2.5 Running the analysis

Exit the editor, and make any necessary corrections to your input file. When the datacheck analysis completes with no error messages, run the analysis itself by using the command

abaqus job=frame_xpl continue interactive
Messages like the following will appear on the screen:
ABAQUS JOB frame_xpl
Begin ABAQUS/Explicit Analysis
11/11/2004 11:29:25 AM
Run explicit.exe
ABAQUS License Manager checked out the following licenses:
ABAQUS/Explicit checked out 5 tokens.
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  SOLUTION PROGRESS
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  STEP 1  ORIGIN 0.0000
  
   Total memory used for step 1 is approximately 170.0 kilobytes.
   Global time estimation algorithm will be used.
   Scaling factor:  1.0000
   Percentage change in total mass at the start of step: 0.0000
  
             STEP      TOTAL       CPU     STABLE      CRITICAL  KINETIC
  INCREMENT  TIME      TIME        TIME   INCREMENT    ELEMENT   ENERGY
         0  0.000E+00 0.000E+00   00:00:00 1.841E-04      13   0.000E+00
ODB Field Frame Number    0 of   4 requested intervals at increment zero.
         3  5.524E-04 5.524E-04   00:00:00 1.840E-04      17   1.451E+01
         6  1.100E-03 1.100E-03   00:00:00 1.835E-04      13   1.465E+01
         9  1.636E-03 1.636E-03   00:00:00 2.141E-04      13   4.519E+00
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        51  1.000E-02 1.000E-02   00:00:01 2.131E-04      13   1.154E+01
Restart Number 1 at 1.00000E-02
ODB Field Frame Number   4 of   4 requested intervals at  1.000000E-02
   
   THE ANALYSIS HAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
  
11/11/2004 11:29:27 AM
End ABAQUS/Explicit Analysis
ABAQUS JOB frame_xpl COMPLETED

It is desirable to perform a datacheck analysis before running a simulation to ensure that the input data are correct. However, it is possible to combine the datacheck and analysis phases of the simulation by using the following command:

abaqus job=frame_xpl interactive

If a simulation is expected to take a substantial amount of time, it is convenient to run it in the background by omitting the interactive parameter:

abaqus job=frame_xpl

(The above commands apply for the standard ABAQUS installation on a workstation. However, ABAQUS jobs can be run in batch queues on some computers. If you have any questions, ask your systems administrator how to run ABAQUS on your system. Details of the ABAQUS commands are documented in Chapter 3, Execution Procedures,” of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.)