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Introductory Training on 3/14/2009
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Crashworthiness Optimization using

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DYNA
ESTECO North America
Problem Description
The problem is of a simplified vehicle moving at a constant
velocity and crashing into a rigid pole. The figures left
show the parts and the deformed vehicle after 50ms.
•Design parameters
– Thickness of hood, bumper, grill, floor, and body,
all have range 1 to 5 cm, with step size 0.1 cm
•Analysis and data processing tools
– LS-DYNA 970
– LS-PREPOST 3.0
•Objectives
– Minimize HIC(15ms) of node 432
– Minimize intrusion, which is defined as the relative
displacement between nodes 167 and 432
•Constraint
– Intrusion(50ms) < 550mm
Introductory Course on
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Setting up a Workflow
Input Variables
Insert 5 Input
Variables
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Input Variables
We can
customize
view of
selected icons
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here
Input Variables
We can change Input

Variable
Definitions (Limit
Values, Discretization,
etc ) here
etc.)
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Input File for LS-DYNA Analysis
Insert input
file node
Link the input variables

to the input file
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Open Input file node

and Edit input file
Open Input File Template
Select template input file
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Input Variable Introspect
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Add Support File for LS-DYNA Analysis
Add Support File

Icon into Workflow
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Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node
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Connect “Dyna_main_file”
node and “Support
pp file”
Open “Run_LSDYNA” node to “Run_LSDYNA” node
node by double click through data input port
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Type in command line

to run LS_DYNA
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Data Processing and Transfer File Nodes
Add “Data_processing”
node and link to
“Run_LSDYNA” node
Add transfer file node to

transfer data from “ls-dyna
analysis” to “Data processing”
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Rename the transfer file node as

“nodout”, link the node to data
Open the transfer file
output connector of “Run_LSDYNA”
node by double click
node and data input connector of
“Data_processing” node, respectively.
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Type in transfer file

name and click “ok”
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Support File Node for Data Processing
Add support file for

“Data_processing” node
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Link support
pp file node
to “Data_processing”
node
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Data Processing Node
Edit “Data_processing”
node by doulbe clicking
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Script to run LS_prepost

script file to process data
and create output files
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Output File Node
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Output File Node
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Output Variable Node
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Output Variable Introspect
Double clicking
“output file” node
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Change the output file name
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Left clicking to highlight the

output variable
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Right click and select

“Absolute Position”
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Output File and Output Variable Node
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Repeat t th
the
process to add
another output
variable
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Output File and Output Variable Node
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DOE and Optimization node
Define the
Scheduler
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DOE
Double-
click DOE
node
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DOE
Choose “Soble”,
“Number of
designs” to 20,
and
d the
th “Add DOE
Sequence”
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Optimization node
Double-click
Scheduler
(Algorithm) node
Optimization node
Choose “MOGA-II”, set

“Number of generations” to
“20”,, “Number of concurrent
design evaluations” to “2”,
and click “OK”
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Workflow
Reposition
labels to
bottom
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“End of Logic” Node
Add the “End

off Logic”
L i ”N Node
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Double-click the
“Data_processing
” node again
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Change the Exit

value to “-1”,
which implies
LS_prepost run
successfully
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Logic Log
Clicking on the
“Logic Log” tab
shows us that we
are still missing
Objectives
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Objectives
Choose
Objective
icon, and
place in
Workflow
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Objectives
Link the
objective node
to output
variable
“intrusion” node
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Objectives
Enter a name for
the objective, then
Double-click choose what is to be
Objective Icon on maximized or
screen,, which will minimized using
minimized,
open Objective the calculator
Dialog Box
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Objectives
The calculator can
be used to build
an objective
function; here we
jjust want to
minimize
“intrusion”
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Objectives
Set Type to
“Minimize”
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Objectives
Another objective
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can be defined in a
similar manner to
minimize HIC15
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Run Design Optimization
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Run
W kfl
Workflow iis now
complete (no warnings in
Logic Log), hence “Run”
button becomes active
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Run
Click “Run”
Specify a file name

for mF project
Click “Run Project”
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Run Logs
Click “Design Group”

“00000-00999”
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Run Logs
These are hyperlinks,

which allow the user to
see more of the progress
of an individual design
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Design Space: Results Table
Switch to “Design
Space” and
display the results
in Tabular Form
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Post-processing
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Design Space: Scatter Chart
Choose the
Scatter Chart Icon
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Design Space: Scatter Chart
Select the two

objectives
j to be
displayed
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Scatter Chart
Create a scatter chart of “intrusion”

intrusion against
“HIC15”. We can mark the Pareto Designs by
right-click on the chart background, and then
“Mark Designs” -> “Mark Pareto Designs”
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Pareto Designs as Marked
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Design Space: Parallel Chart
A Parallel Chart
shows all designs,
and can be used
to filter
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Design Space: Parallel Chart Sliding the “intrusion”

filter down, leaves
only the designs with
low values of intrusion
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Design Space: Parallel Chart
Note: Both “intrusion”

and “HIC15” to be
minimized, therefore the
crossover of the lines is
i di ti off a ttrade-off
indicative d ff
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Design Space: Scatter Matrix
Use the “Scatter

Scatter
Matrix” to show the
correlation between
inputs and outputs
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Use “Ctrl” to select all inputs

and two outputs,
outputs click “OK”OK
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Introductory Training on 3/14/2009

Crashworthiness Optimization using

We can change Input

Input File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Input File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Link the input variables

Input File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Open Input file node

Open Input File Template

Select template input file

Input Variable Introspect

Add Support File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Add Support File

Add Support File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Add Support File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Add Support File for LS-DYNA Analysis

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Type in command line

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Add LS-DYNA Analysis Node

Data Processing and Transfer File Nodes

Add transfer file node to

Data Processing and Transfer File Nodes

Rename the transfer file node as

Data Processing and Transfer File Nodes

Data Processing and Transfer File Nodes

Type in transfer file

Data Processing and Transfer File Nodes

Support File Node for Data Processing

Add support file for

Support File Node for Data Processing

Support File Node for Data Processing

Support File Node for Data Processing

Data Processing Node

Data Processing Node

Data Processing Node

Script to run LS_prepost

Output File Node

Output File Node

Output Variable Node

Output Variable Introspect

Output Variable Introspect

Change the output file name

Output Variable Introspect

Output Variable Introspect

Left clicking to highlight the

Output Variable Introspect

Right click and select

Output Variable Introspect

Output File and Output Variable Node

Output File and Output Variable Node

DOE and Optimization node

Choose “MOGA-II”, set

“End of Logic” Node

Add the “End

“End of Logic” Node

“End of Logic” Node

Change the Exit

Run Design Optimization