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This manual provides a list of all the solution definition keywords and options available in Radioss.
Animation and Post-processing Output Files
Generates animation files containing results according to the keywords specified. The keywords are specified in the topics within Animation and Post-processing Output Files.
Brick Animations
/ANIM/Eltyp/TDET
Engine Keyword Generates animation files to output detonation times in animations for the specified element type.

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Radioss^® is a leading explicit finite element solver for crash and impact simulation.
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- File Extensions and Formats
  Current Radioss format uses the 12x extension format.
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- New Keywords in 2024
  New and modified features in Radioss.
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  - Engine Keywords Syntax
  - General Controls
    Engine Keyword In this group keywords are used to generally define the output style, control of computation, damping and ALE setup during the computation.
  - Deletion/Input Modifications
    Engine Keyword In this group, keywords are used for modification (deletion or add options) in Engine.
  - Animation and Post-processing Output Files
    Generates animation files containing results according to the keywords specified. The keywords are specified in the topics within Animation and Post-processing Output Files.
    - Nodal Animations
    - Element Animations
    - Brick Animations
      - /ANIM/BRICK/Restype
        Engine Keyword Generates animation files containing brick element data for the specified result. Options used for BRICK element type.
      - /ANIM/BRICK/DAMA
        Engine Keyword Generates animation files containing damage value as function of a solid element integration point. The damage value is the maximum of damage over time and of all failure criteria acting in one material.
      - /ANIM/BRICK/TDEL
        Engine Keyword Generates animation output for the time at which a solid element is deleted. The rupture time is output only for elements which are deleted, due to a /FAIL criterion. Failure criteria built in materials are ignored.
      - /ANIM/BRICK/TENS
        Engine Keyword Generates animation files containing tensor data (mean value or value in specified integration point) for brick elements, in global coordinate system.
      - /ANIM/BRICK/TENS/DAMA
        Engine Keyword Generates animation files containing tensor data for brick elements.
      - /ANIM/BRICK/VDAM_i
        Engine Keyword Generates animation files containing a damage variable value as the function of a brick element. These output variables are only compatible with failure model /FAIL/SNCONNECT.
      - /ANIM/Eltyp/TDET
        Engine Keyword Generates animation files to output detonation times in animations for the specified element type.
    - Shell Animations
    - Other Animations
    - Curve Plots
      Engine Keyword
    - H3D Output
    - Other Output Files
      Engine Keyword
  - Implicit Solution
    Engine Keyword In this group keywords are used for implicit solution. Different implicit solver methods (linear, nonlinear, buckling or quasi-static), different options to control the implicit computation, different implicit time step method and implicit output messages are introduced.
  - Kinematics and Loading
    Engine Keyword In this group, keywords are used to define the kinematic condition (constrain/release rotation or translation DOF) and initial condition (rotational/translational velocity).
  - Time Step
    Engine Keyword In this group, keywords are used to define different time step control (STOP, KILL, CST or DEL, and so on) for different entities (shell, brick, beam, airbag, interface, and so on) during the computation.
  - Initial State
    Engine Keyword In this group, keywords are used to output different info (like stress, strain, orthotropy direction, temperature, and so on) in a state file (STA-File).
  - Obsolete
    Engine Keyword Keywords that are still supported, but no longer maintained (*) are considered obsolete.
- LS-DYNA Input
  This manual provides a list of LS-DYNA input files available in Radioss.
- Optimization Keywords
  Optimization Keyword This manual contains the description of the keywords for the Radioss optimization. This manual is compatible with the version 2018 of Radioss.
- Multi-Domain
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/ANIM/Eltyp/TDET

Engine Keyword Generates animation files to output detonation times in animations for the specified element type.

Format

/ANIM/Eltyp/TDET

Definition


Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`Eltyp`	Element type. ELEM The variable is saved for all types of elements; except where not applicable. BRICK Brick elements QUAD Quad elements