This option is used to calculate the system's linearized steady-state response to harmonic excitation.
Product: ABAQUS/Standard
Type: History data
Level: Step
Include this parameter to compute the steady-state harmonic response directly in terms of the physical degrees of freedom of the model. This usually makes the procedure significantly more expensive, but it can be used if model parameters depend on frequency, if the stiffness of the system is unsymmetric and the unsymmetric terms are important, or if the system contains discrete damping (such as dashpot elements).
Include this parameter to compute the steady-state harmonic response on the basis of the subspace projection method. In this case a direct solution is obtained for the model projected onto the eigenvectors obtained in the preceding *FREQUENCY step. This is a cost-effective approach to including consideration of unsymmetric stiffness and frequency-dependent model parameters. It is more expensive than the modal superposition method but less expensive than the direct-solution method.
Set SUBSPACE PROJECTION=ALL FREQUENCIES (default) if the projection of the dynamic equations onto the modal subspace is to be performed at each frequency requested on the data lines.
Set SUBSPACE PROJECTION=CONSTANT if a single projection of the dynamic equations onto the modal subspace is to be used for all frequencies requested on the data lines. The projection is performed using model properties evaluated at the center frequency determined on a logarithmic or linear scale depending on the value of the FREQUENCY SCALE parameter. This value cannot be used for coupled acoustic-structural analysis.
Set SUBSPACE PROJECTION=EIGENFREQUENCY if the projections onto the modal subspace of the dynamic equations are to be performed at each eigenfrequency within the requested ranges and at the eigenfrequencies immediately outside these ranges. The projections are then interpolated at each frequency requested on the data lines. The interpolation is done on a logarithmic or linear scale depending on the value of the FREQUENCY SCALE parameter. This value cannot be used for coupled acoustic-structural analysis.
Set SUBSPACE PROJECTION=PROPERTY CHANGE to select how often subspace projections onto the modal subspace are performed based on material property changes as a function of frequency. The interpolation is done on a logarithmic or linear scale depending on the value of the FREQUENCY SCALE parameter. This value cannot be used for coupled acoustic-structural analysis.
Set this parameter equal to LOGARITHMIC (default) or LINEAR to determine whether a logarithmic or linear scale is used for output. If the SUBSPACE PROJECTION parameter is included and is set equal to either EIGENFREQUENCY or PROPERTY CHANGE, the same scale will be used for the interpolation of the subspace projections.
Set INTERVAL=EIGENFREQUENCY if the frequency ranges specified on each data line are to be subdivided using the system's eigenfrequencies. This option requires a preceding *FREQUENCY step and is the default if the DIRECT parameter is omitted.
Set INTERVAL=RANGE if the frequency range specified on each data line is to be used directly. This option is the default if the DIRECT parameter is included.
This parameter is relevant only if the DIRECT or the SUBSPACE PROJECTION parameter is included. Include this parameter if damping terms are to be ignored so that a real, rather than a complex, system matrix is factored. This option can reduce computational time significantly for the DIRECT procedure and, to a lesser extent, for the SUBSPACE PROJECTION procedure.
Set this parameter equal to the maximum relative change in damping material properties before a new projection is to be performed. The default value is 0.1.
Set this parameter equal to the maximum relative change in stiffness material properties before a new projection is to be performed. The default value is 0.1.
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Lower limit of frequency range or a single frequency, in cycles/time.
Upper limit of frequency range, in cycles/time. If this value is given as zero, it is assumed that results are required at only one frequency and the remaining data items on the line are ignored.
Number of points in the frequency range at which results should be given. If INTERVAL=EIGENFREQUENCY, this is the number of points at which results should be given, including the end points, from the lower limit of the frequency range to the first eigenfrequency in the range; in each interval from eigenfrequency to eigenfrequency; and from the highest eigenfrequency in the range to the high limit of the frequency range. If INTERVAL=RANGE, this is the total number of points in the frequency range, including the end points. The minimum value is 2. If the value given is less than 2 (or omitted), the default value of 20 points is assumed.
Bias parameter. This parameter is useful only if results are requested at four or more frequency points. It is used to bias the results points toward the ends of the intervals so that better resolution is obtained there. This is generally useful when INTERVAL=EIGENFREQUENCY, since the ends of each interval are the eigenfrequencies where the response amplitudes vary most rapidly. The default bias parameter is 3.0 if INTERVAL=EIGENFREQUENCY and is 1.0 if INTERVAL=RANGE.
Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define frequency ranges in which results are required.