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Table of Contents
LS-DYNA FOR BEGINNERS ................................................................................................................ 0
Disclaimer .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Preface ................................................................................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER 1.......................................................................................................................................... 11
Introduction 
Units 
LS PREPOST Versions 
ELEMENTS AND FEA MODEL 
MATERIAL MODELS 
LSPREPOST PAGES 
K FILE 
COMMON KEYWORDS 
Termination time 
Contact 
d3plot 
MAT 
PART 
Section 
RIGIDWALL 
BOUNDARY 
DEFINE_CURVE 
ROTATING A MODEL 
ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT 
LSDYNA & LSPREPOST INTERNET FORUMS
LSDYNA HELP SITES 
CHAPTER 2.......................................................................................................................................... 16
IMPACT 
MODEL MESHING 
MATERIAL MODELS 
SECTION PROPERTIES 
PART 
PROJECTILE VELOCITY 



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CONTACT 
FIXING EDGES 
END TIME 
SHELL THICKNESS VARIATION CALCULATION
GRAPHIC OUTPUT FILES 
SAVE THE K FILE 
LS-DYNA SOLVER 
POST PROCESSING THE RESULTS 
CHAPTER 3.......................................................................................................................................... 23
ROTATING TARGET 
POST PROCESSING 
CHAPTER 4.......................................................................................................................................... 29
FRICTION TO HEAT 
*DEFINE_CURVE 
CHAPTER 5.......................................................................................................................................... 38
RUBBER MODELING 
CHAPTER 6.......................................................................................................................................... 43
TIE BREAK 
DEFINING MATERIALS AND SECTIONS 
CREATING NODE SETS 
APPLY DISPLACEMENT ONE EDGE 
TO CONSTRAIN THE OTHER EDGE 
CONSTRAINED_TIE_BREAK 
RESULT 
Note 
CHAPTER 7.......................................................................................................................................... 47
LEAD PROJECTILE DEFORMATION 
CHAPTER 8.......................................................................................................................................... 50
INTERNAL PRESSURE 
MATERIAL 
CONSTRAINTS 
Note 
APPLY PRESSURE 



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RESULTS 
CHAPTER 9.......................................................................................................................................... 56
METAL CUTTING USING SPH 
OVERVIEW 
BUILDING THE SPH MODEL 
PARTCILE FILLING IN A SHELL BOX 
CONTACT 
TOOL TRAVERSING 
SPH SPECIFIC 
RESULTS 
CHAPTER 10........................................................................................................................................ 62
VIBRATION ANALYSIS 
CHAPTER 11........................................................................................................................................ 65
IMPACT ON CONCRETE 
CHAPTER 12........................................................................................................................................ 67
SLOSHING SIMULATION 
Water and Air Modeling 
Node Merging 
Tank Shell Elements 
Part-Set Node-Set of Water and Air 
Node-Set for Tank Velocity and Constrain 
Material selection *MAT 
Water & Void Material 
Tank Material of Polycarbonate 
Section type selection *SECTION 
Water & Void/Air (*SECTION_SOLID_ALE)
Tank (*SECTION_SHELL) 
*EOS_GRUNEISEN 
*HOURGLASS 
*PART 
*DEFINE_CURVE 
* INITIAL_VOID_PART 
*INITIAL_VELOCITY 



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*LOAD_BODY_Y 
Identifying Reference Nodes for ALE 
Identifying the three reference nodes 
*ALE 
*ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_NODE 
*ALE_REFERNCE_SYSTEM_GROUP 
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET
*BOUNDARY_SPC_SET 
*CONSTARINED_LAGRAGE_IN_SOLID 
*CONTROL 
*CONTROL_ALE 
*CONTROL_ENERGY 
*CONTROL_TERMINATION 
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP 
*DATABASE 
*DATABASE_OPTION 
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT 
*DATABASE_BINARY_FSIFOR 
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY 
*DATABASE_FSI 
Result 
CHAPTER 13...................................................................................................................................... 103
EFFECT OF EXPLOSION ON A CONCRETE WALL
GENERATING PARTS 
SECTION PROPERTIES 
MATERIAL PROPERTIES 
EQUATIONS OF STATE (EOS) 
ALE CARDS 
PART SETS 
CONSTRAINED_LAGRANGE_IN_SOLID
INITIAL_DETONATION 
TIME STEP SIZE 



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RESULTS 
CHAPTER 14...................................................................................................................................... 111
LSPREPOST & LSDYNA TIPS 
*Interface_Springback_Lsdyna 
How to view node and element numbers?
SPH Appearance 
SPH PART GENERATION 
Refining Mesh 
Increasing memory in SPH analysis 
SPH particles pass through shell or solid elements
Filling SPH particles as a liquid in a tilted container
Element failure criteria 
2D Analysis 
*Contact_Tiebreak_Surface_to_Surface 
SPH to model foam 
Applying Pressure on liquid surface 
Generating a new part from a portion of an existing part
OUT OF RANGE VELOCITY IN ALE SIMULATION
HOW TO DISPLAY ELASTIC STRAIN VALUES?
WHEN EOS IS REQUIRED? 
*MAT_ADD_EROSION USAGE 
HOW TO USE MAT_084? 
HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT 
HEB AND AIR MODELING 
COMBATTING INSTABILITY IN ALE 
USING *MAT_CONCRETE_DAMAGE_REL3 (MAT_072 R3)
USING *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
USING ELASTIC_PLASTIC_HYDRO MATERIAL
HOW TO DISPLAY STRAIN IN VECTOR FORM?
NECESSARY INPUT TO EXTRACT VIBRATION MODES
HOLE FILL WITH SHELL ELEMENTS 
IN POST PROCESSING WHAT DOES PRESSURE MEAN?



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NOTE ON JOHNSON COOK MATERIAL MODEL
PATH PLOT 
HOW TO ERASE ELEMENTS BUT KEEP THE SURFACES TO REMESH AGAIN
FULLY INTEGRATED SHELL ELEMENTS
FILE GLSTAT 
FILE MATSUM 
VIEWING CONTACT FRICTIONAL ENERGY[*]
HOW TO CONNECT SPH PART TO SOLID ELEMENT PART
CHAPTER 15...................................................................................................................................... 125
USAGE of LOAD BLAST ENHANCED 
MATERIAL PROPERTIES 
SECTION PROPERTIES 
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS 
TERMINATION TIME & TIME STEP 
*LOAD_BLAST_ENHANCED 
*LOAD_BLAST_SEGMENT_SET 
UN-REFERENCED CURVES 
DATABASE_BINARY_BLSTFOR 
PARTIAL INPUT 
CHAPTER 16...................................................................................................................................... 129
Spot Weld 
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CHAPTER 17...................................................................................................................................... 132
LS-DYNA MATERIAL MODELS ........................................................................................................ 132
MAT_SOIL_AND_FOAM_FAILURE (*MAT_005)
MAT_HIGH_EXPLOSIVE_BURN (*MAT_008) C4
EOS_JWL 
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CHAPTER 18...................................................................................................................................... 136
INITIAL VOLUME FRACTION ........................................................................................................... 137



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References......................................................................................................................................... 144