Sierra/SD - User's Manual (V.5.2)

Technical Report · Tue Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1854739· OSTI ID:1854739

Bunting, Gregory ^[1]; Chen, Mark ^[1]; Crane, Nathan ^[1]; Day, David ^[1]; Dohrmann, Clark ^[1]; Hardesty, Sean ^[1]; Joffe, Dagny ^[1]; Lindsay, Payton ^[1]; Flicek, Rob ^[1]; Munday, Lynn ^[1]; Stevens, Brian ^[1]; Aquino, Wilkins ^[1]; Clark, Brett ^[1]; Guddati, Murthy ^[1]; Smith, Chandler ^[1]; Treweek, Benjamin ^[1]; Walsh, Timothy ^[1]; Browne, Samuel ^[1]; Brunini, Victor ^[1]; Coffin, Pete ^[1] ; Clausen, Jonathan ^[1]; de Frias, Gabriel ^[1]; Glass, Mike ^[1]; Koester, Jacob ^[1]; Merewether, Mark ^[1]; Miller, Scott ^[1]; Pierson, Kendall ^[1]; Pericoli, Vincent ^[1]; Plews, Julia ^[1]; Smith, Timothy ^[1]; Williams, Alan ^[1]; Vo, Johnathan ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sierra/SD provides a massively parallel implementation of structural dynamics finite element analysis, required for high-fidelity, validated models used in modal, vibration, static and shock analysis of weapons systems. This document provides a user’s guide to the input for Sierra/SD. Details of input specifications for the different solution types, output options, element types and parameters are included. The appendices contain detailed examples, and instructions for running the software on parallel platforms.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
• Contributing Organization: Sierra Structural Dynamics Development Team
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1854739
• Report Number(s): SAND2021-12052; 700419
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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