LUSAS 13.

5 Error Fix and Modification Release Note

This document details changes that have been made since the first release of LUSAS 13.5 The Kit No. can be found printed on the installation !. "urther details of errors that have been fi#ed can be found in the Kno$ledge %ase on the LUSAS &eb site $$$.lusas.com $here '() is the reference number in the Kno$ledge %ase. The changes appl* to all LUSAS application products unless other$ise stated.

Kit No. 146 - Released LUSAS Modeller 13.5-'

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(#) fixes +ultiselect missing on included loadcases in envelope definition dialog ',31-) "atal database error in .N"L/0 $hen attempting to set large envelope active ',31,) L0. function get1raph!ataset%*Number re2uires larger arra* to be passed in than number of points in graph ',,35) LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-' (#) fixes 4TS5 6 constraint e2uations ta7es a ver* long time to solve ',-33) F+LUSAS 13.5-6 ,A-LUS 13.5-% LUS,A- 13.5-% Ex.ose 13.5-% A#toLoader 3.5-4 Kit No. 145 - Released 3rd /ece01er %&&3 LUSAS Modeller 13.5-6 (#) fixes 8isualisation of crac7s directions in composite la*ers are incorrect $hen using shell elements ',9:3) annot envelope over a large number of loadcases ',313) Spectral combination Absolute Sum incorrectl* computed ',,51) %!3:;55 6 %!3:;91 gamma"3 parameter not saved ',593) Nonlinear resultant user model tabulation incorrect ',5,3) Nonlinear resultant user materials not displa*ed in feature properties ',5<<)

F+LUSAS 13.5-6 En!ance0ents Alternative optional output format added to accommodate large models ',3,9) LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-6 ,A-LUS 13.5-% LUS,A- 13.5-% Ex.ose 13.5-% A#toLoader 3.5-4 Kit No. 14% - Released 6t! No*e01er %&&3 (#) fixes =rror relocating scratch files using the LUSAS Modeller 13.5-5 En!ance0ents =rror re2uired if Autloader used for -! beam elements '-5<3) (#) fixes 8ariations not evaluated for materials $hen using interface >oints ',9<1) S*stem error in U0"?/N $hen using .rregular meshing ',935) .f *ou use the option @%oth@ in the menu item @Loaded influence area@ in the @Set influence surfaces@ section of the 8ehicle Load /ptimisations form then the loading patterns produce vehicle and patch loads but the t$o t*pes of load are not put together in the same loadcase. ',19<) Autoloader AABAlternative is incorrect in 8ehicle Load /ptimisation "orms ',195) Unable to set element siCe multiplier D 3 in irregular surface mesh dialog ',133) Units conversion not carried out for top and bottom cover in slab designer ',1,:) +essage E.nvalid alternative loading curve enteredE $hen using 8ehicle Load /ptimisation "orms ',1,5) =rror in report $iCard $hen combined line in model ',--5) =#pressions cannot be used in grid for mesh spacing. .f *ou put 9.5(- *ou get 9.5 and +odeller returns an error ',-:5) ?eport &iCard fails on models $ith null line mesh attributes defined $ith user defined spacing ',-35) Autobac7up does not update $hen *ou amend the file name or file t*pe. ',391) onfiguration Utilit*. ',--:)

Scan/ut.vbs is slo$ for large nonFlinear runs output files e.g. 599999 ',3,:) 0restress $iCard leaves $ord open ',3<,) =rror defining carriage$a* definition $ith TA%ULA? input $hen using 8ehicle Load /ptimisation "orms ',3<5) %eam forces and moments incorrectl* transformed out of element a#es if results local coordinate set active ',,-<) A solid plot of geometr* coloured b* attributes $ill be incorrect if some volumes are invisible. The remaining part of the model does not sho$ through the @cut a$a*@ part. ',,-5) ?esultant user nonlinear material model dialog errors $ith message E urve 1 has an invalid moment in ro$ 1E ',,51) Autoloader complains that 7erbs are not parallel $hen the* are.',,<9) ?eport $iCard errors $ith EThe graphics filter $as unable to convert this file. '$indo$s temp path) at line 3<-5E ',,<1)

LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-6 En!ance0ents Log memor* e#pansion messages to log file '<:5) (#) fixes .01"A cannot be used $ith compression '3<53) onfusing results can be obtained $hen 3! beam elements are activated after the* have been displaced $hen inactive during a previous stage in the anal*sis. ',1,3) oncrete crac7ing;crushing model cannot be used $ith thic7 shells ',-5:) A#toLoader 3.5-4 En!ance0ent - 2n.#t ,ara0eter File .nfluence surface parameter F A ne$ parameter E.N"BS?"B0A?A+=T=?B".L=SE has been created to allo$ different parameter settings for different .nfluence surfaces $ithin the same run. +i#ed Loads 0arameter F A ne$ parameter E+.G=!BL/A!SE has been created for use $ith AASAT/ to either allo$ or suppress the mi#ing of U!L loaded lanes and Alternative 8ehicle loaded lanes on the same carriage$a*. Specification of /rigin 0arameter Amendment F The /rigin parameter can no$ ta7e either - or 3 values rather than 3. /riginall* it re2uired an GH I and J valueH it is no$ onl* necessar* to specif* the G and I values. Scope of 8ehicle !irection 0arameter Amendment F The 8ehicle direction parameter 'E8=A!.?E or E8=A. L=B!.?E) is no$ also associated $ith Additional and Alternative vehicles.

En!ance0ent - +e!icle File .ara0eters and 0et!ods A ne$ parameter ESI++=T?. ALE has been added to allo$ for vehicles having the same effect $hether run bac7$ards or for$ards. This parameter suppresses the second run $hich reduces the run time for s*mmetrical vehicles $hen the E%othE directions option is selected. A ne$ parameter EUN.TSB.N0UTE has been added for vehicles that don@t have S. native unitsH the* ma* no$ be specified $ith their native units. A limited number of mathematical operators are available for use in the 8ehicle files e.g. add 'K)H subtract 'F)H division ';) and multiplication '(). The method of reading in and processing vehicles has been improved. =ach vehicle is read in onl* once for each anal*sisH this $ill reduce "ile .nput ; /utput and improve run times to offset against the increased run times produced b* other ne$ features. En!ance0ent - A#toloader Load Anal$sis .nfluence Line Smoothing F +ethods have been developed to provide smoothing for .nfluence lines that are not on or closel* ad>acent to grid lines. &ith The original methods it $as possible for loadable areas to be fragmented. This has been overcome b* the smoothing at lo$ levels of influenceH ho$ever the smoothing is progressivel* lo$er at high levels of influence so that the ma#imum height of the pea7 is retained. The results should be less fragmented due to the reduced number of loadings outputH and also more accurate. Small enhancements have been made to onsole outputH and more significantl*H the level of detail has been increased in the summar* file output. =rrors are no$ also reported to the Summar* file as $ell as the onsole. .f the /utput units are other than the default S. unitsH then this is reported. Lane T*pes are sho$n on the Lane summar* table. 8ariable Space or 8ariable Step 8ehicles have no$ their state number output as $ell as the 8ehicle name Amendments have been made to stop small superfluous loadable areas being generated at the end of the dec7. Amendments have been made to reduce the incidence of single U!L patches being split into a number of contiguous smaller patches. The Tolerance level has been reduced to provide more precision at lo$ levels of .nfluence. "or AASAT/H Autoloader no$ places a single lane if the carriage$a* $idth is less than -9 ft but not less than 1- feet. "or AASAT/H The number of lanes loaded does not have to be the ma#imum possible as dictated b* the $idth of the carriage$a*. 0reviousl* load combinations $ere generated b* adding the loads in order of load intensit*. No$ all load combinations are chec7ed no matter ho$ li7el* or unli7el* the* are to generate most onerous results. (#) fixes 0ossible errors in the number of states of a 8ariable Space vehicle '3<15) The problem $ith use of E%othE for the .nfluence 0arameter ',19<) Lane loads and truc7 loads cannot be used together in Autoloader. ',115)

Autoloader generates $rong loads $hen using millimetres ',-3:) &hen AASAT/ truc7 and lane loading are both invo7ed Autoloader doesn@t al$a*s correctl* identif* $hich of the t$o is critical. ',,95) Autoloader .nput file path lengths limit for E.nputE parameter ',,<5)

,A-LUS 13.5-% LUS,A- 13.5-% F+LUSAS 13.5-% Ex.ose 13.5-% U.dated Exa0.les Lin7s to inde# from online omposite =#amples corrected ',-,1) Civil and Bridge Examples Issue 5 %ridge Slab Load /ptimisation F Load positions and results figures updated. Kit No. 13 - Released 16t! "#l$ %&&3 (#) fixes LUSAS Modeller 13.5-4 (#) fixes ?epeated errors occur $hen the font angle is not given in the label displa* properties ',955) Ne$ graphs are placed behind other $indo$s;dialogs $hen created from L0. dialogs ',13-) +esh dra$ing la*er added incorrectl* ',133) Animation doesn@t update active deformed mesh ',-15) The Esho$ results@ group flag is not saved in model file ',-1<) S$itching on @active onl*@ mesh changes mesh colour ',-1:) 8ehicle load %S K=L assessment al$a*s generates errors $ith respect to the loaded length ',-13) "riction and $obble losses incorrectl* reported from prestress $iCard 'calculation is correct) ',--,) L0. function @e#istsAttribute%*Name@ returns an error if the attribute name does not e#ist ',-33) Unable to use comma as local decimal character $hen defining variations or $hen defining geometr* b* coordinates ',-53) rashes can occur $hen deleting a group in a model $ith man* shared groups ',-5<) Loading tabulation terminates abruptl* $ith errors ',-53) =rror in transformation of results using spherical coordinate s*stems ',-<,) +inimum length of load arro$ ignored $hen results loadcase active ',-<<)

Unnecessar* alert $hen changing from values;vectors of stress at gauss points to values;vectors of displacements ',-<:)

LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-5 (#) fixes Spring supports on slidelines do not function correctl* '-31) annot mi# pore pressure and standard elements '-,-<) "riction slidelines give incorrect force output ',9-5) S*stem error '"+".8- 0?/ =SS/?) reported during element assembl* of enhanced strain elements $hen using 1NL ',93-) Tied slideline definitions are lost if step reduction occurs in the first increment;time step ',-91) Acceleration loading applied via %" loading is applied incorrectl* $hen assigned to >oint elements $ithout mass properties ',-,<) ,A-LUS 13.5-% LUS,A- 13.5-% F+LUSAS 13.5-% Ex.ose 13.5-% A#toLoader 3.3-5 U.dated Exa0.les Analyst and Composite Examples Issue 2 ontact Anal*sis of a Lug F Update of slideline results ',9-5) Civil and Bridge Examples Issue 4 Linear Anal*sis of a 0ost Tensioned %ridge F 0restress force graphs and results for combination corrected. ',--,) Kit No. 135 - Released %'t! Ma$ %&&3 (#) fixes LUSAS Modeller 13.5-3 (#) fixes ?eport $iCard errors $hen using combinations that are mi#ed $ith a list of loadcases. ',1,,) Iield flags are not displa*ed $hen using +ohr oulomb model ',1,<) 1rillage $iCard produces invalid orthogonal grillage $ith overlapping linesH points and elements $hen specified angle causes s7e$ed corners to have overlapping # coordinate.',159) Appl*ing a prescribed pore pressure is ignored during tabulation ',15-)) urved carriage$a*s in 8L/ interface are not chec7ed for parallel lines ',1<,)

8ehicle Load /ptimisation gives an error message $hen straight lines are parallel but rotated. ',1<5) Section propert* calculator can generate erroneous error message F Eodd number of intersects found for surface # at horiContal line *E ',1<3) &hen prescribing pore pressures to a line of a surface meshed $ith 4AG50 elements the erroneous message ELoading t*pe tpdsp component 19 invalid for some;all nodesE is issuedH ',1:9) ?eport $iCard generates erroneous errors @icol@ out of range at line 5,99 for larger models.',1:3) +odif*ing values or vectors of displacement 'e.g. transforming the local directions) changes the deformed mesh plot. Similarl* adding a deformed mesh plot modifies values and vectors of displacement. ',15<) Norton Antivirus -99- soft$are complains $hen using some parts of the +odeller user interface. ',13-) 0restress $iCard generates forces at incorrect location for curved beams ',133)

LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-3 (#) fixes %TS3 =ccentricit* results output on nodal line instead of beam a#is ',11,) onfusing results can be obtained $hen 3! beam elements are activated after the* have been displaced $hen inactive during a previous stage in the anal*sis. This occurs because the position of the dumm* node that defines the local beam a#es does not move $ith the element $hen it is inactive. Under these conditions the element local beam a#es are not as intended $hen the element is subse2uentl* activated leading to une#pected behaviour.',1,3) onsolidation $ith nonlinear control does not give the same 'correct) results as consolidation $ith linear control and changes in porosit* do not affect results for consolidation $ith NL control ',15<) ,A-LUS 13.5-% LUS,A- 13.5-% F+LUSAS 13.5-% Ex.ose 13.5-% A#toLoader 3.3-5 U.dated Exa0.les Civil and Bridge Examples Issue 3 -! onsolidation under a Strip "ooting F =#ample updated and corrected '33<5) Kit No. 133 - Released 3t! Ma$ %&&3 En!ance0ents

.mproved displa* speed of active mesh visualisation .mproved performance $hen reading Autoloader command files bac7 into +odeller. Abilit* to generate reports using report $iCard for models in $hich variations have been defined.

(#) fixes +essage re invalid product.! or evaluation version in operation after initial installation '3359) s73-$.dll missing $hen running donglech7.e#e ',95:) LUSAS Modeller 13.5-% (#) fixes .f *ou use the option @%oth@ in the menu item @Loaded influence area@ in the @Set influence surfaces@ section of the 8ehicle Load /ptimisations form then the loading patterns produce vehicle and patch loads but the t$o t*pes of load are not put together in the same loadcase. ',99<) +odeller crashes $hen tr*ing to add a curve to a graph ',935) &hen Coomed in to a large modelH the clic7 'not rectangle) selection sometimes appears to have too large a tolerance F and selects items some distance from the mouse ',193) &hen a carriage$a* is specified in the I global direction a $arning message is given that carriage$a*s have to be parallel. This is incorrect and the carriage$a*s are tabulated correctl*. ',1-5) .f selected items are removed from a groupH and this causes an empt* shared groupH the empt* shared group $ill be deleted automaticall*. .f the shared group $as also the current group the program is put in to an unstable state and $ill crash at some point in the future. ',1-3) Under some circumstances the L0. function get urrent8ie$?esultsTransform!ata returns incorrect #*angle F truncating to an integer or corrupting completel* ',13:) The material properties for Titanium in the material librar* are incorrect. ',1,9) The ScrollFbar in ?eport &iCard fails for D1- loadcases ',1,5) &hen running Solver from $ithin +odeller the Norton anti virus -9-soft$are complains ',15:) &hen activating basic combination $hich includes an envelope an erroneous error message is issued if the basic combination is activated $ith no active component selected. ',155) +odeller sometimes crashes $hen closing model if items selected in treevie$ ',153) L0. function group.add erroneousl* pops up confirmation dialog ',1<9)

LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-% (#) fixes Solver runs slo$er in 13.5F1 than 13.,F< ',19,) .nitial stresses are ignored if specified for an element assigned $ith the +ohr oulomb material 'model <5). ',1-5) ,A-LUS 13.5-% LUS,A- 13.5-% F+LUSAS 13.5-% Ex.ose 13.5-% A#toLoader 3.3-5 U.dated Exa0.les Civil and Bridge Examples Issue 2 %?/3, Slab Anal*sis F ?esults corrected ',1<-) Kit No. 13% - Released 14t! Marc! %&&3 En!ance0ents /ption to delete curves from graphs 4 4 (#) fixes onfiguration tool reports negative memor* if the page file is ver* large '33<5) =ncr*pted 8%Scripts '(.vbe) fail on Korean /perating S*stems. ',9<5) LUSAS Modeller 13.5-1 (#) fixes Autoloader AASAT/ implementation is incorrect '3331) &hen vie$ing picture files in e#pose the left hand side of the annotated $indo$ border is missing. '35,5) 0atch loading dataset numbering ma* not be in se2uence '3<:<) Tabulation and solve of influence anal*sis manuall* $ill lead to solving t$ice. '3591) The transformation of global resultsH such as displacementsH using an angle in the #* plane via the Transformed button on the ontour la*er does not operate correctl*. '3335) hoosing @none@ for .+! damping has the same effect as choosing @LUSAS values@ even though the user interface remembers that @none@ $as re2uested '333<) omposite fibre directions cannot be chec7ed as the drop do$n menu does not sho$ the available la*ers in Attributes D omposite D ',991) .n time Cones $hich are not an e#act number of minutes from 1+T 'e.g.

AdelaideH Kabul)H and $hen !a*light Saving Time is in effectH +odeller mista7enl* believes that the user is re$inding the cloc7 bet$een opening;creating and saving a model. ',993) Annotation $hich overlaps the bottom or right of the picture can @$rap@ around and thus be dra$n full height or full $idth. This is particularl* noticeable $hen the contour 7e* overlaps the bottom of the picture F it appears to be replaced $ith a vertical bar of colourH usuall* red. ',995) Korean 8ehicle Loads use superscript E-E characters for error message bo#es but this is not compatible $ith Korean fonts. 1iving Scripting errors. And !% 8ehicles are defined the $rong $a*. ',9,<) The scripting function loadcaseAas?esults does not $or7 for eigenvalue anal*sesH be the* loaded on top of a model or the results file onl* loaded. ',959) .f *ou load a results file alone and e#tract the results filename using the getActive?esults"ileName function it returns the name of the most recent file loaded F or a blan7 string if none. ',951) ?eport &iCard errors if more than 39 Transformations ',9:1) Korean !& loading not $or7ing ',9:-) get=lement%*Number from 8%Script returns an undefined ob>ect but no error if element does not e#ist ',9:3) Saving model $ith non structural mass as cmd file gives invalid material $hen imported ',959) =rror in semiloof triangular element local a#es in +odeller results in incorrect stresses at nodes. ',93<)

LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-1 (#) fixes The stress recover*;output phase of big eigenvalue anal*ses re2uires a large amount of memor*. '11:1) S*stem error $hen re2uesting non s*mmetric solution of s*mmetric problem '-<<<) .f nonFstructural mass elements $ith une2ual directional masses are used in an eigenvalue anal*sisH and the local element a#es do not align $ith the global a#esH then the mass participation factors $ill be computed incorrectl*. '3553) Slideline anal*sis fails if onl* triangular elements are in use '35<3) Standard "rontal Solution significantl* slo$er 13.,F, and above ',955) ,A-LUS 13.5-1 LUS,A- 13.5-1 F+LUSAS 13.5-1 Ex.ose 13.5-1 A#toLoader 3.3-4

(#) fixes Autoloader designates loading in all lanes $here the influence line has an EadverseE portion. This is irrespective of lane load modification factors given in AASAT/ clause 3.1-.1. Autoloader should leave lanes 'even in the adverse area of the influence surface) unloaded $here this $ill produce Ema#imum stressE 'clause 3.<.,) '3331) Kit No. 131 - Released 1&t! "an#ar$ %&&3 LUSAS Modeller 13.5-& LUSAS Sol*er 13.5-& ,A-LUS 13.5-& LUS,A- 13.5-& F+LUSAS 13.5-& Ex.ose 13.5-& A#toLoader 3.3-3