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This manual provides a detailed list of all the input keywords and options available in Radioss.
Starter Input
This manual provides a list of all the model definition keywords and options available in Radioss.
Load Cases
Block Format Keyword In Radioss the following load cases are available. Stress/strain as initial state could be considered by modeling, as well as pressure, gravity, and thermal load.
ALE Elementary Boundary Conditions
Block Format Keyword
/EBCS/NRF
Block Format Keyword Define a non-reflecting Frontier for ALE or EULER flow applied on a given boundary surface.

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- File Extensions and Formats
  Current Radioss format uses the 12x extension format.
- Single File Input
  This format allows running either Starter or Engine with the same file.
- New Keywords in 2025
  New and modified features in Radioss.
- Starter Input
  This manual provides a list of all the model definition keywords and options available in Radioss.
  - 2D and 3D Analysis Options
  - Starter Keywords Syntax
    Block Format Keyword
  - Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)
    The Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics method formulation is used to solve the equations of mechanics, when particles are free from a meshing grid.
  - Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  - General Controls
    Block Format Keyword In this group, keywords are used to set default value, global parameter, analysis type, input/output print, damping and ALE and CFD treatment for the whole model. For default value, it is still possible to overwrite in each specific keywords.
  - Nodes
    Block Format Keyword In Radioss, two node types are available. They use Cartesian coordinate to describe the position of each node.
  - Elements
    Block Format Keyword
  - Component and Parts Organization
    Block Format Keyword In this group, keywords are used to combine material and property information (/PART), assemble model (/SUBSET) or define a separate model (//SUBMODEL).
  - Interfaces
    Block Format Keyword Interfaces solve the contact and impact conditions between two parts of a model. Several interface types are available in Radioss and use different contact treatments.
  - Materials
  - Properties
    Block Format Keyword
  - Monitored Volumes (Airbags)
    Block Format Keyword Monitored volumes can be used to model an airbag, tire, tank, or any closed volume.
  - Constraints
    Block Format Keyword Radioss supports several different kinematic constraints, which are mainly used to impose acceleration, velocity, displacement or temperature in structure or constraint the moving of structure. They are mutually exclusive for each degree-of-freedom (DOF). Two kinematic conditions applied to the same node may be incompatible.
  - Load Cases
    Block Format Keyword In Radioss the following load cases are available. Stress/strain as initial state could be considered by modeling, as well as pressure, gravity, and thermal load.
    - Initial Conditions
      Block Format Keyword
    - Load
      Block Format Keyword
    - Thermal
      Block Format Keyword
    - Reference State
      Block Format Keyword
    - Defense
      Block Format Keyword
    - ALE Elementary Boundary Conditions
      Block Format Keyword
      - /EBCS/FLUXOUT
        Block Format Keyword Define the flux output elementary boundary condition used with /MAT/LAW151.
      - /EBCS/GRADP0
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition of zero pressure gradient. This keyword is not available for SPMD parallel version.
      - /EBCS/INIP
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition of initial pressure.
      - /EBCS/INIV
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition of initial velocity.
      - /EBCS/INLET
        Block Format Keyword Define the inlet elementary boundary condition used with /MAT/LAW151.
      - /EBCS/MONVOL
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary conditions.
      - /EBCS/NORMV
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition of imposed normal velocity.
      - /EBCS/NRF
        Block Format Keyword Define a non-reflecting Frontier for ALE or EULER flow applied on a given boundary surface.
      - /EBCS/PRES
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition to imposed density and pressure.
      - /EBCS/VALVIN
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition to describe inlet valve (imposed density and pressure).
      - /EBCS/VALVOUT
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition to describe outlet valve (imposed density and pressure).
      - /EBCS/VEL
        Block Format Keyword Describes the elementary boundary condition of imposed velocity.
      - /RWALL/THERM
        Block Format Keyword Describes the ALE rigid wall.
    - ALE and CFD Constraints
      Block Format Keyword
    - SPH Constraints
      Block Format Keyword
  - Tools
    Block Format Keyword In this group, tools like transformation, frames, skews, and curve are introduced.
  - Groups(Sets)
    Block Format Keyword Keywords in this group are used to define how to select a group of node, part, elements, lines, or surfaces.
  - Adaptive Meshings
    Block Format Keyword Adaptive Meshing is used in metal forming to divide the element to better describe the geometry. /ADMESH/GLOBAL and /ADMESH/SET are not available for SPMD computation.
  - Output Database
    Block Format Keyword Time histories output for different element groups, section output, or gauge output are described in this group.
- Engine Input
  This manual provides a list of all the solution definition keywords and options available in Radioss.
- LS-DYNA Input
  This manual provides a list of LS-DYNA input files available in Radioss.
- Multi-Domain
  This manual contains the description of the keywords for the Radioss Multi-Domain.
- Obsolete Keywords
  Keywords that are still supported, but no longer maintained (*) are considered obsolete.
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Example Guide
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Verification Problems
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Theory Manual
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User Subroutines
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/EBCS/NRF

Block Format Keyword Define a non-reflecting Frontier for ALE or EULER flow applied on a given boundary surface.

Format


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/EBCS/NRF/`ebcs_ID`/`unit_ID`
`ebcs_title`
`surf_ID`

Definition


Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`ebcs_ID`	Elementary boundary condition identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`unit_ID`	Unit identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`ebcs_title`	Elementary boundary condition title. (Character, maximum 100 characters)
`surf_ID`	Surface identifier. (Integer)

Comments

This option is compatible for ALE or EULER flow and material laws /MAT/LAW3 (HYDPLA), /MAT/LAW4 (HYD_JCOOK), /MAT/LAW6 (HYDRO or HYD_VISC), /MAT/LAW10 (DPRAG1), /MAT/LAW16 (GRAY), /MAT/LAW46 (LES_FLUID), /MAT/LAW49 (STEINB), /MAT/LAW51 (MULTIMAT), /MAT/LAW102 (DPRAG2), /MAT/LAW151 (MULTIFLUID).