D3PLOT 22.1

Defining Output Parameters in Ansys LS-DYNA

Defining output parameters in Ansys LS-DYNA

The following Ansys LS-DYNA control cards control output of this file:

*DATABASE_BINARY_INTFOR Allows you to set an output frequency for this file different to that used for the .PTF file, which is the default. (Note that you must request this file when submitting the job in order for it to be written.)

It is strongly recommended that you DO NOT use an output frequency for this file that is different to that used for the .PTF file. If you do D3PLOT can have problems trying to synchronise contact surface data with other results.

This file contains the topology and results for all segmented contact surfaces in the model. You have no control over its internal structure.

Generic contents of the .CTF file


Control information:
Number of nodes
Number of interface surface and segments
Geometry and topology:
Undeformed nodal coordinates
Interface segment topology
Arbitrary numbering tables
Complete state data: (repeated n times)
Time
Global data: Energies and velocities
Current nodal coordinates
Nodal velocities
Interface segment stresses
Nodal contact forces