MSC.Patran MSC.Nastran Preference Guide. Structural Analysis

Table of contents :
Overview……Page 7
1.1 Purpose……Page 8
1.2 MSC.Nastran Product Information……Page 9
Building A Model……Page 11
2.1 Introduction to Building a Model……Page 12
2.2 Currently Supported MSC.Nastran Input Options……Page 14
2.3 Adaptive (p-Element) Analysis with the MSC.PatranMSC.Nastran Preference……Page 17
2.4 Coordinate Frames……Page 21
2.5 Finite Elements……Page 22
Nodes……Page 23
Elements……Page 24
Multi-point Constraints……Page 25
Degrees of Freedom……Page 28
Superelements……Page 40
Select Boundary Nodes……Page 41
2.6 Material Library……Page 42
Materials Form……Page 43
Isotropic……Page 48
2D Orthotropic……Page 60
3D Orthotropic……Page 64
2D Anisotropic……Page 65
3D Anisotropic……Page 66
Composite……Page 67
Laminated……Page 68
2.7 Element Properties……Page 69
Element Properties Form……Page 70
Coupled Point Mass (CONM1)……Page 73
Grounded Scalar Mass (CMASS1)……Page 75
Lumped Point Mass (CONM2)……Page 76
Grounded Scalar Spring (CELAS1)……Page 78
Grounded Scalar Damper (CDAMP1)……Page 79
Bush……Page 80
General Section Beam (CBAR)……Page 83
P-Formulation General Beam (CBEAM)……Page 86
Curved General Section Beam (CBEND)……Page 90
Curved Pipe Section Beam (CBEND)……Page 92
Lumped Area Beam (CBEAM/PBCOMP)……Page 94
Tapered Beam (CBEAM)……Page 96
General Section (CBEAM)……Page 99
General Section Rod (CROD)……Page 104
General Section Rod (CONROD)……Page 105
Pipe Section Rod (CTUBE)……Page 106
Scalar Spring (CELAS1)……Page 107
Scalar Damper (CDAMP1)……Page 108
Viscous Damper (CVISC)……Page 109
Gap (CGAP)……Page 110
Scalar Mass (CMASS1)……Page 112
PLOTEL……Page 113
Scalar Bush……Page 114
Standard Homogeneous Plate (CQUAD4)……Page 117
Revised Homogeneous Plate (CQUADR)……Page 119
P-Formulation Homogeneous Plate (CQUAD4)……Page 120
Standard Laminate Plate (CQUAD4/PCOMP)……Page 122
Revised Laminate Plate (CQUADR/PCOMP)……Page 123
Standard Equivalent Section Plate (CQUAD4)……Page 124
Revised Equivalent Section Plate (CQUADR)……Page 126
P-Formulation Equivalent Section Plate (CQUAD4)……Page 128
Standard Bending Panel (CQUAD4)……Page 131
Revised Bending Panel (CQUADR)……Page 133
P-Formulation Bending Panel (CQUAD4)……Page 134
Axisymmetric Solid (CTRIAX6)……Page 136
Standard Plane Strain Solid (CQUAD4)……Page 137
Revised Plane Strain Solid (CQUADR)……Page 138
P-Formulation Plane Strain Solid (CQUAD4)……Page 139
Standard Membrane (CQUAD4)……Page 141
Revised Membrane (CQUADR)……Page 142
P-Formulation Membrane (CQUAD4)……Page 143
Shear Panel (CSHEAR)……Page 145
Solid (CHEXA)……Page 146
P-Formulation Solid (CHEXA)……Page 147
Hyperelastic Plane Strain Solid (CQUAD4)……Page 149
Hyperelastic Axisym Solid (CTRIAX6)……Page 150
Hyperelastic Solid (CHEXA)……Page 151
Cross Section Definition……Page 152
Cross Section Orientation……Page 156
Cross Section End Offsets……Page 157
Stiffened Cylinder Example……Page 158
2.9 Loads and Boundary Conditions……Page 159
Loads & Boundary Conditions Form……Page 160
Object Tables……Page 164
2.10 Load Cases……Page 173
2.11 Defining Contact Regions……Page 174
Contact……Page 175
Running an Analysis……Page 177
3.1 Review of the Analysis Form……Page 178
Analysis Form……Page 179
Overview of Analysis Job Definition and Submittal……Page 181
3.2 Translation Parameters……Page 182
Translation Parameters……Page 183
Numbering Options……Page 184
Select File……Page 185
3.3 Solution Types……Page 186
3.4 Direct Text Input……Page 188
Linear Static……Page 189
Nonlinear Static……Page 192
Normal Modes……Page 194
Buckling……Page 200
Complex Eigenvalue……Page 204
Frequency Response……Page 209
Transient Response……Page 212
Nonlinear Transient……Page 215
3.6 Subcases……Page 217
Deleting Subcases……Page 218
Editing Subcases……Page 219
3.7 Subcase Parameters……Page 220
Linear Static Subcase Parameters……Page 221
Nonlinear Static Subcase Parameters……Page 222
Arc-Length Method Parameters……Page 224
Subcases Nonlinear Transient Subcase Parameters……Page 225
Normal Modes Subcase Parameters……Page 227
Transient Response Subcase Parameters……Page 229
Frequency Response Subcase Parameters……Page 232
3.8 Output Requests……Page 237
Basic Output Requests……Page 238
Advanced Output Requests……Page 239
Edit Output Requests Form……Page 248
Default Output Request Information……Page 250
Subcases Direct Text Input……Page 253
3.9 Select Superelements……Page 254
3.10 Select Explicit MPCs………Page 255
3.11 Subcase Select……Page 256
3.12 Restart Parameters……Page 257
3.13 Optimize……Page 260
Optimization Parameters……Page 261
Subcases……Page 262
Subcase Parameters……Page 263
Subcase Select Optimize……Page 264
3.14 Interactive Analysis……Page 265
Analysis Form……Page 267
Select Modal Results .DBALL……Page 268
Loading Form……Page 269
Create a Field Form……Page 271
Output Selection Form……Page 272
Define Frequencies Form……Page 273
Read Results……Page 275
4.1 Overview of Reading Results……Page 276
4.2 Read Output2……Page 277
4.3 Attach XDB……Page 280
4.4 Supported OUTPUT2 Result and Model Quantities……Page 283
4.5 Supported MSC.Access Result Quantities……Page 291
Read Input File……Page 317
5.1 Review of Read Input File Form……Page 318
Read Input File Form……Page 319
Entity Selection Form……Page 320
Define Offsets Form……Page 322
Selection of Input File……Page 323
Summary Data Form……Page 324
Reject Card Form……Page 325
5.2 Data Translated from the NASTRAN Input File……Page 326
Coordinate Systems……Page 327
Grids and SPOINTs……Page 328
Elements and Element Properties……Page 329
Materials……Page 333
MPCs……Page 334
Load Sets……Page 335
TABLES……Page 337
Conflict Resolution for Entities Identified by Names……Page 338
Delete……Page 339
6.1 Review of Delete Form……Page 340
6.2 Deleting an MSC.Nastran Job……Page 341
Files……Page 343
7.1 Files……Page 344
Errors/Warnings……Page 347
8.1 Errors/Warnings……Page 348
Preference Configuration and Implementation……Page 349
A.1 Software Components in MSC.Patran MSC.Nastran……Page 350
A.2 MSC.Patran MSC.Nastran Preference Components……Page 351
A.3 Configuring the MSC.Patran MSC.Nastran Execute File……Page 354
E……Page 355
L……Page 356
S……Page 357
X……Page 358