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Ls Umat Course

This 3-day course taught by Dr. Ala Tabiei focuses on developing user-defined material models (usermat) for LS-DYNA. It explains when and how to write usermat subroutines, the required data, variable access, and provides examples of different material models. The course is intended for engineers experienced with LS-DYNA, programming, and finite elements. Daily lectures run from 9am to 5:30pm using Linux PCs and cover topics like plasticity, usermat interfaces, conventions, formulations, and examples of isotropic, orthotropic, bio, hyperelastic and viscoelastic materials.

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Ls Umat Course

This 3-day course taught by Dr. Ala Tabiei focuses on developing user-defined material models (usermat) for LS-DYNA. It explains when and how to write usermat subroutines, the required data, variable access, and provides examples of different material models. The course is intended for engineers experienced with LS-DYNA, programming, and finite elements. Daily lectures run from 9am to 5:30pm using Linux PCs and cover topics like plasticity, usermat interfaces, conventions, formulations, and examples of isotropic, orthotropic, bio, hyperelastic and viscoelastic materials.

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LS-DYNA Material Modeling Using Usermat

A short course taught by: Ala Tabiei, Ph.D.

Class Location: Livermore Software Technology Corporation


7374 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94551

Contact: Jane Hallquist


925-245-4572 phone
[email protected]

Objective of the course


This user-defined subroutines in LS-DYNA allow the program to be customized for particular applications. The
usermat allow constitutive models to be added to the program. This course explains and demonstrates when
to consider the use of such user subroutines and how to go about their developments. Detailed descriptions
are given of the data required for the usermat, the additional statements to be included, the variable that are
available within the subroutine, and the freedom the user has in defining complex material models. Examples
of various user subroutines and flow charts are used to illustrate the points made in the lectures.

Who should attend


This course is recommended for engineers with LS-DYNA and DYNA3D experience as well as knowledge in
some programming in FORTRAN or any other language and the finite element method.

Lectures begin daily at 9:00 a.m. and run until 5:30 p.m. The classroom machines are PCs running on
the Linux operating system.

COURSE CONTENTS:

• The Nonlinear Finite Element Dynamic Equations


• Introduction to Inelasticity and Plasticity
• HOW TO GO ABOUT WRITING USERMAT AND COMMON PRACTICE
• USERMAT INTERFACE AND USERMAT VARIABLES
• USERMAT CONVENTIONS
• USERMAT FORMULATION ASPECTS
• USER DEFINED MATERIAL SUBROUTINES
Isotropic Material
Elastic material (beam, shell, solid)
Elastic plastic-kinematic-isotropic (shell, solid)
Strain rate effect
Orthotropic Material
Damage modeling
Composite macromechanics and micromechanics with progressive damage
Bio-Materials
Tissue modeling
Hyperelastic material and rubber
Viscoelastic material
• Available variables in UMAT
• How to post process UMAT in LSPOST
• Several examples will be demonstrated
• User defined mat in Implicit LS-DYNA

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