Sierra/SolidMechanics 5.10 In-Development Manual

Technical Report · Thu Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1886202· OSTI ID:1886202

Bergel, Guy ^[1]; Beckwith, Frank ^[1]; Buche, Michael ^[1]; de Frias, Gabriel ^[1]; Manktelow, Kevin ^[1]; Merewether, Mark ^[1]; Miller, Scott ^[1]; Parmar, Krishen ^[1]; Shelton, Timothy ^[1]; Thomas, Jesse ^[1]; Trageser, Jeremy ^[1]; Treweek, Benjamin ^[1]; Veilleux, Michael ^[1]; Wagman, Ellen ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

This user’s guide documents capabilities in Sierra/SolidMechanics which remain “in-development” and thus are not tested and hardened to the standards of capabilities listed in Sierra/SM 5.10 User’s Guide. Capabilities documented herein are available in Sierra/SM for experimental use only until their official release. These capabilities include, but are not limited to, novel discretization approaches such as the conforming reproducing kernel (CRK) method, numerical fracture and failure modeling aids such as the extended finite element method (XFEM) and J-integral, explicit time step control techniques, dynamic mesh rebalancing, as well as a variety of new material models and finite element formulations.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1886202
• Report Number(s): SAND2022-11914; 709630
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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