THIN - control card, example/meaning

MarioS
MarioS Altair Community Member
edited March 2021 in Community Q&A

Hello everybody,

could someone give me an example where can we use the "THIN"-control card in "Global_output_request" and what is the purpose of it?

I can not find any details about it. The explanation in the help documentation is unsufficient.

Than you in advance.

 

BR,

Mario

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  • MarioS
    MarioS Altair Community Member
    edited March 2021

    Hi,

    could  someone please help me with this topic?

     

    Tnx,

    Mario

  • Adriano Koga_20259
    Adriano Koga_20259 New Altair Community Member
    edited March 2021
    MarioS said:

    Hi,

    could  someone please help me with this topic?

     

    Tnx,

    Mario

    THIN

    I/O Options and Subcase Information EntryThe THIN command can be used in the I/O Options or Subcase Information sections to request thinning and thickness output for all geometric nonlinear analysis subcases or individual geometric nonlinear analysis subcases, respectively.

    1. THIN is only applicable for geometric nonlinear analysis subcases which are defined by an ANALYSIS = NLGEOM subcase entry.

     

    Thin stands for 'thinning' in NLGEOM loadcases. In the old days, NLGEOM loadcases use to onvert the OS model to Radioss, internally, and solve the problem in Radioss, which used to calculate these results.

    These results take into account thickness changes along the simulation due to streching of the material.

    I'm not quite sure if there's an equivalent for regular NLSTAT cases.

     

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