LS-DYNA

LS-DYNA is a general purpose transient dynamic finite element program capable of simulating complex real world problems. LS-DYNA is provided by the Livermore Software Technology Corporation.

Installed on blacklight and warhol.

Usage

Create a batch job containing commands to:

  1. Use the module command in a batch job.
  2. Load the appropriate ls-dyna module. 
     module load ls-dyna
    loads the module for the default version of ls-dyna. There are multiple versions available. Typing 
    module avail ls-dyna
    lists the available versions. Choose the appropriate module for the version you want to use. For example, to use version 971-R5.0, type 
    module load ls-dyna/971-R5.0
  3. Run ls-dyna.

    Each version has more than one executable available. Be sure to choose the right executable for your needs. To check which executables are available for a given version, first load the module for that version, then type 

    which executable
    You will get a message displaying the path to the executable, if it exists, or a "Command not found" message.

    Executable names are found in the table below. In general, mpp-dyna or hyb-dyna may be faster than ls-dyna in parallel.

    Single precisionDouble precision
    Threaded ls-dyna-s ls-dyna-d
    MPI mpp-dyna-s mpp-dyna-d
    Hybrid
    (only in v 5.1.1 and later)    		 hyb-dyna-s hyb-dyna-d

Submit the job with the qsub command.

See a sample job.