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hello, i am doing crash analysis on a ford Taurus vehicle model and i couldnot export the file. it kept on saying 'please, reduce the number of nodes to below 10000'. what should i do? thank you.
Hi,
side impact pole is preferably modeled by a rigid wall:
-analysis>rigid walls>geom>shape=cylinder
pick the appropriately offset node (edit node coordinates) and specify the corresponding diameter.
Please refer to tutorial RD-E: 1600 Dummy Positioning in Radioss help.
thank you do you have dummy models for side impact
I do not have any SID at the moment, but a dummy model can be found in:
https://community.altair.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=62868c3a1b2bd0908017dc61ec4bcb30
hello guys
i have a problem on assigning property and material to the model you send me .
i tried assigning new mat and prop to the b pillar on the ford taures model you attached me and when solving it kept on saying its normal termination and user termination but it doesnt give me all results.
i am attaching you the radios file can you please check i couldn't figure out what the problem is .the changed components are part 62, part 63 and part 64.
thank you
Unable to find an attachment - read this blog
a couple of basic modeling errors:
-pole (rigid wall) was referencing node group for frontal crash
-initial velocity was moving the car away from the pole
-there was a self-impacting type 7 contact interface on the whole car, which is problematic as there are many unresolved intersections and penetrations. So I defined self-impact contact only on components near the impact area and removed penetrations and intersections using tools>penetration check in HM (in Hypercrash use quality>check all solver contact interfaces). It is computationally efficient to include only parts of the model where contact influences deformation mode.
The main problem was a negative shell and numerical damping in a composite property. Also, the composite b-pillar is too weak so it is rupturing immediately after impact, which is also causing trouble in type 7 contact. With proper b-pillar structural integrity the contact interface would probably work.
hi
i tried to run the file you send me but it kept on saying error termination, did it run for you?
it says nade 1880 up to node 1885 are deactivated , i am attaching the snip of the run file.
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The run is failing because of deep penetrations therefore node deactivation in type 7 interface. I have tried with symmetric contact and type 11 line contact without success. The issue is probably due to weak b-pillar shattering.
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I found the problem: the composite material density you defined was not consistent with the model unit (mm, newton, second, tonne)- the mass of b-pillars was 1300 tons /emoticons/default_ohmy.png' srcset='/emoticons/ohmy@2x.png 2x' title=':o' width='20' />
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thank you so much i really appreciate your help /emoticons/default_smile.png' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' title=':)' width='20' />/emoticons/default_smile.png' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' title=':)' width='20' />
hello ivan ,
i was searching for dummy positioning in hyper mesh help and all tutorials are for lsdyna, abaquas or madymo interfaces.
are there any tutorials for hypermesh radioss solver (the student version only suppors radioss and optistruct) please i tried to position the dummy after importing but i couldn't find any thing that supports me.
thank you for the great support as always
I presume by dummy positioning you mean joint manipulation (for settling under gravity see Example 16 - Dummy Positioning).
As far as I know there are no dummy joint manipulation tutorials specifically for Hypermesh or Radioss user profile, but the process is the same as in Ls-dyna user profile, for which there is a tutorial: HM-4640: Dummy Positioning.
Simply convert the model (dummy_positioner.hm) to Radioss (tools>convert>LS-dyna>to Radioss) and follow the procedure described in the tutorial.
Even though this video is Hypercrash for LS-dyna it is useful demonstration:
Hello Ivan
How are you, i was working on dummy side crash with rigid wall and i found this file from altire forum for frontal impact, can you please help make it side impact with rigid wall i tried but only the dummy was moving. i am attaching you the original file.
this model is not suitable for side impact because there are no door components, but also has some modeling issues. Dummy has to be merged with the car model, positioned, belted, rigid wall (cylinder?) and initial velocity defined. It takes some work and even if I did it for you, then you would not learn how to do it yourself. First you should try it yourself, and ask for support only when stuck.
Attached are dummy and dummy+seat+seatbelt models that can be merged and positioned in the car model with Safety>Dummy Positioner>Import>File:
Then use Safety>Belt Generator for seatbelts.
Refer to RD-T: 3150 Seat Model with Dummy for details.
