*CONTROL_TIMESTEP

LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines time step control conditions.

Format

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*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
TSSFAC DT2MS LCTM

Definition

Field Contents SI Unit Example
TSSFAC Scaling coefficient for the time step.

(Real)

DT2MS
< 0
Minimum constant nodal time step.

(Real)

[ s ]
LCTM Curve identifier to define the maximum time step value. Only the initial and maximum ordinate value of the curve are used.

(Integer)

[ s ]

Comments

  1. This keyword maps to /DT/NODA/CST and /DTIX.
  2. Resulting starting timestep will be = to TSSFAC * DT2MS * -1.