Radioss to OptiStruct Conversion Mapping

Contacts

Radioss OptiStruct
TYPE2 TIE
/TYPE24 CONTACT, AUTO, PCONT, PSURF
/TYPE25 CONTACT, AUTO, PCONT, PSURF

Elements

Radioss OptiStruct
/ADMAS CONM2
BEAM CBEAM
BRIC20 CHEXA
BRICK CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA
PENTA6 CPENTA
SH3N CTRIA3
SHELL CQUAD4
SPRING + PROP/SPRING (TYPE 4) CBUSH1D
SPRING CBUSH
TETRA4 CTETRA
TRUSS CROD

Engine Keywords

Radioss OptiStruct
/RUN TTERM

Loads

Radioss OptiStruct
/CLOAD, /FUNCT FORCE, DLOAD, TLOAD, TABLED1
/GRAV ACCEL2

Materials

Radioss OptiStruct
MAT/COMPSH (LAW 25) MAT9ORT**
MAT/ELAST (LAW 1) MAT1
MAT/HONEYCOMB (LAW 28) MAT9ORT + MATX28*
MAT/PLAS_JOHNS (LAW 2) MAT1 + MATX02*
/MAT/PLAS_TAB MAT1, MATS1, TABLEMD
MAT/PLAS_TAB (LAW 36) MAT1 + MATX36*
MAT/VOID (LAW 0) MAT1 + MATX0*

*Only when you click Yes in the RadiossBlock to OptiStruct conversion tool dialog.

**The values of NU23 and NU31 are set to default values on conversion.

Properties

Radioss OptiStruct
PROP/BEAM (TYPE 3) PBEAM + PBEAMX*
PROP/SH_SANDW (TYPE11) PCOMP**
PROP/SHELL (TYPE 1) PSHELL + PSHELLX*
PROP/SOLID (TYPE 14) PSOLID + PSOLIDX*
/PROP/SPR_BEAM PBUSH
PROP/SPR_BEAM (TYPE 13) PBUSH + PBUSHT
PROP/SPR_GENE (TYPE 8) PBUSH + PBUSHT
PROP/SPR_PUL (TYPE 12) PBUSH
PROP/SPRING (TYPE 4) PBUSH1D
PROP/TRUSS (TYPE 2) PROD

*Only when you click Yes in the RadiossBlock to OptiStruct conversion tool dialog.

**Only material, ply thickness, and ply angle is converted.