PAM-CRASH 2G Interface

New PAM-CRASH 2G Solver Interface

Added new PAM-CRASH 2G 2020 solver interface along with related major keyword updates.

New Keywords

New keyword Material Type 307 - COS3D (Link Material).

Parameter Editor New GUI

Introduced new Python interpreter GUI. Right-click edit on Expression value in entity editor to launch the new parameter editor. This new GUI allows you to create, edit, and evaluate multiple lines of python commands parameter expressions.

ID Parameterization

PYVAR and PYFUNC have been extended to the parameterization of ID references in other keywords. PAM-CRASH keywords SENSOR, FUNCT, FRAME, RUPMO, CDATA, CHEM, CNTPTY, DMPEW, FRICT, LAYER, NLAVE, OPTLIS have been added whose ID references in other keywords make it possible to parametrize.

Updated Keywords

BAGIN (FPM Vent Model, FPM_GASDYN, FPM Controls), CKCTRL, CNTAC (Contact NTYPE 36, 37, 43, 46, 54, 154), DELEM, ECTRL, ICTRL, LCTRL, MATER (Material Type 1, 101, 103, 151, 201), OCTRL, PART (ATYPE = BEAM), PRCTRL, RUNEND, SENSOR (ITYP = 7), TIED, TITLE, TRSFM (IDTRSFM).

Parameters

The following improvements are added to the python parameter keywords:

• TITLE option added which avoids conflict with parameter name when assigned.
• Long parameter name support and no restriction of 8 character length.
• New checkbox 'Remove '+' suffix from free format fields Parameterization' in Export GUI.
• Maintain Child parameter variables references to avoid unused entities, retained after Model Checker correction.
• Reader enhancements enable robustness of parameters.