/ALE/GRID/DONEA

Engine Keyword With this keyword it is possible to modify grid formulation parameters, which initially were set in Starter keyword /ALE/GRID/DONEA.

Format

/ALE/GRID/DONEA

α γ Fscalex Fscaley Fscalez Vmin

Definitions

Field Content SI Unit Example
α Coefficient in DONEA's formula for grid velocity calculation.

(Real)

 
γ Grid velocity limitation factor W < γ < V.

(Real)

 
Fscalex X grid velocity scale factor.

(Real)

 
Fscaley Y grid velocity scale factor.

(Real)

 
Fscalez Z grid velocity scale factor.

(Real)

 
Vmin Minimum volume for element deletion.

(Real)

[ m 3 ]

Comments

  1. For more details, refer to ALE Grid Calculation in the User Guide and /ALE/GRID/DONEA in the Starter Reference Guide.

    As of v12.0.210, /ALE/0 was replaced by /ALE/GRID/DONEA.

  2. Default values are taken from a previous run.