*KEYWORD

LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword should always be the first card of the input file. Optionally used with *CONTROL_UNIT card to specify model units.

Format

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*KEYWORD

Definition

Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`Length`	Unit Length: = m meters = mm millimeter = cm centimeter (Text)
`Time`	Unit Time: = s seconds = ms milliseconds = micro_s microseconds (Text)
`Mass`	Unit Mass: = kg kilogram = g gram = mg milligram = mtrc_ton metric ton (Text)

Field

Contents

SI Unit Example

Length

Unit Length:

= m: meters
= mm: millimeter
= cm: centimeter

(Text)

Time

Unit Time:

= s: seconds
= ms: milliseconds
= micro_s: microseconds

(Text)

Mass

Unit Mass:

= kg: kilogram
= g: gram
= mg: milligram
= mtrc_ton: metric ton

(Text)

Comments

This keyword is map to /BEGIN.