Chapter 3: LS-DYNA Control Cards for Implicit Analyses

LS-DYNA keywords specify the commands for performing analyses. Solver settings are defined via control cards (keywords starting with *CONTROL). Settings that affect the content of results files are defined with database cards (keywords starting with *DATABASE).

Example *.key Files

Key card files for the examples in this chapter can be downloaded from the Ansys website as described in Example Files for Implicit Analyses.