# This input deck is used to create the Craig-Bampton Reduction (CBR) # superelement from a single block. This superelement will later # be plugged into a different mesh SOLUTION case cbr cbr # The number of modes used controls the fidelity/accuracy of the # the resultant superelement. The superelement will only be # able to capture responses up to the frequency of the modal basis. nmodes=4 # This title will be embedded in the created superelement file and # can later be queried title 'CBR example for "Sierra/SD Example" document' END # This section defines the parameters for creating the superelement cbmodel # This is the interface of the super element. This is where the superelement # can be attached to the other models, and also where output such as displacement # can be extracted. nodeset=nodelist_3 # Superelement will be written in 'Matlab' format to 'cbr.m'. # 'cbr.m' can be read directly int Matlab to populate various # matrices for use in investigating and processing the # element. format=mfile file=cbr.m # This tells SD to compute the eigenvalues of the completed # reduced superelement. These can be used as a check that # superelement was formed as expected and is indeed # representing the frequency range of interest globalsolution end history # For superelement solution case 'history' defines the Output Transfer # Matrix (OTM). The OTM outputs supplementary information output # the superelement that defines output to reconstruct displacements, # strains, or stresses at various internal points. nodeset 1:2 disp end FILE # Mesh of the geometry to turn into a super element geometry_file 'cbr.exo' END BOUNDARY # No boundary conditions, free/free system END OUTPUTS # For this case the 'displacements' output are the Eigen mode shapes disp END ECHO END BLOCK 1 material 2 END MATERIAL 2 E 30e6 # Youngs modulus nu .3 # Poisson ratio density 0.288 END