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Moas, Editor Applied Research Associates, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center Prepared for Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199 under Purchase Order L-44830D December 1997 Available from the following: NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI) National Technical Information Service (NTIS) 800 Elkridge Landing Road 5285 Port Royal Road Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934 Springfield, VA 22161-2171 (301) 621-0390 (703) 487-4650 Preface The COMET-AR User’s Manual provides a reference manual for the COmputational MEchanics Testbed with Adaptive Refinement (COMET-AR), a software system developed jointly by Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory and NASA Langley Research Center under contract NAS1-18444. The COMET-AR system is an extended version of an earlier software system called COMET (also developed by Lockheed and NASA). The primary extensions are the adaptive mesh refinement capabilities and a new “object-like” database interface that makes COMET-AR easier to extend further. This User’s Manual provides a detailed description of the user interface to COMET-AR from the viewpoint of a structural analyst. For a more concise treatment of the user interface which includes walk-through examples, see the COMET-AR Tutorial. For additional details on Adaptive Refinement (AR) theory and applications, please see the NASA Contractor Report entitled Adaptive Refinement for Shell Structures. For information on how to extend COMET-AR in the direction of adding new elements, new constitutive models or new data objects, consult the developer-oriented sections of the Generic Element Processor Manual, the Generic Constitutive Processor Manual, and the High-level DataBase (HDB) Manual. (See section on “Related COMET-AR Documentation” in Chapter 1 for a list of such references.) The contents of this document were originally compiled in October 1993 by Gary Stanley of Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. Contributors include: Contributor Affiliation Phone Number Bryan HURLBUT Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory Itzhak LEVIT Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory William LODEN Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory Gary STANLEY Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory (415) 424-3218 Bo STEHLIN Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory Lyle SWENSON Knowledge Management Systems The document was edited and updated in February 1995 by Applied Research Associates, Inc. to reflect changes and additions to the system. Version October 1993 February 1995 Revised 12/1/97 COMET-AR User’s Manual i Table of Contents (Brief) Part I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Introduction Part II: PROCEDURES Chapter 2 Model Definition Procedures Chapter 3 Basic Solution Procedures Chapter 4 Adaptive Solution Procedures Chapter 5 Utility Procedures Part III: PROCESSORS Chapter 6 Pre-Processors Chapter 7 Element Processors Chapter 8 Constitutive Processors Chapter 9 Smoothing Processors Chapter 10 Error Estimation Processors Chapter 11 Mesh Refinement Processors Chapter 12 Matrix/Vector Processors Chapter 13 Special-Purpose Processors Chapter 14 Post-Processors Part IV: DATABASE Chapter 15 Database Summary Part V: SOLID MODEL INTERFACE Chapter 16 Solid Model Interface (SMI) ii COMET-AR User’s Manual Revised 12/1/97 Table of Contents (Detailed) Part I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview of COMET-AR 1.2 Purpose of This User’s Manual 1.3 Capabilities and Limitations of COMET-AR 1.4 Organization of COMET-AR 1.5 Execution of COMET-AR (The User Interface) 1.6 How to Use This User’s Manual 1.7 Related COMET-AR Documentation 1.8 Command Language Summary 1.9 Glossary of COMET-AR Terms, Notations, and Symbols 1.10 References Part II: PROCEDURES Chapter 2 Model Definition Procedures 2.1 Overview 2.2 Reference Frames and Coordinate Systems 2.3 Generic Model Definition Procedures 2.4 Node Definition Procedures 2.5 Element Definition Procedures 2.6 Material/Fabrication Definition Procedures 2.7 Orientation of Fabrication Reference Frames 2.8 Load Definition Procedures 2.9 Boundary Condition Definition Procedures 2.10 Automatic DOF Suppression and Drilling Stabilization 2.11 Sample Model Definition Procedures (Summary) 2.12 Model Definition via PATRAN and PST 2.13 Global Model to Analysis Model Translation Procedure Chapter 3 Basic Solution Procedures 3.1 Overview 3.2 Procedure L_STATIC_1 3.3 Procedure NL_STATIC_1 Chapter 4 Adaptive Solution Procedures 4.1 Overview 4.2 Procedure AR_CONTROL Chapter 5 Utility Procedures 5.1 Overview Revised 12/1/97 COMET-AR User’s Manual iii 5.2 Procedure ES 5.3 Procedure EST_ERR_1 5.4 Procedure EST_ERR_SM 5.5 Procedure FACTOR 5.6 Procedure FORCE 5.7 Procedure INITIALIZE 5.8 Procedure REF_MESH_1 5.9 Procedure SOLVE 5.10 Procedure STIFFNESS 5.11 Procedure STRESS 5.12 Procedure MASS Part III: PROCESSORS Chapter 6 Pre-Processors 6.1 Overview 6.2 Processor AUS (Nodal Force Tabulation) 6.3 Processor COP (Constraint Processor) 6.4 Processor GCP (Generic Constitutive Processor) 6.5 Processor GEP (Generic Element Processor) 6.6 Processor PST (COMET-AR_to_PATRAN) 6.7 Processor REDO (Dataset Reformatter) 6.8 Processor RENO (Node Renumbering) 6.9 Processor RSEQ (Node Renumbering) 6.10 Processor TAB (Tabulation of Nodal Coordinates) 6.11 Processor NODAL 6.12 Processor GM2AM (Geometric to Analysis Model) Chapter 7 Element Processors 7.1 Overview 7.2 Processor ES (Generic Element Processor) 7.3 Processor ES1 (SRI and ANS Shell Elements) 7.4 Processor ES5 (STAGS Shell Element) 7.5 Processor ES6 (STAGS Beam Element) 7.6 Processor ES1p (Variable-p Lagrange Quadrilateral Shell Elements) 7.7 Processor ES7p (ANS Shell Elts.; Var. Order Quads) 7.8 Processor ES36 (MIN3/6 Triangular Shell Elements) Chapter 8 Constitutive Processors 8.1 Overview 8.2 Generic Constitutive Processor Description 8.3 Fabrication Definition 8.4 Material Property Definition 8.5 Analysis Control 8.6 Update Command iv COMET-AR User’s Manual Revised 12/1/97 Chapter 9 Smoothing Processors 9.1 Overview 9.2 Processor SMT (Tessler Smoothing) 9.3 Processor SMZ (Zienkiewicz/Zhu Smoothing) Chapter 10 Error Estimation Processors 10.1 Overview 10.2 Processor ERR (Generic Error Estimator) 10.3 Processor ERR2 (Error Estimates: Stress Smoothing) 10.4 Processor ERR4 (Error Estimates: Energy Smoothing) 10.5 Processor ERR6 (Error Estimates: Strain Smoothing) 10.6 Processor ERRa (Error Accumulator) 10.7 Processor ERRSM (Error Estimates: Smoothing-Based) Chapter 11 Mesh Refinement Processors 11.1 Overview 11.2 Processor REF1 (Mesh Refinement: h /h /h/p) c s t Chapter 12 Matrix/Vector Processors 12.1 Overview 12.2 Processor ASM 12.3 Processor ASMs (Matrix Assembler) 12.4 Processor ITER (Iterative Linear Equation Solver) 12.5 Processor PVSOLV (Direct Linear Equation Solver) 12.6 Processor SKY (Direct Linear Equation Solver) 12.7 Processor SKYs (Direct Linear Equation Solver) 12.8 Processor VEC (Vector Algebra Utility) 12.9 Processor VSS (Vectorized Sparse Solver) Chapter 13 Special-Purpose Processors 13.1 Overview 13.2 AMPC (Automatic Multipoint Constraint) 13.3 Processor COMET-AR (System Macroprocessor) 13.4 Processor TRIAD (Computational Frame Realignment) Chapter 14 Post-Processors 14.1 Overview 14.2 Processor ARG (Adaptive Refinement Graphics) 14.3 Processor HDBprt (Database Print Utility) 14.4 Processor PST Revised 12/1/97 COMET-AR User’s Manual v Part IV: DATABASE Chapter 15 Database Summary 15.1 Overview 15.2 Data Objects 15.3 Database Access 15.4 Database Organization and Evolution Part V: SOLID MODEL INTERFACE Chapter 16 Solid Model Interface (SMI) 16.1 Overview 16.2 Solid Model Interface (SMI) Options 16.3 The Discrete SMI Option 16.4 The User-Written SMI Option vi COMET-AR User’s Manual Revised 12/1/97
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