OptiStruct version of NUMOPT command

Vladimir Gantovnik_21974
Vladimir Gantovnik_21974 Altair Community Member
edited January 2022 in Community Q&A

Guys, do we have OptiStruct version of Nastran's NUMOUT, NUMOUT1, NUMOUT2, NUMOUT3 keywords? I want to output only top N values of composite strain index

I have this command

CFAILURE(OPTI,NDIV=1,CENTER) = ALL

and it generates .cstr file with all elemental strain failure indices:

 

                    C O M P O S I T E  R E S U L T S  F O R  U S E R  L O A D  S U B C A S E  I D:        1                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------               F A I L U R E   I N D I C E S    F O R    L A Y E R E D   C O M P O S I T E:   SUBCASE       1      ELEMENT  FAILURE    PLY   LOC   FP=FAILURE INDEX FOR PLY    FB=FAILURE INDEX FOR BONDING    FAILURE INDEX FOR ELEMENT          ID   THEORY     ID        (DIRECT STRESSES/STRAINS)      (INTER-LAMINAR STRESSES)     MAX FP,FB FOR LISTED PLIES           1  MX-STRN      1   MID           5.5458E-05                                                                      1.5718E-04              MX-STRN      2   MID           7.4051E-05                                                                      1.8969E-04              MX-STRN      3   MID           1.2494E-04                                                                      1.5718E-04              MX-STRN      4   MID           3.1824E-04                                                                                                    3.1824E-04

But I want to output only top 5 elemental results or just one max.

Thank you!

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