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The frequency scale factor
The frequency scale factor can be used to scale frequency points. All the frequency points, except the lower and upper limit of the frequency range, are multiplied by this factor. This scale factor can be used only when the frequency interval is specified by using the system’s eigenfrequencies (see “Specifying the frequency ranges by using the system’s eigenfrequencies,” above).
Damping
If damping is absent, the response of a structure will be unbounded if the forcing frequency is equal to an eigenfrequency of the structure. To get quantitatively accurate results, especially near natural frequencies, accurate specification of damping properties is essential. The various damping options available are discussed in “Material damping,” Section 26.1.1.
In subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis damping can be created by the following:
• dashpots (see “Dashpots,” Section 32.2.1),
• “Rayleigh” damping associated with materials and elements (see “Material damping,” Section 26.1.1),
• structural damping (see “Damping in dynamic analysis” in “Dynamic analysis procedures: overview,” Section 6.3.1),
• viscoelasticity included in the material definitions (see “Frequency domain viscoelasticity,” Section 22.7.2),
• contributions from infinite elements (see “Infinite elements,” Section 28.3.1) or defined impedance conditions (see “Acoustic and shock loads,” Section 34.4.6) on acoustic elements, and
• “volumetric drag” (viscous Rayleigh damping) in acoustic elements (see “Acoustic medium,” Section 26.3.1).
If you specify that a real-only system matrix be generated and projected (see “Ignoring damping” above), all forms of damping are ignored, including quiet boundaries on infinite elements and nonreflecting boundaries on acoustic elements.
Contact conditions with sliding friction
Abaqus/Standard automatically detects the contact nodes that are slipping due to velocity differences imposed by the motion of the reference frame or the transport velocity in prior steps. At those nodes the tangential degrees of freedom are not constrained and the effect of friction results in an unsymmetric contribution to the stiffness matrix. At other contact nodes the tangential degrees of freedom are constrained.
Friction at contact nodes at which a velocity differential is imposed can give rise to damping terms. There are two kinds of friction-induced damping effects. The first effect is caused by the friction forces stabilizing the vibrations in the direction perpendicular to the slip direction. This effect exists only in three-dimensional analysis. The second effect is caused by a velocity-dependent friction coefficient. If the friction coefficient decreases with velocity (which is usually the case), the effect is destabilizing
and is also known as “negative damping.” For more details, see “Coulomb friction,” Section 5.2.3 of the Abaqus Theory Guide. Subspace-based steady-state dynamics analysis allows you to include these friction-induced contributions to the damping matrix.
Input File Usage: *STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION, FRICTION DAMPING=YES
Abaqus/CAE Usage: Step module: Create Step: Linear perturbation: Steady-state dynamics, Subspace: Include friction-induced damping effects
Selecting the modes on which to project
You can select modes by specifying the mode numbers individually, by requesting that Abaqus/Standard generate the mode numbers automatically, or by requesting the modes that belong to specified frequency ranges. If you do not select the modes, all modes extracted in the prior eigenfrequency extraction step, including residual modes if they were activated, are used in the modal superposition.
Input File Usage: Use the following option to select the modes by specifying mode numbers individually:
*SELECT EIGENMODES, DEFINITION=MODE NUMBERS
Use the following option to request that Abaqus/Standard generate the mode numbers automatically:
*SELECT EIGENMODES, GENERATE, DEFINITION=MODE NUMBERS
Use the following option to select the modes by specifying a frequency range:
*SELECT EIGENMODES, DEFINITION=FREQUENCY RANGE
Abaqus/CAE Usage: You cannot select the modes in Abaqus/CAE; all modes extracted are used in the modal superposition.
Selecting the subspace projection frequency
You can control the frequency of the subspace projections. By default, the dynamic equations are projected onto the subspace at each frequency you request. However, considerable computational savings can be obtained if the projection onto the subspace is performed only at selected frequency points.
Projecting the subspace at each frequency requested
By default, the dynamic equations are projected onto the subspace at each frequency you requested. This is the most computationally expensive method. If coupled acoustic-structural modes are extracted in the preceding eigenfrequency extraction step, this is the only method allowed.
Input File Usage: Use either of the following options:
*STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION
*STEADY STATE DYNAMICS,
SUBSPACE PROJECTION=ALL FREQUENCIES
Abaqus/CAE Usage: Step module: Create Step: Linear perturbation: Steady-state dynamics, Subspace: Projection: Evaluate at each frequency
Projecting the subspace using model properties at the center frequency of all ranges
You can perform only one projection using model properties evaluated at the center frequency of all ranges and individual frequency points specified. The center frequency is determined on a logarithmic or linear scale depending on the spacing requested.
This method is the least expensive. However, it should be chosen only when the material properties do not depend strongly on frequency.
Input File Usage: *STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION=CONSTANT
Abaqus/CAE Usage: Step module: Create Step: Linear perturbation: Steady-state dynamics, Subspace: Projection: Constant
Projecting the subspace at each extracted eigenfrequency
You can perform the projections at each extracted eigenfrequency in the requested frequency range and at eigenfrequencies immediately outside the range. The projected mass, stiffness, and damping matrices are then interpolated at each frequency point requested. The interpolation is performed on a linear or logarithmic scale depending on the spacing requested.
Input File Usage: *STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION=EIGENFREQUENCY
Abaqus/CAE Usage: Step module: Create Step: Linear perturbation: Steady-state dynamics, Subspace: Projection: Interpolate at eigenfrequencies
Projecting the subspace based on material property changes as a function of frequency
You can select how often subspace projections are performed based on material property changes as a function of frequency. You specify the relative change in material stiffness and damping properties allowed before a new projection is performed. In the beginning of the subspace-based steady-state dynamic step Abaqus/Standard computes a table of relative changes in material stiffness and damping properties, and projections are performed based on the strictest of the two criteria. The projections are then interpolated at each requested frequency point as described above. The default value for the allowable stiffness or damping change is 0.1.
Input File Usage: *STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION=PROPERTY CHANGE, DAMPING CHANGE=percentage, STIFFNESS CHANGE=percentage
Abaqus/CAE Usage: Step module: Create Step: Linear perturbation: Steady-state dynamics, Subspace: Projection: As a function of property changes, Max. damping change: percentage, Max. stiffness change: percentage
Projecting the subspace at the limits of each frequency range
You can select how often subspace projections are performed based on the limits of each frequency range. The projections onto the modal subspace of the dynamic equations are performed at the lower limit of each frequency range and at the upper limit of the last frequency range. The interpolation of the projected mass, stiffness, and damping matrices is performed on a linear scale. This method can be used only with the SIM architecture.
This method should be chosen when the frequency dependence of material properties is close to linear within a frequency range.
Input File Usage: *STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION=RANGE
Abaqus/CAE Usage: Step module: Create Step: Linear perturbation: Steady-state dynamics, Subspace: Projection: Interpolate at lower and upper frequency limits
Initial conditions
The base state is the current state of the model at the end of the last general analysis step prior to the steady-state dynamic step. If the first step of an analysis is a perturbation step, the base state is determined from the initial conditions (“Initial conditions in Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit,” Section 34.2.1). Initial condition definitions that directly define solution variables, such as velocity, cannot be used in a steady-state dynamic analysis.
Boundary conditions
In a subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis both the real and imaginary parts of any degree of freedom are either restrained or unrestrained; it is physically impossible to have one part restrained and the other part unrestrained. Abaqus/Standard will restrain both the real and imaginary parts of a degree of freedom automatically even if only one part is restrained.
Base motion
It is not possible to prescribe nonzero displacements and rotations directly as boundary conditions (“Boundary conditions in Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit,” Section 34.3.1) in subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis. Instead, prescribed motion can be specified as base motion; nonzero displacement or acceleration history definitions given as boundary conditions are ignored, and any changes in the support conditions from the eigenfrequency extraction step are flagged as errors. The method for prescribing base motion in modal superposition procedures is described in “Transient modal dynamic analysis,” Section 6.3.7.
Base motions can be defined by a displacement, a velocity, or an acceleration history. For an acoustic pressure the displacement is used to describe an acoustic pressure history. If the prescribed excitation record is given in the form of a displacement or velocity history, Abaqus/Standard differentiates it to obtain the acceleration history. The default is to give an acceleration history for mechanical degrees of freedom and to give a displacement for an acoustic pressure.
When secondary bases are used, low frequency eigenmodes are extracted for each “big” mass applied in the model. Use care when choosing the lower limit range for the frequency in such cases.
The “big” mass modes are important in the modal superposition. However, you should not request the response at zero or an arbitrarily low frequency level because this forces Abaqus/Standard to calculate the responses at frequencies between these “big” mass eigenfrequencies, which is not desirable.
Frequency-dependent base motion
An amplitude definition can be used to specify the amplitude of a base motion as a function of frequency (“Amplitude curves,” Section 34.1.2).
| Input File Usage: | Use both of the following options:*AMPLITUDE, NAME=name*BASE MOTION, REAL or IMAGINARY, AMPLITUDE=name |
| Abaqus/CAE Usage: | Load module; Create Boundary Condition; Step:step_name; Category:Mechanical; Types for Selected Step: Displacement base motion or Velocity base motion or Acceleration base motion; Basic tabbed page:Degree-of-freedom: U1, U2, U3, UR1, UR2, or UR3; Amplitude:name |
Loads
The following loads can be prescribed in a subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis, as described in “Concentrated loads,” Section 34.4.2:
• Concentrated nodal forces can be applied to the displacement degrees of freedom (1–6).
• Distributed pressure forces or body forces can be applied; the distributed load types available with particular elements are described in Part VI, “Elements.”
• Incident wave loads can be applied; see “Acoustic and shock loads,” Section 34.4.6. Incident wave loads can be used to model sound waves from distinct planar or spherical sources or from diffuse fields.
These loads are assumed to vary sinusoidally with time over a user-specified range of frequencies. Loads are given in terms of their real and imaginary components.
| Input File Usage: | Use either of the following input lines to define the real (in-phase) part of the load:*CLOAD or *DLOAD*CLOAD or *DLOAD, REALUse the following input line to define the imaginary (out-of-phase) part of the load:*CLOAD or *DLOAD, IMAGINARY |
Abaqus/CAE Usage: You can only define the real (in phase) part of the load in Abaqus/CAE.
Load module: load editor: real (in-phase) part
Frequency-dependent loading
An amplitude definition can be used to specify the amplitude of a load as a function of frequency (“Amplitude curves,” Section 34.1.2).
| Input File Usage: | Use both of the following options:*AMPLITUDE, NAME=name*CLOAD or *DLOAD, REAL or IMAGINARY, AMPLITUDE=name |
| Abaqus/CAE Usage: | Load or Interaction module: Create Amplitude: Name: name |
| Load module: load editor: Amplitude: name |
Loading limitations
Coriolis distributed loading adds an imaginary antisymmetric contribution to the overall system of equations. This contribution is currently accounted for in solid and truss elements only and is activated by requesting the unsymmetric matrix storage and solution scheme for the step.
Fluid flux loading cannot be used in subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis.
Predefined fields
Predefined temperature fields can be specified in subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis (see “Predefined fields,” Section 34.6.1) and will produce harmonically varying thermal strains if thermal expansion is included in the material definition (“Thermal expansion,” Section 26.1.2). Other predefined fields are ignored.
Material options
As in any dynamic analysis procedure, mass or density (“Density,” Section 21.2.1) must be assigned to some regions of any separate parts of the model where dynamic response is required. If an analysis is desired in which the inertia effects are neglected, the density should be set to a very small number. Natural damping, as well as individual dashpots, can be included in this procedure.
Viscoelastic effects can be included in subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis. The linearized viscoelastic response is considered to be a perturbation about a nonlinear preloaded state, which is computed on the basis of purely elastic behavior (long-term response) in the viscoelastic components. Therefore, the vibration amplitude must be sufficiently small so that the material response in the dynamic phase of the problem can be treated as a linear perturbation about the predeformed state. Viscoelastic frequency domain response is described in “Frequency domain viscoelasticity,” Section 22.7.2.
The following material properties are not active during subspace-based steady-state dynamic analyses: plasticity and other inelastic effects, thermal properties (except for thermal expansion), mass diffusion properties, electrical properties (except for the electrical potential, , in piezoelectric analysis), and pore fluid flow properties—see “General and linear perturbation procedures,” Section 6.1.3.
Numerical investigations show that in general the accuracy of the results in the subspace-based steady-state dynamic step is improved if in the previous eigenfrequency extraction step the material properties are evaluated at a frequency in the vicinity of the center of the range spanned by the frequencies specified for the steady-state dynamic step (see “Natural frequency extraction,” Section 6.3.5). In this case the modes extracted in the previous eigenfrequency extraction step for the undamped system will reflect most accurately the modes of the damped system at frequencies located in
the proximity of the frequency at which the material properties are evaluated. Thus, if the steady-state dynamic response is sought for a large span of frequencies and the specified material properties vary significantly over this span, the results will be more accurate if the range is divided into smaller ranges and several separate analyses are run over these smaller ranges with the material properties evaluated at appropriate frequencies.
Elements
Any of the following elements available in Abaqus/Standard can be used in a subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis:
• stress/displacement elements (other than generalized axisymmetric elements with twist);
• acoustic elements;
• piezoelectric elements; and
• hydrostatic fluid elements.
See “Choosing the appropriate element for an analysis type,” Section 27.1.3.
Output
In subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis the value of an output variable such as strain (E) or stress (S) is a complex number with real and imaginary components. In the case of data file output the first printed line gives the real components while the second lists the imaginary components. Results and data file output variables are also provided to obtain the magnitude and phase of many variables (see “Abaqus/Standard output variable identifiers,” Section 4.2.1). In this case the first printed line in the data file gives the magnitude while the second gives the phase angle.
The following variables are provided specifically for subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis:
Element integration point variables:
| PHS | Magnitude and phase angle of all stress components. |
| PHE | Magnitude and phase angle of all strain components. |
| PHEPG | Magnitude and phase angles of the electrical potential gradient vector. |
| PHEFL | Magnitude and phase angles of the electrical flux vector. |
| PHMFL | Magnitude and phase angle of the mass flow rate in fluid link elements. |
| PHMFT | Magnitude and phase angle of the total mass flow in fluid link elements. |
For connector elements, the following element output variables are available:
| PHCTF | Magnitude and phase angle of connector total forces. |
| PHCEF | Magnitude and phase angle of connector elastic forces. |
| PHCVF | Magnitude and phase angle of connector viscous forces. |
| PHCRF | Magnitude and phase angle of connector reaction forces. |
| PHCSF | Magnitude and phase angle of connector friction forces. |
PHCU Magnitude and phase angle of connector relative displacements.
PHCCU Magnitude and phase angle of connector constitutive displacements.
PHCV Magnitude and phase angle of connector relative velocities.
PHCA Magnitude and phase angle of connector relative accelerations.
Nodal variables:
PU Magnitude and phase angle of all displacement/rotation components at a node.
PPOR Magnitude and phase angle of the fluid or acoustic pressure at a node.
PHPOT Magnitude and phase angle of the electrical potential at a node.
PRF Magnitude and phase angle of all reaction forces/moments at a node.
PHCHG Magnitude and phase angle of the reactive charge at a node.
Neither element energy densities (such as the elastic strain energy density, SENER) nor whole element energies (such as the total kinetic energy of an element, ELKE) are available for output in a SIM-based, subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis.
The standard output variables U, V, A, and the variable PU listed above correspond to motions relative to the motion of the primary base in a subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis. Total values, which include the motion of the primary base, are also available:
TU Components of total displacement/rotation at a node.
TV Components of total velocity at a node.
TA Components of total acceleration at a node.
PTU Magnitude and phase angle of all total displacement/rotation components at a node.
The specified base motion is available for subspace-based steady-state dynamic analysis and can be output to the data, results, and/or output database files (see “Output to the data and results files,” Section 4.1.2, and “Output to the output database,” Section 4.1.3).
BM Base motion.
Whole model variables such as ALLIE (total strain energy) are available for subspace-based steadystate dynamic analysis as output to the data, results, and/or output database files (see “Output to the data and results files,” Section 4.1.2, and “Output to the output database,” Section 4.1.3).
Acoustic contribution factors
Computation of the acoustic contribution factors helps you determine the major noise sources. The procedure for computing the acoustic contribution factors is based on the modal analysis formulation of acoustic-structural problems with uncoupled modes. For more information, see “Acoustic contribution factors in mode-based and subspace-based steady-state dynamic analyses” in “Dynamic analysis procedures: overview,” Section 6.3.1.
Input file template
*HEADING
...
*AMPLITUDE, NAME=loadamp
Data lines to define an amplitude curve as a function of frequency (cycles/time)
*AMPLITUDE, NAME=base
Data lines to define an amplitude curve to be used to prescribe base motion
**
*STEP, NLGEOM
Include the NLGEOM parameter so that stress stiffening effects will
be included in the steady-state dynamics step
*STATIC
**Any general analysis procedure can be used to preload the structure
...
*CLOAD and/or *DLOAD
Data lines to prescribe preloads
*TEMPERATURE and/or *FIELD
Data lines to define values of predefined fields for preloading the structure
*BOUNDARY
Data lines to specify boundary conditions to preload the structure
*END STEP
**
*STEP
*FREQUENCY
Data line to control eigenvalue extraction
*BOUNDARY
Data lines to assign degrees of freedom to the primary base
*BOUNDARY, BASE NAME=base2
Data lines to assign degrees of freedom to a secondary base
*END STEP
**
*STEP
*STEADY STATE DYNAMICS, SUBSPACE PROJECTION
Data lines to specify frequency ranges and bias parameters
*SELECT EIGENMODES
Data lines to define the applicable mode ranges
*BASE MOTION, DOF=dof, AMPLITUDE=base
*BASE MOTION, DOF=dof, AMPLITUDE=base, BASE NAME=base2
*CLOAD and/or *DLOAD, AMPLITUDE=loadamp
Data lines to specify sinusoidally varying, frequency-dependent loads
*END STEP