TAGGED: bug, ls-dyna, LS-Dyna-Solver-Explicit-Dynamics
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May 29, 2026 at 7:08 pm
maoy
SubscriberSolver Version:
Version : smp s R14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Revision: R14.1.1-8-g2ef819c24fÂ
AnLicVer: 2025 R1 (20241030+dl-67-g73b144a)ÂDescription:
I've encountered an issue where hyperelastic materials develop strange initial stresses (solver: SMP single precision, double precison solver will crash the simulation immediately) when a part is switched from rigid to deformable using
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC. The same setup works perfectly with elastic materials.Summary of behavior:
A part with hyperelastic material is initially rigid, then automatically switched to deformable at t=10.0
Immediately after the switch, the part shows spurious stresses
If I replace the hyperelastic material with an elastic material, the problem disappears
The same issue occurs whether using full restart withÂ
*STRESS_INITIALIZATIONÂ to add a new hyperelastic part, or within a single continuous simulation usingÂ*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC
Attached test case:
A minimal working example demonstrating the issue. One single element uses*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATICÂ to switch from rigid to deformable at t=10.0 with hyperelastic rubber material. Simply swap the material to elastic (*MAT_ELASTIC) to see the problem disappear.Questions:
Is this a known limitation/bug in R14?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Key file to reproduce:
*KEYWORD*TITLEHyperelastic part - deformable/rigid automatic switch$$$  Units: mm, kg, ms, kN, GPa, kN-mm$$*CONTROL_TERMINATION$  endtim   endcyc   dtmin   endeng   endmas   13.0     0    0.0    0.0    0.0$*DEFINE_CURVE$ LCID   SIDR   SFA   SFO   OFFA   OFFO   DATTYP  LCINT   1005     0    1.0    1.0    0.0    0.0     0     0$ time   timestep         0.0         1e-2         10.0        1e-2*CONTROL_TIMESTEP$#  dtinit   tssfac    isdo   tslimt   dt2ms    lctm   erode   ms1st   1e-2    1.0     0    0.0     0    1005     0     0*CONTROL_ENERGY$   hgen    rwen   slnten   rylen     2     2*CONTROL_OUTPUT$   npopt   neecho   nrefup   iaccop   opifs   ipnint   ikedit     1     3*CONTROL_SHELL$  wrpang   itrist   irnxx   istupd   theory    bwc   miter                    1     2*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT$    dt    lcdt   1.00*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY$   neiph   neips   maxint   strflg   sigflg   epsflg   rltflg   engflg$  cmpflg   ieverp   beamip          1*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT$    dt    lcdt  999999*DATABASE_GLSTAT$    dt   0.10*DATABASE_MATSUM$    dt   0.10*DATABASE_NODOUT$    dt   0.10*DATABASE_RBDOUT$    dt   0.10*PART$    pid    sid    mid   eosid    hgid   adpoptpart1     1     2     2$$  Aluminum$*MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC$    mid     ro     e     pr    sigy    etan    beta     1  2.70e-6    68.9   0.330   0.286  0.00689$    src    srp     fs*SECTION_SHELL$$    sid   elform    shrf    nip   propt  qr/irid   icomp     1     2$    t1     t2     t3     t4    nloc    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0*SECTION_SHELL$    ID   elform    shrf    nip   propt     qr   icomp   setyp     2     2  0.833333     3     0     0     0     0$    t1     t2     t3     t4    nloc   marea        unused    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.1     0     0          Â*MAT_HYPERELASTIC_RUBBER$    ID     ro     pr     N     Nv     G    sigf    Ref     2 8.699E-07 0.4999172     0     0     0     0     0$    C10    C01    C11    C20    C02    C30       unused1  0.11e-3  0.028e-3     0     0     0     0          Â*NODE$  node        x        y        z    tc    rc    1       0.0       0.0       0.0    2       1.0       0.0       0.0    3       1.0       1.0       0.0    4       0.0       1.0       0.0$$$$  Define Elements*ELEMENT_SHELL$   eid   pid    n1    n2    n3    n4    1    1    1    2    3    4*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID     1*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC$#  SWSET    CODE   TIME1   TIME2   TIME3   ENTNO   RELSW   PAIRED     1     0    10.0    1.0e20   0.0     0     0     0$#   NRBF    NCSF    RWF   DTMAX    D2R    R2D   OFFSET     0     0     0    0.0     0     1    0.0$# Rigid to deformable card: one card because R2D = 1$#   PID   PTYPE     1    PART*END -
May 29, 2026 at 7:19 pm
maoy
SubscriberTo rule out material properties as the root cause, the same model was run without any rigid/deformable switch and completed without issue. See baseline test case below.
*KEYWORD*TITLEHyperelastic part - deformable/rigid automatic switch$$  Units: mm, kg, ms, kN, GPa, kN-mm$*CONTROL_TERMINATION$  endtim   endcyc   dtmin   endeng   endmas   13.0     0    0.0    0.0    0.0$*DEFINE_CURVE$ LCID   SIDR   SFA   SFO   OFFA   OFFO   DATTYP  LCINT   1005     0    1.0    1.0    0.0    0.0     0     0$ time   timestep         0.0         1e-2         10.0        1e-2*CONTROL_TIMESTEP$#  dtinit   tssfac    isdo   tslimt   dt2ms    lctm   erode   ms1st   1e-2    1.0     0    0.0     0    1005     0     0*CONTROL_ENERGY$   hgen    rwen   slnten   rylen     2     2*CONTROL_OUTPUT$   npopt   neecho   nrefup   iaccop   opifs   ipnint   ikedit     1     3*CONTROL_SHELL$  wrpang   itrist   irnxx   istupd   theory    bwc   miter                    1     2*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT$    dt    lcdt   1.00*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY$   neiph   neips   maxint   strflg   sigflg   epsflg   rltflg   engflg$  cmpflg   ieverp   beamip          1*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT$    dt    lcdt  999999*DATABASE_GLSTAT$    dt   0.10*DATABASE_MATSUM$    dt   0.10*DATABASE_NODOUT$    dt   0.10*DATABASE_RBDOUT$    dt   0.10*PART$    pid    sid    mid   eosid    hgid   adpoptpart1     1     2     2$$  Aluminum$*MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC$    mid     ro     e     pr    sigy    etan    beta     1  2.70e-6    68.9   0.330   0.286  0.00689$    src    srp     fs*SECTION_SHELL$$    sid   elform    shrf    nip   propt  qr/irid   icomp     1     2$    t1     t2     t3     t4    nloc    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0*SECTION_SHELL$    ID   elform    shrf    nip   propt     qr   icomp   setyp     2     2  0.833333     3     0     0     0     0$    t1     t2     t3     t4    nloc   marea        unused    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.1     0     0          Â*MAT_HYPERELASTIC_RUBBER$    ID     ro     pr     N     Nv     G    sigf    Ref     2 8.699E-07 0.4999172     0     0     0     0     0$    C10    C01    C11    C20    C02    C30       unused1  0.11e-3  0.028e-3     0     0     0     0          Â*NODE$  node        x        y        z    tc    rc    1       0.0       0.0       0.0    2       1.0       0.0       0.0    3       1.0       1.0       0.0    4       0.0       1.0       0.0$$$$  Define Elements*ELEMENT_SHELL$   eid   pid    n1    n2    n3    n4    1    1    1    2    3    4$*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID$     1$*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC$$#  SWSET    CODE   TIME1   TIME2   TIME3   ENTNO   RELSW   PAIRED$     1     0    10.0    1.0e20   0.0     0     0     0$$#   NRBF    NCSF    RWF   DTMAX    D2R    R2D   OFFSET$     0     0     0    0.0     0     1    0.0$$# Rigid to deformable card: one card because R2D = 1$$#   PID   PTYPE$     1    PART*END
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