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- Introduction
Version control
- Version control
*ACTIVATE_ELEMENTS
- *ACTIVATE_ELEMENTS
- Activation and deactivation of elements
- Tests
- Strength of elements prior to activation
- Tests
*ADD_MASS
- *ADD_MASS
- Rotating discs
- Tests
*BC_MOTION
- *BC_MOTION
- Activation and deactivation
- Tests
- Prescribed rotational motions
- Tests
- Prescribed translational motions
- Tests
- Rotational constraints in local coordinate systems
- Tests
- Rotational constraints in the global coordinate system
- Tests
- Translational constraints in a local coordinate systems
- Tests
- Translational constraints in the global coordinate system
- Tests
*BC_PERIODIC
- *BC_PERIODIC
- Cyclic symmetry
- Tests
*BC_SYMMETRY
- *BC_SYMMETRY
- Rigid wall
- Tests
- Symmetry in local coordinate systems
- Tests
- Symmetry in the global coordinate system
- Tests
*BC_TELEPORT
- *BC_TELEPORT
- Displacements and velocities in the global coordinate system
- Tests
- Multiple teleportations using trigger function
- Tests
- Rotations in a local coordinate system
- Tests
*BC_TEMPERATURE
- *BC_TEMPERATURE
- All features
- Tests
- One-dimensional heat conduction
- Tests
*CHANGE_P-ORDER
- *CHANGE_P-ORDER
- Cantilever beams
- Tests
- Domain of higher order elements
- Tests
- Higher order elements
- Tests
*CHANGE_PART_ID
- *CHANGE_PART_ID
- Elements inside a geometry
- Tests
- Included files
- Tests
*COMPONENT_BOLT
- *COMPONENT_BOLT
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
- Positioning with table
- Tests
*COMPONENT_BOX
- *COMPONENT_BOX
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
*COMPONENT_BOX_IRREGULAR
- *COMPONENT_BOX_IRREGULAR
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
*COMPONENT_CYLINDER
- *COMPONENT_CYLINDER
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
*COMPONENT_PIPE
- *COMPONENT_PIPE
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
*COMPONENT_REBAR
- *COMPONENT_REBAR
- Bending
- Tests
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
*COMPONENT_SPHERE
- *COMPONENT_SPHERE
- Defined in global and local coordinate systems
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_DAMPER
- *CONNECTOR_DAMPER
- Axially loaded damper
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_GLUE_LINE
- *CONNECTOR_GLUE_LINE
- Combined stress
- Tests
- Normal stress
- Tests
- Shear stress
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_GLUE_SURFACE
- *CONNECTOR_GLUE_SURFACE
- Combined stress
- Tests
- Normal stress
- Tests
- Shear stress
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_RIGID
- *CONNECTOR_RIGID
- Connection in motion
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_SPOT_WELD
- *CONNECTOR_SPOT_WELD
- Combined stress
- Tests
- Normal stress
- Tests
- Shear stress
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_SPOT_WELD_NODE
- *CONNECTOR_SPOT_WELD_NODE
- Normal stress
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_SPR
- *CONNECTOR_SPR
- Combined stress
- Tests
- Normal stress
- Tests
- Shear stress
- Tests
*CONNECTOR_SPRING
- *CONNECTOR_SPRING
- Intrinsic operations (dnorm, dnorm_min, dnorm_max)
- Tests
- Linear springs
- Tests
- Nonlinear springs
- Tests
- State file output
- Tests
*CONTACT
- *CONTACT
- Contact and friction forces between all element types
- Tests
- Continue from state-file
- Tests
- Expanding spheres
- Tests
- Friction work to heat
- Tests
- Newtons cradle
- Tests
- Vickers hardness test
- Tests
*CONTACT_ACCURACY
- *CONTACT_ACCURACY
- Accuracy edge
- Tests
- Accuracy level
- Tests
*CONTACT_REBAR
- *CONTACT_REBAR
- Tests
*COORDINATE_SYSTEM
- *COORDINATE_SYSTEM
- Position
- Tests
*COORDINATE_SYSTEM_CYLINDRICAL
- *COORDINATE_SYSTEM_CYLINDRICAL
- Tests
*COORDINATE_SYSTEM_FIXED
- *COORDINATE_SYSTEM_FIXED
- Tests
*COORDINATE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION
- *COORDINATE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION
- Coordinate system defined with functions
- Tests
*COORDINATE_SYSTEM_NODE
- *COORDINATE_SYSTEM_NODE
- Tests
*CURVE
- *CURVE
- Tests
*DEFINE_ELEMENT_SET
- *DEFINE_ELEMENT_SET
- Change element type in impact zone
- Tests
*ELEMENT_SHELL
- *ELEMENT_SHELL
- Contact
- Tests
- Volume_and_mass_verification
- Tests
*ELEMENT_SOLID
- *ELEMENT_SOLID
- Higher_order_elements
- Tests
- Linear_elements
- Tests
*END
- *END
- Tests
*EOS_GRUNEISEN
- *EOS_GRUNEISEN
- Shock wave test
- Tests
*EROSION_CRITERION
- *EROSION_CRITERION
- Element erosion
- Tests
- Priority test
- Tests
*FREQUENCY_CUTOFF
- *FREQUENCY_CUTOFF
- Testing LOAD_DAMPING - Mass damping
- Tests
- Testing MAT_METAL - Quasi-static yield stress
- Tests
*FUNCTION
- *FUNCTION
- Basic_functions
- Tests
- Reaction_force_from_BC_MOTION
- Tests
- Smooth_translations
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_BOX
- *GEOMETRY_BOX
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_COMPOSITE
- *GEOMETRY_COMPOSITE
- Bc motion
- Tests
- Load thermal surface
- Tests
- Pressure loading
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_EFP
- *GEOMETRY_EFP
- Particle count
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_PART
- *GEOMETRY_PART
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_PIPE
- *GEOMETRY_PIPE
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_SEED_COORDINATE
- *GEOMETRY_SEED_COORDINATE
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_SEED_NODE
- *GEOMETRY_SEED_NODE
- Tests
*GEOMETRY_SPHERE
- *GEOMETRY_SPHERE
- Tests
*INCLUDE
- *INCLUDE
- Offset
- Tests
- Test 1
- Tests
*INCLUDE_BINARY
- *INCLUDE_BINARY
- Tests
*INITIAL_DAMAGE_RANDOM
- *INITIAL_DAMAGE_RANDOM
- Tests
*INITIAL_DAMAGE_SURFACE_RANDOM
- *INITIAL_DAMAGE_SURFACE_RANDOM
- Surface with random initial damage
- Tests
*INITIAL_DISPLACEMENT
- *INITIAL_DISPLACEMENT
- Reposition nodes
- Tests
*INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION
- *INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION
- Test_1
- Tests
*INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION_PATH
- *INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION_PATH
- Material fiber direction split
- Tests
- Material fiber direction split (multiple elements in thickness direction)
- Tests
- Test_1
- Tests
*INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION_VECTOR
- *INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION_VECTOR
- Surface normal determination
- Tests
- Test_1
- Tests
*INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION_WRAP
- *INITIAL_MATERIAL_DIRECTION_WRAP
- Test_1
- Tests
*INITIAL_PLASTIC_STRAIN_FUNCTION
- *INITIAL_PLASTIC_STRAIN_FUNCTION
- Multiple initial plastic strains
- Tests
*INITIAL_STATE_HAZ
- *INITIAL_STATE_HAZ
- Tests
*INITIAL_STATE_WELDSIM
- *INITIAL_STATE_WELDSIM
- Tests
*INITIAL_STRESS_STATE
- *INITIAL_STRESS_STATE
- Test_1
- Tests
*INITIAL_THICKNESS
- *INITIAL_THICKNESS
- Multi-step forming
- Tests
*INITIAL_VELOCITY
- *INITIAL_VELOCITY
- Tests
*LOAD_AIR_BLAST
- *LOAD_AIR_BLAST
- Diffraction
- Tests
- Incident pressure
- Tests
- Reflection
- Tests
- Reflective pressure
- Tests
- Underpressure
- Tests
*LOAD_CENTRIFUGAL
- *LOAD_CENTRIFUGAL
- Tests
*LOAD_DAMPING
- *LOAD_DAMPING
- Different element polynomial order
- Tests
- Mass damping
- Tests
- Viscous damping
- Tests
*LOAD_FORCE
- *LOAD_FORCE
- Tests
*LOAD_FORCE_INTERACT
- *LOAD_FORCE_INTERACT
- Magnetic field
- References
- Tests
*LOAD_GRAVITY
- *LOAD_GRAVITY
- Gravity test
- Tests
- Mass scaling (include and exclude added mass)
- Tests
*LOAD_PRESSURE
- *LOAD_PRESSURE
- Load_in_part_geometry
- Tests
- Load_on_rigid_body
- Tests
- Load_on_surface
- Tests
*LOAD_SHEAR
- *LOAD_SHEAR
- Tests
*LOAD_THERMAL_BODY
- *LOAD_THERMAL_BODY
- Tests
*LOAD_THERMAL_RADIATION
- *LOAD_THERMAL_RADIATION
- Cooling plate
- Tests
- Interaction test
- Tests
*LOAD_THERMAL_SURFACE
- *LOAD_THERMAL_SURFACE
- Tests
*LOAD_UNDEX
- *LOAD_UNDEX
- Geers Hunter
- Tests
*MAP
- *MAP
- Pressure loaded panel
- Tests
*MAT_BERGSTROM_BOYCE
- *MAT_BERGSTROM_BOYCE
- Network A
- Tests
- Network A and B (alternative 2)
- Tests
*MAT_CABLE
- *MAT_CABLE
- Failure model
- Tests
- Fiber stiffness
- Tests
*MAT_CERAMIC
- *MAT_CERAMIC
- Crushing damage
- Tests
- Direction of plastic flow
- Tests
- Pressure-volume relationship
- Tests
- Spalling damage
- Tests
- Yield and failure surface
- Tests
*MAT_CONCRETE_2018
- *MAT_CONCRETE_2018
- Compaction curve
- Tests
- Crushing damage
- Tests
- Uniaxial tests
- Tests
- Viscous damping
- Tests
*MAT_CREEP
- *MAT_CREEP
- Elastoplasticity
- Tests
- Viscoelasticity
- Tests
*MAT_ELASTIC
- *MAT_ELASTIC
- Linear elasticity
- Tests
- Non-linear elasticity
- Tests
- Non-linear elasticity with damping
- Tests
*MAT_FABRIC
- *MAT_FABRIC
- Dynamic viscocity
- Tests
- Fiber properties
- Tests
- Matrix properties
- Tests
- Non-linear bulk stiffness
- Tests
*MAT_FLUID
- *MAT_FLUID
- Pressure with cap
- Tests
- Shear resistance
- Tests
*MAT_FOAM
- *MAT_FOAM
- Revision test
- Tests
*MAT_FORMING
- *MAT_FORMING
- Initial backstress
- Tests
- Isotropic and kinematic hardening
- Tests
*MAT_FORMING_R
- *MAT_FORMING_R
- Damage softening
- Tests
- Isotropic and kinematic hardening
- Tests
- R-values
- Tests
*MAT_GRANULAR_CAP
- *MAT_GRANULAR_CAP
- Compaction curve
- Tests
- Damage
- Tests
- Damage_cut-off_criterion
- Tests
- Yield surface
- Tests
*MAT_HSS
- *MAT_HSS
- Dynamic softening
- Tests
- Strength differential and rate parameters
- Tests
- Temperature dependent elasticity
- Tests
- Viscosity
- Tests
- Yield stress
- Tests
- Yield surface
- Tests
*MAT_JC
- *MAT_JC
- Quasi-static yield stress
- Tests
- Strain rate effect
- Tests
- Thermal softening effect
- Tests
*MAT_JC_FIELD
- *MAT_JC_FIELD
- Damage and failure criterion
- Tests
- Quasi-static yield stress
- Tests
- Strain rate effect
- Tests
- Thermal softening effect
- Tests
*MAT_JH_CERAMIC
- *MAT_JH_CERAMIC
- Damage, yield surface and failure surface
- Tests
- Direction of plastic flow
- Tests
- Pressure-volume relationship
- Tests
- Yield and failure surface
- Tests
*MAT_METAL
- *MAT_METAL
- Damage softening
- Tests
- Decouple rate hardening
- Tests
- Isotropic and kinematic hardening
- Tests
- Quasi-static yield stress
- Tests
- Strain rate effect
- Tests
- Thermal softening effect
- Tests
- Yield surface
- Tests
*MAT_MMC
- *MAT_MMC
- Damage
- Tests
- Direction of plastic flow and bulking cap
- Tests
- Strain rate effects
- Tests
- Viscous damping
- Tests
- Yield and failure surface
- Tests
*MAT_MM_CONCRETE
- *MAT_MM_CONCRETE
- Elements subjected to a variety of stress states
- Tests
*MAT_MOONEY_RIVLIN
- *MAT_MOONEY_RIVLIN
- Elasticity
- Tests
- Visco-elasticity
- Tests
*MAT_MULTILAYER_ORTHOTROPIC
- *MAT_MULTILAYER_ORTHOTROPIC
- Elasticity (Youngs moduli and Poissons ratios)
- Tests
- Elasticity (shear moduli)
- Tests
- Fiber failure criteria
- Tests
- Strain rate effects
- Tests
*MAT_ORTHOTROPIC
- *MAT_ORTHOTROPIC
- Elasticity (Youngs moduli and Poissons ratio)
- Tests
- Elasticity (shear modulus)
- Tests
- Fiber failure criteria
- Tests
- Viscous damping
- Tests
*MAT_POWDER_BURN
- *MAT_POWDER_BURN
- Interior ballistics
- Tests
*MAT_REBAR
- *MAT_REBAR
- Bending stiffness
- Tests
- Damage
- Tests
- Max shear stress
- Tests
- Strain rate effect
- Tests
*MAT_RIGID
- *MAT_RIGID
- density
- Tests
*MAT_VISCO_PLASTIC
- *MAT_VISCO_PLASTIC
- Non-linear elasticity
- Tests
- Plasticity
- Tests
- Viscosity
- Tests
*MAT_ZA
- *MAT_ZA
- BCC
- Tests
- FCC
- Tests
*MERGE
- *MERGE
- All element types
- Tests
- Initial displacements
- Tests
- Parallelism
- Tests
*MERGE_DUPLICATED_NODES
- *MERGE_DUPLICATED_NODES
- Tests
*MERGE_FAILURE_COHESIVE
- *MERGE_FAILURE_COHESIVE
- Normal stress
- Tests
- Shear stress
- Tests
*MERGE_FAILURE_FORCE
- *MERGE_FAILURE_FORCE
- Failure exponents
- Tests
- Shear_and_tensile_failure
- Tests
- Shear_failure
- Tests
- Tensile_failure
- Tests
*NODE
- *NODE
- Tests
*OUTPUT_CONTACT_FORCE
- *OUTPUT_CONTACT_FORCE
- Two colliding spheres
- Tests
*OUTPUT_ELEMENT
- *OUTPUT_ELEMENT
- Tests
*OUTPUT_FORMING
- *OUTPUT_FORMING
- Tests
*OUTPUT_NODE
- *OUTPUT_NODE
- Tests
*OUTPUT_SECTION
- *OUTPUT_SECTION
- Section radius
- Tests
- Simply supported beam central load
- Tests
*OUTPUT_SENSOR
- *OUTPUT_SENSOR
- Tests
*OUTPUT_SENSOR_THICKNESS
- *OUTPUT_SENSOR_THICKNESS
- Components with varying thickness
- Tests
- Control rolling process with thickness sensor
- Tests
*OUTPUT_USER_COLLECTION
- *OUTPUT_USER_COLLECTION
- Deforming metal ring
- Tests
- Revolving bar
- Tests
*PARAMETER
- *PARAMETER
- Tests
*PARAMETER_DEFAULT
- *PARAMETER_DEFAULT
- Parameter order
- Tests
*PART
- *PART
- Element erosion
- Tests
- Smoothing
- Tests
*PARTICLE_DETONATION
- *PARTICLE_DETONATION
- Detonation geometry ID
- Tests
- Detonation radius
- Tests
- Radial detonation path
- Tests
- Subdomain limit
- Tests
*PARTICLE_DOMAIN
- *PARTICLE_DOMAIN
- Binomial distribution
- Tests
- Convergence_test
- Tests
*PARTICLE_DOMAIN_CLEANUP
- *PARTICLE_DOMAIN_CLEANUP
- Deactivate particles
- Tests
- repeat parameter
- Tests
*PARTICLE_HE
- *PARTICLE_HE
- Static_overpressure
- Tests
*PARTICLE_SOIL
- *PARTICLE_SOIL
- Sand_slug_impact
- Tests
*PATH
- *PATH
- Impetus module
- Tests
*PETRIFY
- *PETRIFY
- Bouncing ball with petrify
- Tests
- Bouncing ball without petrify
- Tests
*PRESTRESS_BLIND_HOLE_BOLT
- *PRESTRESS_BLIND_HOLE_BOLT
- Aligned_bolts
- Tests
*PRESTRESS_BOLT
- *PRESTRESS_BOLT
- Bolt_assembly
- Tests
- Double_bolt
- Tests
- Single_bolt
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_BRITTLE
- *PROP_DAMAGE_BRITTLE
- Criterion test
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_CL
- *PROP_DAMAGE_CL
- Brittle criterion test
- Tests
- Ductile criterion test
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_CL_0_45_90
- *PROP_DAMAGE_CL_0_45_90
- Criterion test (global coordinate system)
- Tests
- Criterion test (local coordinate system)
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_CL_ANISOTROPIC
- *PROP_DAMAGE_CL_ANISOTROPIC
- Criterion test (global coordinate system)
- Tests
- Criterion test (local coordinate system)
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_CL_REGULARIZE
- *PROP_DAMAGE_CL_REGULARIZE
- Regularize feature
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_HC
- *PROP_DAMAGE_HC
- Brittle criterion test
- Tests
- Ductile criterion test (triaxiality, Lode parameter and thermal dependency)
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_IMP
- *PROP_DAMAGE_IMP
- Criterion test
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_IMP_ISO
- *PROP_DAMAGE_IMP_ISO
- Criterion test
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_JC
- *PROP_DAMAGE_JC
- Criterion test (minimum failure strain)
- Tests
- Criterion test (triaxiality, strain rate and thermal dependency)
- Tests
*PROP_DAMAGE_STRAIN
- *PROP_DAMAGE_STRAIN
- Criterion test
- Tests
*PROP_SPOT_WELD
- *PROP_SPOT_WELD
- PROP_SPOT_WELD
- Tests
*PROP_THERMAL
- *PROP_THERMAL
- Tests
*REDISTRIBUTE_MESH_CARTESIAN
- *REDISTRIBUTE_MESH_CARTESIAN
- Polynomial and exponential mesh redistribution
- Tests
*REFINE
- *REFINE
- Tests
*REMAP
- *REMAP
- Elastic rod
- Tests
*RIGID_BODY_ADD_NODES
- *RIGID_BODY_ADD_NODES
- Rigid box guiding beam
- Tests
*RIGID_BODY_DAMPING
- *RIGID_BODY_DAMPING
- Tests
*RIGID_BODY_INERTIA
- *RIGID_BODY_INERTIA
- Rolling cylinders
- Tests
*RIGID_BODY_JOINT
- *RIGID_BODY_JOINT
- Test_1
- Tests
- Test_2
- Tests
- Test_3
- Tests
*RIGID_BODY_MERGE
- *RIGID_BODY_MERGE
- Tests
*RIGID_BODY_UPDATE
- *RIGID_BODY_UPDATE
- Curvlinear update
- Tests
- Linear update
- Tests
*SCRIPT_PYTHON
- *SCRIPT_PYTHON
- Control time and output
- Tests
*SCRIPT_PYTHON_CODE
- *SCRIPT_PYTHON_CODE
- Function
- Tests
*SET_ELEMENT
- *SET_ELEMENT
- Multi-functionality test
- Tests
*SET_FACE
- *SET_FACE
- Multi-functionality test
- Tests
*SET_GEOMETRY
- *SET_GEOMETRY
- Multi-functionality test
- Tests
- Pressure with geometry set
- Tests
*SET_NODE
- *SET_NODE
- Multi-functionality test
- Tests
*SMOOTH_MESH
- *SMOOTH_MESH
- Rigid plate
- Tests
- csysid
- Tests
*SMS
- *SMS
- Tests
*SMS_CLUSTER
- *SMS_CLUSTER
- Tests
*SUBDIVIDE_PART_THICKNESS
- *SUBDIVIDE_PART_THICKNESS
- Absolute face sheet thickness
- Tests
*TIME
- *TIME
- Maximum allowed mass scaling factor
- Tests
- Maximum and minimum time step size
- Tests
- Termination time and time step size
- Tests
*TRANSFORM_MESH_CARTESIAN
- *TRANSFORM_MESH_CARTESIAN
- Rigid_elements
- Tests
*TRANSFORM_MESH_CYLINDRICAL
- *TRANSFORM_MESH_CYLINDRICAL
- Rigid_elements
- Tests
*UNIT_SYSTEM
- *UNIT_SYSTEM
- Conversion between unit systems
- Tests
- Mass, time, length of all unit systems
- Tests
*VELOCITY_CAP
- *VELOCITY_CAP
- AIR and HE
- Tests
- CFD
- Tests
- Nodes
- Tests
- SOIL and SPH
- Tests
*WELD
- *WELD
- Step 1, Generate weld
- Tests
- Step 2, Verify weld
- Tests

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