Time Step

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

hi 

 

i having problem in time step.

i checked the minimum time step in the model that comes around 1.934e-03. 

when i run the model in radioss with out mass scaling it takes the DT= 0.1448E-02.

but usually the minimum time step * 0.9 will be taken in radioss as initial time step, when we calculate that 0.001934 * 0.9 = 0.0017406

what is reason behind this

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  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hi,

     

    check the starter runname_0000.out file for elemental and nodal timesteps. Whichever is higher is multiplied by 0.9 factor.

    In your case, the higher is shell elemental timestep 1.6089472919703E-03.

    For more details (relevant from 11:30)

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    thanks ivan 

     

    i tried with time step DT/NODA/CST 0.144E-02 i am having mass error and energy error as follow 

     

     

    RESTART FILES: 2D_SHELL_0001_[0001-0001].rst WRITTEN
     NC=  605000 T= 8.7604E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.0% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1579.40 s  REMAINING TIME=     304910.89 s
     NC=  605500 T= 8.7676E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.0% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1580.85 s  REMAINING TIME=     304938.64 s
     NC=  606000 T= 8.7749E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.2% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1582.20 s  REMAINING TIME=     304945.54 s
     NC=  606500 T= 8.7821E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.3% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1583.49 s  REMAINING TIME=     304941.06 s
     NC=  607000 T= 8.7894E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.4% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1584.80 s  REMAINING TIME=     304941.00 s
     NC=  607500 T= 8.7966E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.5% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1586.16 s  REMAINING TIME=     304950.37 s
         ANIMATION FILE: 2D_SHELLA045 WRITTEN
     NC=  608000 T= 8.8038E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.6% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1587.61 s  REMAINING TIME=     304976.63 s
     NC=  608500 T= 8.8111E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.7% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1588.93 s  REMAINING TIME=     304978.07 s
     NC=  609000 T= 8.8183E+02 DT= 1.4481E-03 ERR=-60.8% DM/M= 3.2230E-02
     ELAPSED TIME=       1590.30 s  REMAINING TIME=     304988.53 s

  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Can you share engine out and time history T01 files?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019
  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    It looks like there is some problem with contact after 500 time units. Can you share the h3d file?

     

    As mentioned before, step loading functions are not recommended.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>energy.jpg

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>timestep.jpg

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>mass.jpg

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    sorry simulation is not yet completed. i have shared the _0000.rad & _0001.rad file with you please verify with it

     

    this is my loading curve, is this not appropriate  

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  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Large contact energies relative to total energy can cause large negative Energy Errors because contact energy is not part of the Energy Error equation. If the simulation has friction and a lot of sliding contact, then the large contact energy and resulting energy error can be considered acceptable.

     

    Your model without friction had reasonable energy error.

     

    Step loading functions can cause divergence in implicit or dynamic effects in explicit.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    HI IVAN 

     

    thanks can u share me the modified model with ideal time step...

  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    The input deck is attached.

     

    Note the AMS settings used (0.67 scale factor and 2e-3 timestep) are not ideal. First, run with DT/NODA mass scaling until you get reasonable negative energy without friction (15%) and mass error (2%) throughout the simulation. Then set up the AMS run trying to hit the energy error % of DT/NODA run (as well as stress and displacements). 

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