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WORKSHOP 18
Printing AERO Coordinates
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• Workshop Objectives
– Create alter to print
• Aero element corner node locations
• Aero element center locations
– Print the following datablocks
• AEGRID Basic grid point definition tables for the aerodynamic model.
Output by APD as BGPDT
• AEBGPDT Family of aerodynamic basic grid point definition tables. Output
by APD.
• Software Version
– MSC Nastran 2012
• Files Required
– wkshop18.dat
– wk18.alt
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• Suggested Steps
1. Find out where the AEGRID, and AEBGPDT are being created• Hint 1: AERO0 Module
• Hint 2: Find out where they come out or available. Usually, there are multiple
places that can be used
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Model Details
• Idealization of the FSW Configuration
• Half model – Right-hand side modeled
– Detailed shown on left-hand side for clarity
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Model Details (cont.)
• AEROS – Basic parameters for static aero
$ ACSID RCSID REFC REFB REFS SYMXZ SYMXY
AEROS 1 100 10.0 40.0 200.0 1
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Model Details (cont.)
• Coordinate Systems
– Aerodynamic coordinate system (ACSID=1)
– Reference coordinate system for rigid body (RCSID = 100)
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Model Details (cont.)• The following alter (wk18.alt) is provided
– Insert the proper Compile statement for the appropriate SubDMAP
– Insert the proper alter statement
$
$ DMAP alter to write out aero element corner node locations
$
message //'NDDL format of box corner locations in CID 0'
tabprt aegrid/////1 $ NDDL Format of data
$
message //'Nicely formatted box corner locations in CID 0'
tabprt aegrid//'bgpdt' $ Column format of data
$
message //'NDDL format of box center locations in CID 0'
tabprt aebgpdt/////1 $ NDDL formatted print
$
message //'Nicely formatted box center locations in CID 0'
tabprt aebgpdt//'bgpdt' $ Column format of data
$endalter $
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SOLUTION
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DMAP For print AEGRID and AEBGPDT
compile aero0 souin=mscsou nolist noref
$$ DMAP alter to write out aero element corner node locations
$
alter 'aebgpdt.*aegrid' $ v2012
$alter 'return'(2,-1) $ v2012
$
message //'NDDL format of box corner locations in CID 0'
tabprt aegrid/////1 $ NDDL Format of data
$
message //'Nicely formatted box corner locations in CID 0'
tabprt aegrid//'bgpdt' $ Column format of data
$
message //'NDDL format of box center locations in CID 0'
tabprt aebgpdt/////1 $ NDDL formatted print
$
message //'Nicely formatted box center locations in CID 0'tabprt aebgpdt//'bgpdt' $ Column format of data
$
endalter $
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AEGRID Output (Box Corner)• NDDL Format
…..
• Nice Format
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AEBGPDT Output (Box Center)
• NDDL Format
• Nice Format