LS-DYNA to PAM-CRASH Mapping

Elements

Table 1. Supported Element Mappings

LS-DYNA	PAM-CRASH
*ELEMENT_SHELL	SHELL
*CONSTRAINED NODAL RIGID BODY	RBODY/MTOCO
*ELEMENT BEAM	SPRGBM
*BOUNDARY SPC NODE	BOUNC
*CONSTRAINED NODE SET	MTOCO/NODCO

Sets

Table 2. Supported Sets Mappings

LS-DYNA	PAM-CRASH
*SET_SHELL_LIST	Element set
*SET_NODE_LIST	Nodes set
*SET_PART_LIST	Component sets

Contacts

Table 3. Supported Contacts Mappings

LS-DYNA	PAM-CRASH
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_GENERAL_ID	CNTAC46
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE_ID	CNTAC36
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_ID	CNTAC33
*CONTACT_TIED_SHELL_EDGE_TO_SURFACE_BEAM_OFSET_ID	TIED

Property

Table 4. Supported Property Mappings

LS-DYNA	PAM-CRASH
*SECTION_BEAM	PART_1D (BEAM)
*SECTION_BEAM(SpringBeam)	PART_1D (SPRINGBM)
*SECTION_SHELL	PART_2D
*SECTION_SOLID	PART_3D