{"id":167638,"date":"2023-04-13T07:32:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T07:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/what-unit-system-does-the-ls-dyna-solver-use-when-running-the-standalone-input-k-file\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:32:39","slug":"what-unit-system-does-the-ls-dyna-solver-use-when-running-the-standalone-input-k-file","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/what-unit-system-does-the-ls-dyna-solver-use-when-running-the-standalone-input-k-file\/","title":{"rendered":"What unit system does the LS-DYNA solver use when running the standalone &#8216;input.k&#8217; file?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The LS-DYNA solver and subsequently the LS-PrePost application are unitless.  The units in LS-DYNA must be consistent and its the users responsibility to make sure of this.   The reader is referred to the Getting Started guide>UNITS section in Volume-I of LS-DYNA keyword user&#8217;s manual and the following link which contains examples of consistent units: http:\/\/ftp.lstc.com\/anonymous\/outgoing\/support\/FAQ\/consistent_units  For consistent units used by the electromagnetic solver please find attached a spreadsheet with the EM units.  Keywords: Units, LS-DYNA, MKS units, LSPP<\/p>\n<p>Attachments:<br \/>\n1. <a href=https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-2A\/2060293\/Consistent_units_for_electromagnetism.xls>Consistent_units_for_electromagnetism.xls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-167638","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-explicit-ls-dyna","topic-tag-export","topic-tag-lsdyna","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["04-13-2023  20:20:01"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.182.204.162"],"_btv_view_count":["2330"],"siebel_km_number":["2060293"],"product_version":[""],"km_published_date":["2019-08-06T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Mechanical"]},"test":"solution"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/167638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/167638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}