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

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