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2.9 KiB
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62 lines
2.9 KiB
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---
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type: concept
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title: "Midas NFX Analysis Workflow"
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created: 2026-06-02
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updated: 2026-06-02
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address: c-000174
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aliases:
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- NFX analysis workflow
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tags:
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- concept
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- finite-element-method
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- midas-nfx
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- solver-workflow
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status: current
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related:
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- "[[Midas-NFX-Analysis-Manual|Midas NFX Analysis Manual]]"
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- "[[midas NFX]]"
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- "[[Finite Element Program Implementation]]"
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- "[[Finite Element Modeling and Convergence Checks]]"
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- "[[Midas NFX Element Library]]"
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- "[[Midas NFX Equation Solvers and Eigen Extraction]]"
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sources:
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- "[[Midas-NFX-Analysis-Manual|Midas NFX Analysis Manual]]"
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source_refs:
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- source: "[[Midas-NFX-Analysis-Manual|Midas NFX Analysis Manual]]"
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raw_path: ".raw/MidasNFXAnalysisManual/"
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raw_files:
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- "MidasNFXAnalysisManual_019.md"
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md_indices:
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- 19
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match: "heuristic-heading-keyword"
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confidence: low
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---
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# Midas NFX Analysis Workflow
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## Definition
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The NFX workflow is the production analysis loop described in the [[Midas-NFX-Analysis-Manual|Midas NFX Analysis Manual]]: define the finite element model, define the analysis case, solve, and inspect postprocessing results.
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## Model Contract
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The manual frames model definition around nodes, elements, mesh, loads, boundary conditions, analysis type, and result interpretation. It also makes the coordinate-system contract explicit: global coordinate systems, nodal displacement coordinate systems, element coordinate systems, material coordinate systems, element result coordinate systems, and element formulation coordinate systems can all be distinct.
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## File Contract
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The source identifies model files, solver input, run logs, text output, and binary postprocessing data. For a custom solver, that split is important because test harnesses need stable locations for model input, execution records, raw result files, and postprocessed quantities.
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## Analysis Families
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NFX covers linear static structural analysis, normal modes, linear buckling, direct/modal transient response, direct/modal frequency response, response spectrum, random response, nonlinear steady/transient heat transfer, nonlinear static, nonlinear quasi-static, nonlinear explicit transient, and nonlinear implicit transient analysis.
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## Solver Development Use
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This page is a requirements checklist for the outer application layer of a solver. Before implementing an element or constitutive model, the solver needs a concrete model schema, unit convention, coordinate-system policy, analysis-case type, input/output file contract, result-coordinate policy, and postprocessing result list.
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## Connections
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- [[Finite Element Program Implementation]] gives the generic implementation data flow.
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- [[Midas FEA Analysis Workflow]] and [[Midas Civil Numerical Analysis Model]] are sibling MIDAS workflow references.
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- [[Finite Element Modeling and Convergence Checks]] connects the workflow to model idealization and verification.
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