ANSYS Workbench LS DYNA Users Instructions

ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA
Users Instructions
Release 14.5
March 15, 2013
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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions
Table of Contents
Introduction
Installation Instructions
Problem Setup
Engineering Data
Geometry
Body Interactions
Meshing
Initial Conditions
Boundary Conditions
Analysis Settings
Result Processing
Stress
Strain
Global Data
Nodal Output
Body Data
Animation
LS-DYNA Keywords
Generated
Additional Information
Tips
Technical Support
License Requirements
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Introduction
ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA is a new user environment for

running ANSYS LS-DYNA. It provides the extensive power of ANSYS
Workbench environment to facilitate the use of the LS-DYNA program
by greatly reducing the effort required to set-up and run complex
problems.
Comprehensive CAD to solution capabilities include:
CAD import from all leading sources
Geometry clean-up to facilitate fast accurate explicit analysis
Parameters usable for optimization based on varying geometry,
material models and boundary conditions
State of the art meshing designed to produce high quality meshes
ideally suited for explicit simulations
Comprehensive post processing
In summary it is LS-DYNA empowered by ANSYS Workbench for ease
of use and quick solutions unmatched by any other comprehensive
pre and post processing environment offered in a single intuitive fully
interactive, modern graphical user interface (GUI).
Workbench LS-DYNA is the result of a collaborative effort between
Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC) and ANSYS, Inc.
The interface was created using the newly released ANSYS
Customization Toolkit (ACT), a product of ANSYS, Inc. designed to
enable customization of the user interface of ANSYS products. ACT
was made available in Release 14.5.
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Introduction
The ANSYS LS-DYNA program is able to run the complete keyword set
published in the LS-DYNA KEYWORD USER'S MANUAL (Version 971
R6.0.0). In the current implementation, a limited subset of the
extensive list of keyword inputs can be generated by Workbench LSDYNA. The keywords generated through the standard user interface
are supported by ANSYS technical support. The following areas of use
are not supported with Workbench LS-DYNA:
User-defined material definition
LS-DYNA user subroutines
Mesh-free methods: SPH & EFG
Special elements such as Seat belt, Airbag, Draw-beads and others
Multi-material ALE
Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI)
Advanced, knowledgeable users may modify the input file generated
and take advantage of the full keyword set, however ANSYS, Inc. does
not provide technical support for modified input files.
The Workbench LS-DYNA environment is available to all customers
with an ANSYS LS-DYNA license and requires that license to run
problems.
SMP Parallel processing is enabled. MPP will be available in the future.
These instructions assume that the users is familiar with the
Mechanical GUI and the basics of LS-DYNA.
Workbench LS-DYNA is available from the Customer Portal Extension
Library
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If you have a previous version of
Workbench LS-DYNA follow the
instructions to uninstall it on P-7.
Administrator rights are required to
install Workbench LS-DYNA.
Download LSDYNA.zip from the
Customer Portal Extension Library
Unzip the file and double click on
setup.exe (or double click on the zip file
and then on setup.exe
Click Run in Unknown Publisher warning
Click Next on Welcome page
Select I agree to accept license, then
follow instructions on the screen.
Start Workbench: Start/All
Programs/ANSYS 14.5/Workbench 14.5
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Check to make sure that the Pre-load
the Mechanical editor option is checked.
This is the default, but has been
unchecked in the past by some users.
Once the installation is complete,

Workbench LS-DYNA will show up below
Design Exploration in the Toolbox and
you can start to set-up and run
problems. (see Problem Setup)
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Un-Installation Instructions
In Workbench select:
Extensions/Manage Extensions, unselect
LSDYNA.
In Workbench select Tools/Options.

Click on Extensions and delete LSDYNA
form Default Extensions to Load. Exit
from Workbench
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Un-Installation Instructions
In the Windows Control Panel select
Add/Remove programs
or Program Features
Select Workbench LSDYNA
Click on Uninstall
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Problem Setup: Materials

These instructions will be most useful
for users who are familiar with the
Workbench ANSYS Mechanical user
interface as well as the use of the ANSYS
LS-DYNA program.
For background information or a
refresher, refer to:
Introduction to ANSYS Mechanical 14.5
and
Introduction to ANSYS LS-DYNA within
Workbench 14.5
Problem setup is most efficiently done
when following the workflow offered by
Workbench LS-DYNA. Starting with the
project page:
Start with the Definition of Materials
Models from Engineering Data. Only the
material models supported by ANSYS LSDYNA are shown in Engineering Data for
Workbench LS-DYNA.
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Problem Setup: Geometry

Select Geometry to be used, by creating
new geometry using DesignModeler or
SpaceClaim.
Alternatively import geometry from a
CAD model or a previously created
(.agdb) file.
Edit Model will start the Mechanical GUI
Once the Mechanical GUI is open the

details of each part of the geometry can
be viewed
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Problem Setup: Contact

Body Interaction parameters are
defined in the Connection branch of the
Model tree. Different types of contact
can be selected from the Contact
dropdown menu in the Connection
toolbar.
For the majority of problems Automatic
Contact can be used, requiring no
additional input by the user.
By default all bodies participate in
contact. The default contact is
frictionless, but can be changed.
Details of the contact are shown in the
Details of Body Interaction window.
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Problem Setup: Springs

Springs can be added in Connections .
Both Longitudinal Stiffness and Damping

are supported.
Pre-loads are not supported.
Spring behavior can be Linear only.
Note for Release 14.5 Springs are a Beta
option, so the Workbench Beta flag
must be set.
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Problem Setup: Meshing

Meshing is a critical part of explicit
simulations. Uniform size hexahedral
elements are ideal for accurate and fast
simulations. For complex geometries it
is difficult to generate an all hex mesh.
Workbench meshing continues to
improve the quality of the mesh
produced. As an example Mulitzone
meshing can automatically decompose
complex geometry into sweepeable
parts and create an all hex mesh.
Workbench LS-DYNA automatically
selects the explicit preference for
meshing, thus the mesher attempts to
produce a mesh well suited for ANSYS
LS-DYNA. The user need only specify an
element size to be used.
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Problem Setup: IC
Initial Conditions can be assigned to

parts by inserting them in the ANSYS
LSDYNA branch or from the Supports
dropdown menu.
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Problem Setup: BC
Boundary Conditions (Supports, Loads

and Acceleration) can be assigned to
parts by inserting them in the ANSYS LSDYNA branch or from the LS-DYNA
Environment dropdown menus.
Specifications for Rigid Body and Rigid

wall constraints are available from the
Constraints dropdown menu
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Problem Setup: Nodal Data

To collect Nodal Data, insert one or
more Result Trackers prior to running
the simulation. Result trackers must be
scoped to a node.
Add Nodal Output below the solution,
scope it to a node and select the type of
output.
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Analysis Settings
Analysis settings control the running of

the simulation. The End Time is the only
required input.
SMP parallel processing can be activated
by changing the Number of CPUs. Note
that ANSYS LS-DYNA Parallel licenses are
required for more than 1 CPU.
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Analysis Settings
Additional Analysis controls can be used

to select:
Single or double precision
Frequency of result outputs
Frequency of time history outputs
Note that by default Strain results are
not included in the output, and must be
selected by the user.
After the Analysis Settings are specified,
click on Solve to start ANSYS LS-DYNA.
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Analysis Settings
Additional Controls
Using Section in the part definition,
additional controls of Element
Formulation and Hourglass Control are
also available to further specify how the
problem is to be run.
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Result Processing
Once ANSYS LS-DYNA has been started,
Solution Information will display the
message file as the calculation runs.
Clicking on Stop Solution will terminate
the ANSYS LS-DYNA run.
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Result Processing
Stress and Plastic Strain are
written by default (can be
suppressed) but Strain is not
written by default and must
be selected by the user if
desired.
Results can be inserted from
the Solution branch of the
tree.
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Result Processing
Results can also be added from the
Solution toolbar
LS-DYNA keeps track of Total Strain and

Plastic Strain. Elastic Strain will always
show as 0. To plot plastic strain, use the
worksheet as shown on the next page.
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Result Processing
LS-DYNA keeps track of Total Strain and

Plastic Strain. Elastic Strain will always
show as 0. To plot elastic plastic strain
or elastic strain, select User Defined
Results from the Worksheet.
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Results: Nodal data

Time history plots at result trackers are
shown with Nodal Output. They can
show :
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Results: Global Data
Time History Outputs (ASCII files) can be

requested. All the files listed below can
be created by ANSYS LS-DYNA from the
Workbench LS-DYNA GUI. Please note
however that some date in the ASCII
files currently can not be viewed .
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To view Time History Outputs select the ones desired from
the ASCII drop down menu.
Using LS-DYNA terminology, the following results can be
viewed within Workbench LS-DYNA:
GLSTAT ( Global Data : Kinetic Energy, Hourglass, ....)
BNDOUT ( Boundary Conditions Data )
RCFORC ( Contact Forces Data)
SPCFORC ( Reaction Forces on Boundary Conditions using *BOUNDARY_SPC ( Fixed Support)
To view Reaction Force
MATSUM ( Body Data)
NODOUT ( Nodal Data) Trackers must be defined during pre-processing for the nodal data to
be available during Results processing.
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Define the time histories desired for
each plot In Details of Global Data click
on Tabular Data.
Expand the Datas pop-up box,
then click on the small table symbol,
then select from the dropdown box:
Multiple Items can be selected by

clicking on the data symbol for each:
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To view the Global Data time history,
right click on Global Data under Solution
and select Generate. Then click on
Worksheet to view the results.
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Results: Contact Force

Insert Contact Forces from the ASCII
dropdown list.
Select Body Interaction in Details of
Contact Force.
Right click on Contact Force and select
Generate.
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Results: More ASCII Output

Similar to the Contact Force plot,
Material Output (Body data) and
Reaction Force plots can be added from
the ASCII Dropdown list and plotted.
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Animations can be generated with one click
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LS-DYNA Keywords
As noted in the Introduction, only the
keywords generated through the
standard Workbench LS-DYNA user
interface are supported by ANSYS
Technical Support.
This section describes the Keywords that
are generated and lists the Keywords
that are supported.
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$# LS-DYNA Keyword file

*KEYWORD
*DATABASE_FORMAT
0
0
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
0.0007 10000000 0.001 1000 100000
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
0
0.9
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
*CONTROL_CONTACT
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
*CONTROL_ENERGY
2
2
2
2
*CONTROL_ACCURACY
1
4
0
0
*CONTROL_BULK_VISCOSITY
1.5 0.06
-2
*CONTROL_SOLID
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*CONTROL_SHELL
20
1
-1
4
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
*CONTROL_OUTPUT
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*CONTROL_PARALLEL
0
0
1
0
*CONTROL_SOLUTION
0
0
0
0
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LS-DYNA Keywords Generated - Materials
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LS-DYNA Keywords Generated - Model

Body Interactions
Frictionless and Frictional creates
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE
Angular Velocity
Both create keyword *INITIAL_VELOCITY.
Manual Contact Regions
Bonded creates *CONTACT_TIED keywords, either NODES_TO_SURFACE or
SURFACE_TO_SURFACE with the OFFSET option
Bonded Breakable creates
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_TIEBREAK or
*CONTACT_ONEWAY_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_TIEBREAK
Frictionless and Frictional creates *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC keywords, either
NODES_TO_SURFACE or SURFACE_TO_SURFACE
Spot welds
Breakable and Non-Breakable creates *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
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LS-DYNA Keywords Generated Initial and

Boundary Conditions
Initial conditions
Velocity
Angular Velocity
Both create keyword *INITIAL_VELOCITY.
Loads
Inertial: Acceleration and Standard Earth Gravity. Both create keyword
*LOAD_BODY_X, Y or Z depending on direction of acceleration.
Pressure: creates *LOAD_SEGMENT_SET.
Force: creates *LOAD_NODE_SET.
Supports
Fixed Support: creates *BOUNDARY_SPC.
Displacement: creates *BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET.
Velocity : creates *BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET.
Impedance Boundary: creates BOUNDARY_NON_REFLECTING.
Simply Supported: creates *BOUNDARY_SPC.
Fixed Rotation: creates *BOUNDARY_SPC.
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Keywords: User Defined

Advanced users can take advantage of
the file include capability of LS-DYNA by
specifying the name of the file to be
included.
An include file *INCLUDE Filename1
keyword card will be generated pointing
to the file specified by the user.
Included files can contain any valid LSDYNA keyword cards created by the
user. Using include files eliminates the
necessity of editing the .k input file by
the user each time the file is created by
Workbench LS-DYNA.
Note that included file can contain other
include file statements, providing a
fairly general capability for simply
adding predefined inputs.
ANSYS Support does not provide
technical assistance for keywords not
generated by Workbench LS-DYNA
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LS-DYNA Keywords Supported

The list of supported keyword is listed and explained in a
separate document:
ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Supported Keywords.pdf
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Additional Information: Documentation

For an example of a quick step by step problem set-up,
please see the document:ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA
Problem Set-up Examples.pdf which is part of the extension
package.
The LS_DYNA Keyword Manual, by default is located at:
C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v145\ansys\docu
LS-DYNA_manual_Vol_I_R6.0.0.pdf
LS-DYNA_manual_Vol_II_R6.0.0.pdf
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Additional Information: Terminology

To be added translation from ANSY Mechanical to LSDYNA terminology
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Additional Information: Tips Caution!

In Release 14.5: 2D is not supported.
Do not modify the .k file within Workbench.
As an alternative if possible use the Input File
Include option in the Constraints drop down menu.

Alternatively, modify the .k file and launch LS-DYNA
with the Classic APDL Product Launcher and view the
results with LS-Prepost.
LS-DYNA cannot use pyramid elements. Check the

mesh statistics if you suspect that they may have
been generated by the mesher.
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Additional Information: Tips Caution!

Workbench LS-Dyna with design points:
There is a know problem when using the option to export
each design point (by checking the Exported box in the table
of design points). This writes a new Workbench project for
each design point but the file log.html is deleted and the
Mechanical GUI cannot be opened. Possible error message:
Work around:
Copy the original log.html file to each _dp project.
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Additional Information: Tips

To cancel the Rigid Body Force
input via the Tabular Data
click cancel rather than the x
in the upper right corner.
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To open Solver Files Directory
Generate .rst file
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Once Workbench LS-DYNA has been installed, Workbench thinks
that you have made a change to the project even before doing
anything, so do not be surprise to see the message shown below
when trying to close Workbench or opening a project.
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Commands snippets can be used:
at the body level
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to modify the material, formulation

(section)
hourglass and equation of state
Note the section and hourglass can be
se directly through the GUI thus
snippets may not be needed.
at the contact level
to use contact types not supported by
Workbench LS-DYNA
At the environment level
No command snippets are supported
and the environment liver. This
capability is partially replaced by the
input file include object
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Additional Information: Technical Support

For technical assistance, please contact ANSYS Technical
Support using any of the methods below:
Web: http://www1.ansys.com/customer/
Phone: 800.711.7199 or 724.514.3600
Email: techsupp@ansys.com
For existing technical support service requests, please
reference the service request number when contacting
ANSYS Technical Support.
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Additional Information: Click-wrap license

"The ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA User Interface is only
available for use by licensees of ANSYS LS-DYNA, ANSYS LSDYNA PC or ANSYS LS-DYNA PrepPost, who are current on
maintenance or who have existing lease licenses of ANSYS
LS-DYNA, ANSYS LS-DYNA PC or ANSYS LS-DYNA
PrepPost. Such User Interface shall be treated as part of
the ANSYS LS-DYNA, ANSYS LS-DYNA PC or ANSYS LS-DYNA
PrepPost program under the licensee's license agreement
with ANSYS for the ANSYS LS-DYNA, ANSYS LS-DYNA PC
or ANSYS LS-DYNA PrepPost program."
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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA is a new user environment for

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Once the installation is complete,

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

In Workbench select Tools/Options.

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Select Workbench LSDYNA

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Problem Setup: Materials

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Problem Setup: Geometry

Edit Model will start the Mechanical GUI

Once the Mechanical GUI is open the

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Problem Setup: Contact

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Problem Setup: Springs

Both Longitudinal Stiffness and Damping

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Problem Setup: Meshing

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Initial Conditions can be assigned to

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Boundary Conditions (Supports, Loads

Specifications for Rigid Body and Rigid

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Problem Setup: Nodal Data

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Analysis settings control the running of

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

Additional Analysis controls can be used

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions

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LS-DYNA keeps track of Total Strain and

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ANSYS Workbench LS-DYNA Users Instructions