timestep

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

what is time step? explain briefly.

how to calculate time step from the time?

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2016

    Hi Pravarakya,

     

    Please refer to RADIOSS help regarding timestep and how it is calculated:

     

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    what errors can we get if we choose wrong element size or timestep or both?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2017

    Hi,

    Time step is directly proportional to elemental length. So, if the length of an element is very low the time step will also drop. From the .out file user has to check the time step and what is contributing for it. When the time step is low computation time will increase drastically which finally can result in run termination with error TIME STEP LESS OR EQUAL ZERO.

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