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User Subroutines
This manual describes the interface between Altair Radioss and user subroutines.
Material Laws 29, 30, 31
Up to 3 material user’s laws (law 29, 30 and 31) can be defined for 3D, 2D solid elements and 3D shell elements. User’s laws for beam or truss elements are not available.
Solid Elements Examples
An elastic material law is defined for solid elements.

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User Subroutines
This manual describes the interface between Altair Radioss and user subroutines.
- Global User Window
  With Radioss, it is possible to define a global user window. This is the most general interface between Radioss and external code.
- Material Laws 29, 30, 31
  Up to 3 material user’s laws (law 29, 30 and 31) can be defined for 3D, 2D solid elements and 3D shell elements. User’s laws for beam or truss elements are not available.
  - Starter Subroutine LECMnn
    This subroutine reads the user’s law input data.
  - Engine Subroutine SIGEPSnn for Solid Elements
    This subroutine calculates the stress tensor versus the strain tensor, strain rate tensor, density, volume, internal energy, or user-defined variables.
  - Solid Elements Examples
    An elastic material law is defined for solid elements.
  - Engine Subroutine SIGEPSnnC for Shell Elements
    This subroutine calculates the stress tensor versus the strain tensor, strain rate tensor, or user variables.
  - Shell Elements Examples
  - Additional Interface Routines for Solid and Shell Material Laws
- Extended Material Laws
  In Radioss, 99 material user laws can be defined for 3D and 2D solid elements, connection element, and 3D shell elements.
- User Property Elements
  Up to 3 spring user properties (property number 29, 30, and 31) can be defined for spring and solid elements.
- User Sensors
  In Radioss, up to three types of user sensors can be defined.
- User Failure Models
  In Radioss up to 3 user’s failure models (USER1, USER2, and USER3) can be defined for shell and solid elements.
- Write in Output Files
  Some user subroutines do not pass the IOUT file descriptor and, thus, do not permit writing in a Radioss output file.
- Generate Radioss User Libraries
  Radioss user libraries are built on Windows and Linux with two different compilers: Intel Fortran or Gfortran.
- Initialize, Verify and Finalize
  The workflow in some user options may require initialization, verify during the run and finalize tasks in the Engine.
- Appendix

Solid Elements Examples

An elastic material law is defined for solid elements.

Input user data includes density, Young’s modulus, and Poisson ratio.

Example Demo File

Before you begin, copy the file(s) used in this problem to your working directory.