load/BCs Thermal LBCs (Temperature and Temperature
Temperature Gradient)
.CPS Load/BCs Contacts
Node-Surf Contact
EXIT
.FCT Fields Functions
Material Property Time Dependent
.FIA Analysis Crack definitions (only for static analyses)
Option for Chaining (Linear Static)
Crack Control
.FIN Generation of files for the Samcef computation
module
.FRAME Materials Material Coordinate Systems
.GEL Analysis Old options
Solution Parameters
.HYP Element Props. Element hypotheses
Main Index

.JER Load/BCs Relative Contacts
Contact (Relative)
.JEU Load/BCs Absolute Contacts
Contact (Absolute)
.LIA Finite Element Connection between degrees of freedom
MPC
Rigid Bar
LIA
.MAI Finite Element Element topologies
Mesh Element
.MASS Element Concentrated masses
.MAT Materials
.MCC Element Props. Element Properties
.MCE Finite Element Element topology
Mesh Element
.MCT Load/BCs Contacts (Large Displacements)
Node-Surf Contact
MODE Analysis Solution Parameters Global parameters for driving the preprocessor
.NOE Finite element Mesh Node Node Coordinates
.OPT Analysis Solution Global Parameters
Solution parameters
.PHP Element Props. Thicknesses for shells
.RBE Element Rigid bodies
MPC
.RET Load/BCs Retained dofs (obsolete)
Displ. Retained (Samcef)
RETURN
.SAI Analysis Result codes selection
Output Request
.SAM Analysis General Parameters for the computation module
Solution Parameters
.SEL Group Group definitions
.STICK Load/BCs Gluing nodes to volume faces or to shell
Node-Surf Contact elements
.SYC Finite Element Nodes at boundaries
MPC
Cyclic symmetry
Main Index

TITRE Analysis Main Title
.UNIT Unit system definition (for beams profiles only)
.ZYG Load/BCs Cyclic Symmetry conditions
Cyclic Symmetry
Main Index
The Reverse Translator JobFile
The Reverse Translator JobFile

The SAMPAT3 translator reads the needed information from a JobFile.
The keywords used in the jobfile correspond to the items found in the "Translation Parameters" and in
the "Select Results File" forms.
An example JobFile follows:
!--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
! This is a template of jobfile for SAMPAT3
! The complete possible parameters list is given below
! The format is free : - Keywords are case unsensitive
! - Use "!" to comment
! - The "=" sign is used as a separator (free
position)
! If not given, or wrong keyword, defaults are used
!--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
P3DATABASE = myp3db.DataBase ! Name of the PATRAN3 DataBase
! No default
RESULTSFILE = mysamceffiles ! Name of the .DES, .FAC/FMT files
! No default
RESULTSFORMAT= BINARY ! .fac : BINARY, .fmt : TEXT
! Auto-search : AUTO
! Default is AUTO
DEBUG = NO ! YES or NO
! Default is NO
QUERY = NONE ! NONE, filename
! Default is NONE
MESSAGE = SCREEN ! SCREEN, filename
! Default is SCREEN
P3MODEL = DB ! CHECK, NOCHECK, DB, NEUTRAL, DBONLY
or
! NEUTRALONLY
! Default is DB
ASKEDCODES = 310,163 ! Codes list, or ALL
! Use negatives codes to remove
! Separate by spaces or commas
! Default is ALL
ASKEDREFERENCES = 8, 15, ... ! References list : type, value
CODES900 = YES ! YES, NO
! Default is YES
SKINROTATE = YES ! YES, NO : rotation of skin tensors in
! structural
! Default is NO
RESDUMP= YES! Forces dump of all recorded results
! into a «jobname».dump ASCII file.
! Default is NO
! End of Jobfile
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The SAMRUN file on Unix (Example)
The SAMRUN file on Unix (Example)

#!/bin/csh -f
setenv SAM_ZONE 1000000
setenv SAM_LANG van
echo ======================================================
echo Samcef Environment
echo ------------------
if ($?SAM_EXE) then
echo EXE : $SAM_EXE
endif
if ($?SAM_SAMPROC) then
echo SAMPROC : $SAM_SAMPROC
endif
if ($?SAM_USERPROC) then
echo USERPROC : $SAM_USERPROC
endif
if ($?SAM_ZONE) then
echo ZONE : $SAM_ZONE
endif
if ($?SAM_LANG) then
echo LANG : $SAM_LANG
endif
if ($?SAM_HOME) then
echo HOME : $SAM_HOME
endif
echo ======================================================
echo $SAM_EXE/samcef «ba,as» basic n 1
$SAM_EXE/samcef «ba,as» basic n 1 < SAMANSWERS_1
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The SAMRUN.cmd file on W2000 (Example)

REM SAMRUN.cmd
set SAM_ZONE=2000000
set SAM_LANG=vfr
set SAM_HOME=.
echo ======================================================
echo Samcef Environment
echo ------------------
if exist %SAM_EXE% echo EXE : %SAM_EXE%
if exist %SAM_SAMPROC% echo SAMPROC : %SAM_SAMPROC%
if exist %SAM_USERSAMPROC% echo USERPROC : %SAM_USERSAMPROC%
if exist %SAM_ZONE% echo ZONE : %SAM_ZONE%
if exist %SAM_LANG% echo LANG : %SAM_LANG%
if exist %SAM_HOME% echo HOME : %SAM_HOME%
echo ======================================================
echo %SAM_EXE%\samcef «ba,as» volume n 1
%SAM_EXE%\samcef «ba,as» volume n 1 < SAMANSWERS_1
Main Index
Main Index
Chapter 6: Errors/Warnings
6 Errors/Warnings

Errors/Warnings 222
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Errors/Warnings
Errors/Warnings
There are several error or warning messages which may be generated by the MSC Patran SAMCEF
Preference Guide.
Message Description
Fatal This error stops the translation and exits the Preference.
Warning Some expected action did not execute. Translation continues. Check the .msg
or .message files.
Information General Messages about the translation.
Main Index
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Index
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Index
A defined properties using fields, 41
Index analysis form, 111 degrees-of-freedom, 19
analysis preference, 11
E
B element properties, 42
BANQUE file example, 202 element properties form, 42
building a model, 10 input properties
2D solid, 61
3D beam, 56
C axisymmetric bar, 47
coordinate frames, 13
axisymmetric membrane, 56
Crack Definition, 120
axisymmetric shell, 54
mass, 46
D membrane, 63
data translated from the analysis code results pipe_thermal, 59
file, 181 rod, 48
structural, 181 shell, 59
thermal, 187 solid
homogenous, 66
RTM, 67
spring, 51 J
thick shell, 65 JobFile example, 200
elements, 16
environment variables, 197
settings.pcl file, 197
L
load case selection, 140
errors/warnings, 222
load cases, 107
execution parameters, 113
loads and boundary conditions, 70
F
file control form, 192
files, 194
forward translation, 195
general, 195
reverse translation, 195
finite elements, 14
Forward Translation, 5
forward translator JobFile, 198
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loads and boundary conditions form, 70 elastoplastic

basic form, 72 isotropic, 29
input data
Raghava, 29
static and time dependent, 72
object tables, 73 von Mises, 29
structural linear elastic, 28
append, 93 thermal, 32
cyclic symmetry, 85 viscoplastic, 30
density of force, 92 orthotropic, 33
displacement, 74 elastoplastic, 34
displacement retained, 77 linear elastic, 33
force, 74 thermal, 36
hybrid deformation, 93 visco plastic, 35
inertial load, 75 MPC types, 18
mindlin glue, 90 MPCs
node to node contact (absolute), 75 cyclic symmetry, 22
node to node contact (relative), 76 explicit, 20
node to surface, 78 LIA, 22
pressure, 74 rigid bar, 21
temperature, 76 rigid fixed, 21
thermal multi-point constraints, 17
convection, 98
gluing, 105 O
initial temperature, 95 options for chaining, 117
load, 96
radiation, 102
sticking, 103
surfacic flux, 101
temperature, 94
temperature at t=0, 97
volumic convection, 98
volumic flux, 100
M
material library, 24
materials form, 24
anisotropic, 36
elastoplastic, 37
linear elastic, 36
thermal, 40
viscoplastic, 38
isotropic, 28
elastoplastic, 29
hyperelastic, 28
input options
Main Index
INDEX 225
output requests, 142 specific options, 125

buckling, 157 buckling, 129
elements, 157 calculation time steps, 132
general, 157 linear static, 126
nodes, 157 natural frequency, 127
storage, 157 POSTFAC manual input, 128
elasto-visco-plastic, 158 thermal, 133
elements, 161 calculation time steps, 135
general, 158 transient analysis parameters, 131
nodes, 160 viscoplasticity parameters, 130
storage, 159 structural element types, 11
linear static, 146 supported BACON commands, 214
elements, 149
general, 146 T
nodes, 148 translation parameters, 177
storage, 147
natural frequency, 152, 153
elements, 155
general, 152
nodes, 153
thermal, 166
elements, 169
elements vs time, 171
general, 166
nodes, 167
nodes vs time, 169
storage, 167
R
read results form, 174
Release Info Panel, 115
Releases Compatibilities, 7
reverse translator JobFile, 217
S
SAMPAT3, 197
SAMRUN file for Unix, 218
SAMRUN file for W2000, 219
select results file, 179
solution parameters, 122
friction algorithm, 123
thermal, 123
solution types, 116
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What is Included with this Product? 4

Patran SAMCEF Integration with Patran 5

Loads and Boundary Conditions 70

Load Cases 107

Execution Parameters 113

Solution Types 116

Options for Chaining 117

Solution Parameters 122

Specific Options 125

Select Load Cases 140

Output Requests 142

Translation Parameters 177

Select Results File 179

Forward Translation 195

Environment Variables 197

The Forward Translator JobFile 198

The SAMRUN file on Unix (Example) 218

The SAMRUN.cmd file on W2000 (Example) 219

SAMCEF Product Information

What is Included with this Product?

MSC Patran SAMCEF Integration with MSC Patran

Figure 1-1 Forward Translation

Samcef Output Data:

Forward and Backward Translators:

Introduction to Building a Model

Element Types Description

The following table lists the element supported in a Thermal analysis

Element Types Description

31 Rod or Axisymmetric Membrane

34,35 Membrane or Axisymmetric volume

MPC Types Analysis Type Description

Degrees-of-Freedom Equivalent Loads/BCs Analysis Type

Rigid Fixed MPCs

Rigid Bar MPCs

Cyclic Symmetry MPCs

LIA MPCs EStructural and Thermal)

Object Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Non Linear Hardening

Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

2 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

3 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

Non Linear Hardening

Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

2 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

3 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

Object Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Non Linear Hardening

Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

2 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

3 Kinematic & Isotropic Hardening

This subsidiary form is used to define the properties of an elastoplastic material.

Defined Properties Using Fields

MIN and MAX specify the valid range of the function

Variable may be ’T, ’e, or ’er.

Externally Defined Material Data

Element Properties Form

Object Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Object Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

(0D)Mass (Structural only)

(0D)-Axisymmetric Bar (Structural only)

(pipe section option view)

(1D)Rod (Structural & Thermal)