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General

General

The LS-DYNA equivalent of *MODEL_CHANGE card (in ABAQUS). Which keywords can be used to introduce(activate)/delete(deactivate) elements in the middle of a calculation (at user-specific time/load steps).

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      Please use construction stages keyword options, Have a look at the following keywords: *DEFINE_CONSTRUCTION_STAGES *DEFINE_STAGED_CONSTRUCTION_PART *CONTROL_STAGED_CONSTRUCTION With these keywords, you can define stages and add or remove parts at different stages during the analysis. Please find attached one sample example for your reference