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Radioss^® is a leading explicit finite element solver for crash and impact simulation.
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    Block Format Keyword In this group, keywords are used to set default value, global parameter, analysis type, input/output print, damping and ALE and CFD treatment for the whole model. For default value, it is still possible to overwrite in each specific keywords.
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    Block Format Keyword In Radioss, two node types are available. They use Cartesian coordinate to describe the position of each node.
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    Block Format Keyword
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    Block Format Keyword In this group, keywords are used to combine material and property information (/PART), assemble model (/SUBSET) or define a separate model (//SUBMODEL).
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    Block Format Keyword Interfaces solve the contact and impact conditions between two parts of a model. Several interface types are available in Radioss and use different contact treatments.
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    Block Format Keyword
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    Block Format Keyword Monitored volumes can be used to model an airbag, tire, tank, or any closed volume.
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      Block Format Keyword
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      Block Format Keyword
      - /BCS
        Block Format Keyword Defines boundary conditions on node groups for translational and rotational motion.
      - /BCS/CYCLIC
        Block Format Keyword Defines a cyclic boundary condition on a structure in a fixed cylindrical coordinate system.
      - /BCS/LAGMUL
        Block Format Keyword Defines boundary conditions on node groups using Lagrange multipliers. This keyword is not available for SPMD computation.
      - /BCS/WALL
        Block Format Keyword Defines the sliding wall boundary condition with collocated scheme (FVM).
      - /IMPACC
        Block Format Keyword Defines imposed accelerations on a group of nodes.
      - /IMPDISP
        Block Format Keyword Defines imposed displacements on a group of nodes.
      - /IMPDISP/FGEO
        Block Format Keyword Describes the final position of a set of N nodes, input by coordinates.
      - /IMPTEMP
        Block Format Keyword Defines imposed temperatures on a group of nodes.
      - /IMPVEL
        Block Format Keyword Defines imposed velocities on a group of nodes.
      - /IMPVEL/FGEO
        Block Format Keyword Describes the final position of a set of N nodes. The final position is provided by a node number. The node may eventually move.
      - /IMPVEL/LAGMUL
        Block Format Keyword Defines imposed velocities on node groups using Lagrange multiplier method.
      - /NBCS
        Block Format Keyword Defines boundary conditions on node groups for translational and rotational motion.
    - Rigid Link
      Block Format Keyword
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      Block Format Keyword
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      Block Format Keyword
    - Tied Contact
      Block Format Keyword
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      Block Format Keyword
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      Block Format Keyword
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    Block Format Keyword Adaptive Meshing is used in metal forming to divide the element to better describe the geometry. /ADMESH/GLOBAL and /ADMESH/SET are not available for SPMD computation.
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    Block Format Keyword Time histories output for different element groups, section output, or gauge output are described in this group.
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/BCS/WALL

Block Format Keyword Defines the sliding wall boundary condition with collocated scheme (FVM).

Boundary is enabled on time control or sensor control.

Figure 1.

Format


(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
/BCS/WALL/`bcs_ID`/`unit_ID`
`bcs_wall_title`
`set_ID`	`sensor_ID`
`T`_start		`T`_stop

Definition


Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`bcs_ID`	Boundary conditions identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`unit_ID`	(Optional) Unit identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`bcs_wall_title`	Wall boundary conditions title. (Character, maximum 100 characters)
`set_ID`	Set identifier (nodes). (Integer)
`sensor_ID`	(Optional) Sensor identifier. (Integer)
`T`_start	(Optional) Start time to enable boundary conditions. = 0.0 (Default) (Real)	$[s]$ $[s]$
`T`_stop	(Optional) Stop time to disable boundary conditions. = 1e20 (Default) (Real)	$[s]$ $[s]$

Comments

This boundary condition is compatible with /MAT/LAW151 (MULTIFLUID) (collocated scheme).
Boundary condition is applied on element faces only if all its nodes are in the provided set.
A set of nodes can define faces inside the mesh (internal faces). In this case, the face becomes a new boundary while the option is enabled.
Since the sliding wall boundary condition is defined by default on domain boundaries with collocated scheme (LAW151 (MULTIFLUID)), this option aims to block a flow and release it on a given time (instantaneous opening).
If a sensor is defined, the T_start and T_stop options are ignored.