| ALGORITHM = ClosestPoint | The only available option is ClosestPoint. Values are mapped to the nearest node, integration point, or element center. |
| SORT = BUCKET | Using bucket sort is strongly recommended, as it substantially speeds-up the search algorithm. |
| REPEAT = YES | Enable this option to ensure that all elements and integration points receive mapped data. When there is a significant difference in element sizes between the source and target meshes, the default bucket refinement may be insufficient to cover all points, sometimes by design. In such cases, this flag must be set to guarantee complete data coverage. |
If the target mesh does not contain any information regarding the integration rules being used, such as element formulation and through-thickness integration points, you must define them. The input is as follows:
| NPLANE = INT |
1 - Reduced integrated thick shell elements. 4 - Fully integrated thick shell elements. |
| NTHICK = INT | Number of through thickness integration points. |
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IntegrationRule = GAUSS LOBATTO AUTOFORM MOLDFLOW | Options for different predefined through-thickness integration rules. |
In theory, stress and strain mapping options are also available with the THESEUS-SHELL mapping option. You must activate MapStress to activate *INITIAL_STRESS_SHELL output. If stress or strain mapping are active, existing stresses and strains on the target side are overwritten.
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MapStress = YES NO |
Activates stress mapping. |
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MapStrain = YES NO |
Activates strain mapping. |
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MapTemperature = YES NO |
Activates temperature mapping. Instead of using the JMAK parameters to calculate a hardening degree, temperature curves from THESEUS-HDF files are mapped directly onto the target mesh. If ResultFileFormat is LS-DYNA, an ASCII result file generates with *BOUNDARY_THERMAL_NODE and *DEFINE_CURVE cards included. If *.lsda is used as ResultFileFormat, a binary file containing tprint - information used with *INCLUDE_THERMAL_BINOUT is created. |
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HISV_HANDLING = YES NO CLEAR |
Enables you to move and modify history variables in a user-defined way. Regarding the meaning of histories, refer to [20] and [4]. If CLEAR, all history variables are removed before generating the result file. If YES, define as many history variables to modify. See Equation Parser. |
| MAX_NUM_HISV = INT |
Define a new maximum number of history variables. This is an easy way to remove unwanted histories that are useless for the new model, but also extends the histories being output. If a history variable is moved to a position which is higher than the actual number of history variables in the input deck, the number of histories are extended automatically. |
| OUTPUT_OPTION = INITIAL STRESS ONLY |
Only *INITIAL_OPTION cards are written to the mapping result file. Nodes and elements are skipped. |