Step data
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Step data |
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The keywords *STEP and *END STEP define the beginning and end of a simulation stage/step, with the data defined between these keywords belonging to a specific step. Usually this data is related to loads, boundary conditions, etc allowing to change conditions during the simulation for different simulation stages / steps. Note that: 1Some *CONTROLS keywords are compulsory between each pairs of *STEP and *END STEP data. 2Some data that can only be specified once in the input file and do not belong to a given simulation stage (e.g. mesh data, initial conditions, gravity, etc) and therefore such data should be defined prior to the first *STEP keyword in the input file. 3If data is specified in a step and is not updated in the following step then it will still be active.
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 | END STEP Indicates end of simulation step/stage |
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Keyword *END STEP indicates the end of a simulation step / stage. Keyword *STEP should be defined previous to *END STEP and data defined in between will be relative to the current simulation step / stage.
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| STEP Indicates beginning of simulation step/stage |
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Keyword *STEP indicates the beginning of a simulation step / stage. Keyword *END STEP should be also defined to indicate the end of the simulation step /stage and data defined in between them will be relative to the current simulation step / stage.
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