POLYMER UNIAXIAL CALIBRATOR

Sequentially calibrates a polymer material model from uniaxial test data by running a series of LS-DYNA simulations on HPC to identify elastic, crazing, stabilization, hardening, and post-necking parameters. Provide a test engineering stress-strain curve, initial elastic constants, and a specimen input deck; the worker returns a simulation record and a populated response template for downstream KPI extraction.

When to use

Tagged: crazing, hardening, hpc, ls-dyna, material_calibration, necking, polymer, sequential_calibration.

Inputs

Label ID Type Default Required Description
Study Name study_name text Polymer Calibration Human-readable label for the calibration study; used as the study record name in the platform (free text, default: ‘Polymer Calibration’).
Material Name material_name text Polymer Material Identifier for the polymer material being calibrated; propagated into result records and the generated material card (free text, default: ‘Polymer Material’).
TESSC test_eng_stress_strain vector Engineering stress-strain curve measured from a uniaxial coupon test (vector of paired stress/strain values); this is the reference target for all sequential calibration stages.
Elastic Modulus emod text 10 Initial elastic (Young’s) modulus of the polymer in the model’s pressure units (e.g. GPa or MPa); used as the fixed elastic parameter during sequential fitting (default: 10).
Poisson Ratio pr text 0.3 Poisson’s ratio of the polymer (dimensionless, 0–0.5); controls volumetric response during the elastic phase (default: 0.3).
SLIF specimen_file file LS-DYNA keyword input file (.k / .key) defining the uniaxial coupon model geometry, boundary conditions, and an initial material curve; the curve referenced by curve_id must be present in this file.
Choose Uniaxial Template template_id text 1 Integer ID of the d3VIEW response template to apply to each simulation run for automated KPI extraction (default: 1; select an existing template from the platform).
HCIITSFTR curve_id text 1 Integer ID of the stress-strain curve defined inside the specimen LS-DYNA input file that will be replaced/updated during calibration; the curve must already exist in the deck (default: 1).
NOPBTNAFTCFC num_points text 5 Number of control points used to parameterise the post-necking portion of the true stress-strain curve; 5 is sufficient for mildly nonlinear behaviour — increase for highly nonlinear post-necking (default: 5).
Choose HPC Configuration hpcconfig_id remote_lookup Platform HPC configuration record (remote_lookup) specifying the cluster, queue, solver version, and resource limits for all LS-DYNA jobs submitted during calibration; must be a valid hpc_settings entry.
Execution Type execution_type select test Calibration stage to execute: ‘test’ (dry-run validation), ‘baseline’ (initial forward run), ‘crazing’ (crazing duration identification), ‘stabilization’ (stability identification), ‘hardening’ (hardening identification), or ‘post_necking’ (post-necking hardening); stages are intended to be run sequentially.

Outputs

Label ID Type Description
Simulation Id simulation_id integer Platform integer ID of the LS-DYNA simulation record created for the executed calibration stage; use this to retrieve results, binout data, or status from the simulation database.
Template Id template_id integer Integer ID of the response template instance populated with KPIs from this calibration run; pass to downstream postprocessing or reporting workers to extract and compare curves.

Disciplines

  • cae.solver
  • engineering.material.calibration
  • engineering.material.characterization
  • engineering.material.specimen
  • platform.hpc_config
  • platform.job_submission

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