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Timestepsize
WavePropagationin3DContinuumWavepropagationvelocityin3Dcontinuum:

comparisontorod:

Criticaltimestep:

comparisonofcriticaltimesteps

materials(=0.5):>0

WavePropagationinPlaneMedia
Wavepropagationvelocityin2Dcontinuum:

(twodimensionalstressstate)

comparisontorod:

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Solidelements:c3Dcontinuum
Shellelements:c2Dcontinuum
Beams&trusses:crod

Remarks:

Thewavepropagationvelocityoftherodcrodhasthesmallestvalueincomparisontothe2Dand3Dcontinuum.
Thewavepropagationvelocityformembranedeformationsdeterminesthecriticaltimestepforshellandbeamelements.

TimeStepControlforBeamandTrussElements
FortheHughesLiubeamandtrusselements,thetimestepsizeisgivenby:

whereListhelengthoftheelementandcisthesoundspeed:

FortheBelytschkobeamthetimestepsizegivenbythelongitudinalsoundspeedisused,unlessthebendingrelatedtimestepsizegivenby
[BelytschkoandTsay1982]governs

issmaller,whereIandAarethemaximumvalueofthemomentofinertiaandareaofthecrosssection,respectively.

CharacteristiclengthlcforTimeStep

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warpedelements:

severalalternativescanbeselectedvia*CONTROL_TIMESTEPvariableISDO(ControlCard9,Columns2130),e.g.:

where=0forquadrilateraland=1fortriangularshellelements.

TimeStepControlforSolidShellElements
Acriticaltimestepsize,teiscomputedforsolidshellelementsfrom

whereVeistheelementvolume,Aemaxisttheareaofthelargestside,andcistheplanestresssoundspeed

CriticalTimeStepforSpringElements
Problem:Thereisnowavepropagationvelocityctocalculatecriticaltimestepsize.

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Motivation:Considerfreevibrationofspringwithnodalmassm1andm2

Recallcriticaltimestepofrod:

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