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LS-DYNA Introductory Course

Duration: 2 Days

This course is a foundation course for all users of LS-DYNA; some prior knowledge of finite elements may be beneficial. Mesh generation is not covered in this course. Lasting two days, topics covered are as detailed below; in addition, a series of workshop examples are used to reinforce the content of the lectures:

  • Background
  • Data Preparation
    • Getting Started
    • Key Principles of LS-DYNA
    • Preparing a model for LS-DYNA
  • Theory & Practice
    • Time integration
    • Element formulation
    • Hourglassing
    • Materials
    • Contact surfaces
    • Rigids
    • Boundary Conditions
    • Connections
    • Control & Output
  • Analysis
    • Checking
    • Running
    • Post-processing

     

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