Nonlinear calculations

For nonlinear calculations the solution is found by iteration. Because a step is possibly too large to obtain convergence, the option exists to subdivide the step into a finite number of increments. The size of the initial increment in a step is defined by the user (line beneath *STATIC, *DYNAMIC, *VISCO, *HEAT TRANSFER or *COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENTS) and also the number of increments can be controlled by the user (parameter DIRECT). However, in most cases it is advisable to let the program determine the size of the increments, based on the convergence rate of the previous increments. The solution in each increment is obtained by iteration until the residual forces are small enough.

Therefore, the structure of nonlingeo corresponds to the flow diagram in Figure 171. It lists all subroutines, each line is a subroutine. On the upper right “preliminary” is an abbreviation for five subroutines which recur often. If a subroutine or a group of subroutines is enclose by square brackets, it means that it is only run under certain conditions. In detail, the structure of nonlingeo looks like:

Figure 171: Flow diagram for subroutine nonlingeo
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