Sierra/SM User Manual

Version 5.18

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Front Matter

Abstract
Acknowledgements
Release Notes

Main Contents

1. Introduction
2. General Commands
3. Explicit Dynamic Time Step Control
4. Implicit Solver and Time Step Control
5. Material Models
6. Elements
7. Boundary Conditions and Initial Conditions
8. Contact
9. Output
10. User Subroutines
11. Transfers

Appendices

A. Explicit Dynamics Example Problem
B. Implicit Quasistatic Example Problem
C. Consistent Units
D. Constraint Enforcement Hierarchy
E. Improving Explicit Dynamics Performance
F. Troubleshooting Guide for Implicit Convergence
G. User-Defined Model Initialization
H. Other Scripts Maintained by Development Team
I. Pre-defined User Options
J. Known Issues

Sierra/SM User Manual

2. General Commands

2. General Commands

The commands described in this section appear in the SIERRA or procedure scope or control general functionality in Sierra/SM.

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