Initial Condition
This tool is used to define uniform and distributed initial conditions while setting up analysis.
Initial Condition: Following are the types of initial conditions, can be defined in SimLab.
- Temperature
- Velocity
- Pressure
- Eddy viscosity
- Stress
Cards supported for various solvers
| Solver | Supported Cards |
|---|---|
| OptiStruct |
TEMP, TEMPERATURE(INITIAL) TEMP, IC - Transient HT INISTRS, ISTSADD TIC, IC |
| Nastran | TEMP |
| Abaqus |
*INITIAL CONDITIONS,TYPE=STRESS *INITIAL CONDITIONS,TYPE=TEMPERATURE |
| Ansys | TREF |
| Permas | $INIVAL |
| ADVC |
$InitialTemperature $InitialVelocity |
| RADIOSS | /INIVEL |
| AcuSolve | NODAL_INITIAL_CONDITION |
| LS-Dyna | *INITIAL_VELOCITY |