ADINA Interface

Solver	ADINA
Type of mesh	unstructured mesh
Dimension	2D and 3D

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The ICEM-CFD/ADINA translator creates a formatted input file necessary to run the ADINA solver.

Creating the ADINA Input Files

The translator writes the ADINA input files using an unstructured domain file and its corresponding boundary conditions file. To create the ADINA input file, select the translator "ADINA" in the "Output" menu . After clicking "ADINA input" you can specify options for the interface:

• select an existing unstructured domain file.
• select the existing boundary condition file.
• specify the names for the ADINA input file.
• specify the scale factor (default is 1.0).

The interface generates the ADINA file in the project directory. The ADINA formatted input file contains the following information:

Nodes information: - nodes ID number
- nodes coordinates (x,y and z)

Elements information: - element ID number
- all nodes number belonging to this element

Two groups of elements are required to define a contact-surface (or solid). These are :
-Target surface (or solid): - shell or volume  ID number
- all nodes number of the shell or volume element
- Contacted surface (or solid): - shell or volume  ID number
- all nodes number of the shell or volume element

The Target and the Contacted surface are defined as a family in ICEM.

Defining boundary conditions

To specify boundary conditions for ADINA, click on the icon "BC" under the "Output" menu. Please refer to the GENERAL REMARKS section for more details.

Contact Group:

To define a contact group, select a subface or a domain for a 3D model, in order to tag the TARGETTED surface (or volume) and the CONTACTED surface (or volume). Repeat the above procedure for all subfaces or domains for which you need to define a Contact boundary condition .

Limitations

This fonction does not support structured grid. The boundary condition is limited to surface or solid contact.

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