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=PAGE=
7.1 NASTRAN DICTIONARY
This section contains descriptions of mnemonics, acronyms, phrases, and
other commonly used NASTRAN terms. The first column of the dictionary contains
the NASTRAN terms in alphabetical order. The second column contains a code
indicating a general category for each term. The codes and categories, along
with general references to the Programmer's Manual (PM) and User's Manual
(UM), are as follows:
CODE CATEGORY GENERAL REFERENCE
DBM Data Block - Matrix PM-2
DBML Data Block - Matrix List PM-2
DBS Data Block - Substructure Item UM-1.10
DBT Data Block - Table PM-2
EM Executive Module UM-5.7
FMA Functional Module - Aero PM-4
FMH Functional Module - Heat PM-4
FMM Functional Module - Matrix Operation UM-5.4
FMS Functional Module - Structural PM-4
FMSS Functional Module - Substructuring UM-5.9
FMU Functional Module - Utility UM-5.5
FMX Functional Module - User UM-5.6
IA Input - Executive Control UM-2.2
IB Input - Bulk Data UM-2.4
IC Input - Case Control UM-2.3
IS Input - Substructure Control UM-2.7
L Rigid Format Label UM-Vol. II
M Miscellaneous
NP NASTRAN card parameter UM-2.l
P Parameter Name UM-Vol. II
PH Common Phrase or Term
PU Parameter Set by User UM-2.4
The third column of the dictionary contains a definition or description of the
terms given in the first column. References to the User's Manual are indicated
by UM-i and the Programmer's Manual by PM-i, where i is the section number of
the manual. References to particular rigid formats are indicated by D-i, H-i,
or A-i, where i is the rigid format number in the DISPLACEMENT, HEAT, and AERO
approaches, respectively.
=PAGE=
A P Parameter value used to control utility module MATGPR print
of A-set matrices.
ABFL DBM [A ] - Hydroelastic boundary area factor matrix.
b,fl
ABFLT DBM Transpose of [A ].
b,fl
ACCE IC Abbreviated form of ACCELERATION.
ACCE IS Acceleration output requests.
ACCELERATION IC Output request for acceleration vector. (UM-2.3, 4.2)
ACPT DBT Aerodynamic Connection and Property Data.
Active column PH Column containing at least one nonzero term outside the
band.
ADD FMM Functional module to add two matrices together.
ADD M Parameter constant used in utility module PARAM.
ADD5 FMM Functional module to add up to five matrices together.
ADR FMS Aerodynamic data recovery.
ADUMi IB Defines attributes of dummy elements 1 through 9.
AEFACT IB Used to input lists of real numbers for aeroelastic
analysis.
AERO DBT Aerodynamic Matrix Generation Data.
AERO IB Gives basic aerodynamic parameters.
AEROF IC Aerodynamic force output request.
AEROFORCE IC Requests frequency dependent aerodynamic loads on
interconnection points in aeroelastic response analysis.
AJJL DBML Aerodynamic Influence Matrix List.
ALL IC Output request for all of a specified type of output.
ALLEDGE TICS IC Request tic marks on all edges of X-Y plot.
ALTER IA Alter statement for DMAP or rigid format.
ALWAYS P Parameter set to -1 by a PARAM statement.
AMG FMA Aerodynamic Matrix Generator.
AMP FMA Aerodynamic Matrix Processor.
AND M Parameter constant used in executive module PARAM.
AOUT$ M Indicates restart with solution set output request.
APD FMA Aerodynamic pool distributor and element generator.
APP IA Control card which specifies approach (DISP, DMAP, HEAT, or
AERO).
APP P Approach flag used for modules with several functions.
APPEND M File may be extended (see FILE).
ASDMAP FMSS Assemble substructure DMAP.
ASET IB Analysis set coordinate definition card.
ASET1 IB Analysis set coordinate definition card.
AUTO IC Requests X-Y plot of autocorrelation function.
AUTO DBT Autocorrelation function table.
AXES IC Defines orientation of object for structure plot.
AXIC DBT Generated by Input File Processor 3 (IFP3) for axisymmetric
conical shell problems.
AXIC IB Axisymmetrical conical shell definition card. When this
card is present, most other bulk data cards may not be
used.
AXIF IB Controls the formulation of a hydroelastic problem.
AXISYM$ M Indicates restart with conical shell or hydroelastic
elements.
AXISYMMETRIC IC Selects boundary conditions for axisymmetric shell problems
or specifies the existence of hydroelastic fluid harmonics.
AXSLOT IB Controls the formulation of acoustic analysis problems.
=PAGE=
B PH Upper semi band of matrix.
2
B2DD DBM [B ] - Partition of direct input damping matrix.
dd
2
B2PP DBM [B ] - Direct input damping matrix for all physical
pp
points.
B2PP IC Selects direct input structural damping or thermal
capacitance matrices.
B2PP$ M Indicates restart with change in direct input damping
matrices.
BAA DBM [B ] - Partition of damping matrix.
aa
BALL EDGE IC Request for all edge tic marks to be plotted on lower frame
TICS of an X-Y plot.
BAR IC Requests structure plot for all bar elements.
BAROR IB Bar orientation default definition.
BASIC IS Basic substructure for output requests.
BBAR PH Lower semi band of matrix.
BDD DBM [B ] - Damping matrix used in direct formulation of
dd dynamics problems (D-7 through D-9, A-11).
BDEBA P Parameter used to indicate equivalence of BDD and BAA.
BDPOOL DBT Hydroelastic boundary description table.
BDYC IB Combination of substructure boundary sets of retained
degrees of freedom or fixed degrees of freedom for modes
calculation.
BDYLIST IB Structure-fluid hydroelastic boundary definition.
BDYS IB Boundary set definition for substructuring.
BDYS1 IB Alternate boundary set definition for substructuring.
BEGIN EM The first DMAP statement is always BEGIN.
BEGIN BULK IB Control card which marks the end of the case control deck.
Cards following this card are assumed to be bulk data
cards.
BETAD PU Factor in integration algorithm in transient heat transfer
analysis.
BFF DBM [B ] - Partition of damping matrix.
ff
BGG DBM [B ] - Damping matrix generated by Structural Matrix
gg Assembler.
BGPA DBT Basic Grid Point Definition Table - aerodynamics.
BGPDT DBT Basic Grid Point Definition Table.
BGSS DBS Basic grid point coordinates.
BHH DBM [B ] - Partition of damping matrix.
hh
BKL0 P Constant parameter value used in functional module SDR2 in
the Buckling Analysis (D-5) and Normal Modes with
Differential Stiffness (D-13) Rigid Formats.
BKL1 P Constant parameter value used in functional module SDR2 in
the Buckling Analysis Rigid Format (D-5).
BLANK FRAMES IC Requests blank frames between structure plots (UM-4.1).
BLEFT TICS IC Request for left edge tic marks to be plotted on bottom
frame of an X-Y plot.
BMG FMS Generates DMIG card images describing interconnection of
fluid and structure.
BMTX DBS Viscous damping matrix.
BNN DBM [B ] - Partition of damping matrix.
nn
BOTH IC Bulk data echo option - Requests both unsorted and sorted
printout of bulk data deck.
BOUNDARY IS Defines set of retained degrees of freedom.
BOV P Aerodynamic parameter equal to the reference semichord
divided by velocity.
BPI IC Bits per inch - Plot tape density must be specified on
control cards in addition to this data card. The required
value will vary from one installation to another.
BQG DBM Single-point forces of constraint for a Buckling Analysis
problem (D-5).
BRECOVER IS Basic Substructure Data Recovery.
BRIGHT TICS IC Request for right edge tick marks to be plotted on bottom
frame for X-Y plot.
BSHH DBM Total modal damping matrix - h set.
BUCKLING IA Selects rigid format for buckling analysis.
BUCKLING P Constant parameter value used in functional module READ in
the Buckling Analysis Rigid Format (D-5).
BUCKLING P Used in printing rigid format error messages for Buckling
Analysis (D-5).
BUFFSIZE NP Defines the number of words in a GINO buffer.
Bulk Data PH One of the data decks necessary to run a problem under the
Deck NASTRAN system. This deck begins after the BEGIN BULK card
and ends with the ENDDATA card, and contains the data of
the mathematical model. The format of each bulk data card
is fixed field, 8 or 16 columns for each value.
=PAGE=
C M Used in parameter section of DMAP statement. Indicates that
parameter is a constant.
_
C PM Symbol for active column in triangular decomposition (C
used for active rows).
CAERO1 IB Aerodynamic panel element, doublet lattice theory.
CAERO2 IB Aerodynamic body element, doublet lattice theory.
CAERO3 IB Aerodynamic surface element, Mach box.
CAERO4 IB Aerodynamic macro element, strip theory.
CAERO5 IB Aerodynamic macro element, piston theory.
CALCOMP IC Request California Computer plotter.
CAMERA IC Selects one or both of the two cameras for the SC 4020
cathode ray tube electronic plotter. This information must
usually also be given to the plotter operator on the run
submittal slip, which will vary from one installation to
another. (UM-4)
CARDNO P Parameter used to accumulate a count of all card output
punched except the NASTRAN restart dictionary.
CASE FMS Extracts user request from CASECC for current loop in
dynamics rigid formats (D-7 through D-12).
Case Control PM One of the data decks necessary to run a problem under the
Deck NASTRAN system. It contains cards which select particular
data sets from the Bulk Data Deck, output request cards,
and titling information. Cards in this deck are free field.
CASECC DBT Case control data block.
CASEXX DBT Case control data block as modified by functional module
CASE.
CASEYY DBT Appended case control data table.
CASEZZ DBT CASEYY reduced to OFREQ list.
CAXIF2 IB Acoustic core element connection definition card.
CAXIF3 IB Acoustic triangular element connection definition card.
CAXIF4 IB Acoustic quadrilateral element connection definition card.
CBAR IB Bar element connection definition card.
CCONEAX IB Axisymmetrical conical shell element connection card.
CDAMP1 IB Scalar damper connection definition card.
CDAMP2 IB Scalar damper property and connection definition card.
CDAMP3 IB Scalar damper connection definition card (connecting scalar
points).
CDAMP4 IB Scalar damper property and connection definition card
(connecting scalar points).
CDUMi IB Defines definition card for dummy elements 1 through 9.
CEAD FMS Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - Displacement.
CEIF P Parameter used in SDR2 in Complex Eigenvalue Analysis (0-7
and 0-10).
CEIGN P Parameter used in VDR in Complex Eigenvalue Analysis (0-7
and 0-10).
CELAS1 IB Scalar spring connection definition card.
CELAS2 IB Scalar spring property and connection definition card.
CELAS3 IB Scalar spring connection definition card (connecting scalar
points).
CELAS4 IB Scalar spring property and connecting definition card
(connecting scalar points).
CEND IA The last card of the Executive Control Deck.
CFLUID2 IB Fluid core element connection definition card.
CFLUID3 IB Fluid triangular element connection definition card.
CFLUID4 IB Fluid quadrilateral element connection definition card.
CHBDY IB Boundary element connection definition card for heat
transfer analysis.
CHECK IB Checks contents of external file.
Checkpoint PH The process of writing selected data blocks onto the New
Problem Tape for subsequent restarts.
CHEXA1 IB Hexahedron element connection definition card - five
tetrahedra.
CHEXA2 IB Hexahedron element connection definition card - ten
tetrahedra.
CHKPNT EM Checkpoint module.
CHKPNT IA Request for checkpoint execution.
CLAMA DBT Complex eigenvalue output table.
CLAMAL DBT Appended case control data table.
CLANAL1 DBT CLAMAL reduced to OFREQ list.
CLEAR IC Causes all parameter values used for X-Y plots to be reset
to their default values except plotter and the titles (UM-
4.2).
CMASS1 IB Scalar mass connection definition card.
CMASS2 IB Scalar mass property and connection definition card.
CMASS3 IB Scalar mass connection definition card (connecting scalar
points).
CMASS4 IB Scalar mass property and connection definition card
(connecting scalar points).
CMETHOD IC Complex eigenvalue analysis method selection.
CMETHOD$ M Indicates restart with change in complex eigenvalue
analysis method selection.
CMPLEV P Parameter used in GKAD to indicate complex eigenvalue
problem.
Cold Start PH A NASTRAN problem initiated at its logical beginning. A
cold start will never use an Old Problem Tape but it may
create a New Problem Tape for subsequent restarts.
COLOR IC Selects ink color for table plotters (UM-4.l).
COMBINE IB Combines sets of substructures.
COMB1 FMSS Substructure Combination, Step 1.
COMB2 FMSS Substructure Combination, Step 2.
COMPONENT IB Identifies component substructure for special processing.
CONCT IB Specifies grid points and degrees of freedom for manually
specified connectivities using substructuring - will be
overridden by RELAS data.
CONCT1 IB Alternate specification of connectivities using
substructuring.
COND EM Conditional transfer.
CONFIG NP Defines the model number of the computer system
configuration for use in timing equations.
CONM1 IB Structural mass element connection definition card.
CONM2 IB Structural mass element connection definition card.
CONNECT IB Defines sets for manually connected grids and releases.
CONROD IB Rod element property and connection definition card.
CONROD IC Requests structure plot for all CONROD elements.
CONT L Continue if [K ] is nonsingular.
oo
CONTINUE L Exit after last loop.
CONTOUR IC Specifies displacement and stress contours to be drawn on
structure plots.
COPY FMU Generates a physical copy of a data block.
CORD1C IB Cylindrical coordinate system definition (by grid point
ID).
CORD1R IB Rectangular coordinate system definition (by grid point
ID).
CORD1S IB Spherical coordinate system definition (by grid point ID).
CORD2C IB Cylindrical coordinate system definition (by coordinates).
CORD2R IB Rectangular coordinate system definition (by coordinates).
CORD2S IB Spherical coordinate system definition (by coordinates).
COSINE IC Indicates cosine boundary conditions for conical shell
problem.
COUPMASS PU Parameter used to request coupled mass.
CPBAR PU Selects coupled mass option for BAR element.
CPHID DBM Complex eigenvectors - solution set.
CPHIA DBM Complex eigenvector matrix, A-set.
CPHIH1 DBM PHIHL reduced to OFREQ list.
CPHIK DBM Complex eigenvector matrix, aerodynamic box points.
CPHIP DBM Complex eigenvectors - physical set.
CPHIPA DBM Complex eigenvector matrix, PA-set.
CPHIPS DBM Complex eigenvector matrix, PS-set.
CPQDPLT PU Selects coupled mass option for QDPLT element.
CPQUAD1 PU Selects coupled mass option for QUAD1 element.
CPQUAD2 PU Selects coupled mass option for QUAD2 element.
CPROD PU Selects coupled mass option for ROD and CONROD elements.
CPTRBSC PU Selects coupled mass option for TRBSC element.
CPTRIA1 PU Selects coupled mass option for TRIA1 element.
CPTRIA2 PU Selects coupled mass option for TRIA2 element.
CPTRPLT PU Selects coupled mass option for TRPLT element.
CPTUBE PU Selects coupled mass option for TUBE element.
CQDMEM IB Quadrilateral membrane element connection definition card.
CQDMEM1 IB Isoparametric quadrilateral membrane element connection
definition card.
CQDMEM2 IB Quadrilateral membrane element connection definition card.
CQDPLT IB Quadrilateral bending element connection definition card.
CQUAD1 IB General Quadrilateral element connection definition card.
CQUAD2 IB Homogeneous quadrilateral element connection definition
card.
CRIGD1 IB Rigid Element Connection.
CRIGD2 IB Rigid Element Connection.
CRIGD3 IB General rigid element connection.
CRIGDR IB Rigid Rod element connection.
CROD IB Rod element connection definition card.
CREDUCE IS Complex modal reduction request.
CSHEAR IB Shear panel element connection definition card.
CSLOT3 IB Triangular slot element connection definition card for
acoustic analysis.
CSLOT4 IB Quadrilateral slot element connection definition card for
acoustic analysis.
CSTM DBS Local coordinate system transformation matrices.
CSTM DBT Coordinate System Transformation Matrices.
CSTMA DBT Coordinate System Transformation Matrices - Aerodynamics.
CTETRA IB Tetrahedron element connection definition card.
CTORDRG IB Toroidal ring element connection card.
CTRAPRG IB Trapezoidal ring element connection card.
CTRBSC IB Basic bending triangular element connection definition
card.
CTRIA1 IB General triangular element connection definition card.
CTRIA2 IB Homogeneous triangular element connection definition card.
CTRIARG IB Triangular ring element connection card.
CTRIM IB Linear strain triangular element connection.
CTRMRM IB Triangular membrane element connection definition card.
CTRPLT IB Triangular bending element connection definition card.
CTRPLT1 IB Triangular element connection.
CTRSHL IB Triangular shell element connection.
CTUBE IB Tube element connection definition card.
CTWIST IB Twist panel element connection definition card.
CTYPE PU Defines the type of cyclic symmetry.
CURVLINE IC Request to connect points with lines and/or to use symbols
SYMBOL for X-Y plots.
CVISC IB Viscous damper element connection definition card.
CWEDGE IB Wedge element connection definition card.
CYCIO PU A parameter which specifies the form of the input and
output data using cyclic symmetry.
CYCSEQ PU A parameter which specifies the procedure for sequencing
the equations in the solution set using cyclic symmetry.
=PAGE=
D P Parameter value used to control utility module MATGPR
print of solution set matrices.
DAREA IB Dynamic load scale card.
DAREAS IB Dynamic load scale card for substructuring.
Data Block PH Designates a set of data (matrix, table) occupying a file.
A file is "allocated" to a data block and a data block is
"assigned" to a file.
Data Pool PN An executive file containing the OSCAR and any data blocks
File pooled by the Executive Segment File Allocator (XSFA)
module. The contents of this file are described within the
data pool dictionary (DPL).
DDR FMX User dummy module.
DDR1 FMS Dynamic Data Recovery - Phase 1.
DDR2 FMS Dynamic Data Recovery - Phase 2.
DDRMM FMS Dynamic data recovery, matrix method.
Deck PH 1. Job Control
2. Executive Control Deck
3. Substructure Control Deck
4. Case Control Deck
5. Bulk Data Deck
DECOMOPT P Controls type of arithmetic used in the decomposition for
frequency-response problems.
DECOMP FMM To decompose a square matrix into upper and lower
triangular factors.
Default PH Many NASTRAN data items have default values supplied by the
system. For example, the default value for MAXLINES is
20000.
DEFORM IB Enforced element deformation definition card.
DEFORM IC Enforced element deformation set selection.
DEFORM$ M Indicates restart with change in enforced element
deformation selection.
DEFORMATION IC Indicates subcases to be used for deformed structure plots.
DELAY IB Dynamic load time delay card.
Delete IB Delete cards from Bulk Data Deck.
DELETE IS Deletes individual substructure items from the SOF.
DELTAPG DBM Incremental load vector in Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid
Format (D-6).
DELTAQG DBM Incremental vector of single point constraint forces in the
Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
DELTAUGV DBM Incremental displacement vector in the Piecewise Linear
Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
DENSITY IC Density of lines for SC 4020 plotter.
DENSITY IC Plot tape density must be specified to plotter operator on
run submittal form and will vary from one installation to
another (UM-4.1).
DESTROY IS Removes all data referencing a component substructure.
DESTRY P Appended AJJL parameter.
DET IB Eigenvalue analysis method option - determinant (see EIGR,
EIGB, EIGC).
DET P Scaled determinant |K |, see NDET.
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DIAGONAL FMU Strips diagonal from matrix.
DIFF P Parameter used in the Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid
Format (D-6).
DIFFERENTIAL IA Selects rigid format for static analysis with differential
STIFFNESS stiffness.
DIFFSTIF P Parameter used in the PRTPARM module in the Differential
Stiffness Rigid Format (D-4).
DIRCEAD P Used in printing rigid format error messages for direct
complex eigenvalue analysis (D-7).
DIRECT P Parameter used to indicate direct formulation of dynamics
problems (D-7 through D-9).
DIRECT IA Selects rigid format for direct complex eigenvalue
COMPLEX analysis.
EIGENVALUES
DIRECT IA Selects rigid format for direct frequency and random
FREQUENCY response.
RESPONSE
DIRECT IA Selects rigid format for direct transient response.
TRANSIENT
RESPONSE
DIRFRRD P Used in printing rigid format error messages for direct
frequency response.
DIRTRD P Used in printing rigid format error messages for direct
transient response (D-9).
DISP IA Displacement approach to structural analysis.
DISP IC Abbreviated form of DISPLACEMENT.
DISP IS Displacement output request.
DISPLACEMENT IC Request for output of displacement vector or eigenvector.
(UM-2.3, 4.2).
DIT DBT Direct Input Table.
DIV P Parameter constant used in utility module PARAM.
DLOAD IB Dynamics load assembly definition.
DLOAD IC Dynamic load set solution request.
DLOAD$ M Indicates restart with change in dynamic load set request.
DLT DBT Dynamic Loads Table.
DM DBM [D] - Rigid body transformation matrix.
DMAP IA Approach option (Direct Matrix Abstraction Program).
DMAP PH A statement in the DMAP Language.
Instruction
DMAP Language PH Data block-oriented language used by the NASTRAN Executive
System to direct the sequence and flow of modules to be
executed.
DMAP Loop PH A DMAP sequence to be repeated, initiated with a LABEL DMAP
instruction and terminated by a REPT DMAP instruction.
DMAP Module PH A module called by means of a DMAP instruction.
DMAP Sequence PH A set of DMAP instructions.
DMI IB Direct Matrix Input (data block is defined and used by
you).
DMIAX IB Direct Matrix Input - Axisymmetric, used in dynamic rigid
formats (D-7 through D-12).
DMIG IB Direct Matrix Input - used in dynamic rigid formats (D-7
through D-12).
Doublet PH Subsonic aerodynamic theory.
Lattice
DPD FMS Dynamic Pool Distributor.
DPH M Data Pool Housekeeper - Executive routine.
DPHASE IB Dynamic load phase lead card.
DSO P Parameter used in functional module SDR2 in the
Differential Stiffness Rigid Format (D-4).
DS1 P Parameter used in functional module SDR2 in the
Differential Stiffness Rigid Format (D-4).
DSCO IC Abbreviated form of DSCOEFFICIENT.
DSCO$ M Indicates restart with change in differential stiffness
load factor.
DSCOEFFICIENT IC Selects loading factor for normal modes with differential
stiffness.
DSCOSET P Differential Stiffness coefficient set number. Used in the
Differential Stiffness Rigid Format (D-13).
DSFACT IB Differential stiffness factor set definition card.
DSMG1 EMS Differential Stiffness Matrix Generator - Phase 1.
DSMG2 FMS Differential Stiffness Matrix Generator - Phase 2.
DTI IB Direct Table Input - means by which you may directly input
any table data block.
DUMMOD1 FMX Dummy Module-1.
DUMMOD2 FMX Dummy Module-2.
DUMMOD3 FMX Dummy Module-3.
DUMMOD4 FMX Dummy Module-4.
Dummy Element PH Provision for you to insert additional finite element into
the NASTRAN element library.
DUMP IS Copies the entire SOF to an external file.
Dump PH Printed output of contents of all, or a portion, of main
memory at some point in the problem solution.
DYNAMICS DBT Generated by the Input File Processor (IFP) for Real
Eigenvalue, Buckling, or any of the Dynamics Rigid Formats
(D-3, D-5, and D-7 through D-12).
D1JE DBM Downwash factors due to extra points - real.
D2JE DBM Downwash factors due to extra points - complex.
D1JK DBM Real part of downwash matrix.
D2JK DBM Imaginary part of downwash matrix.
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E P Parameter value used by MATGPR to print matrices associated
with extra points.
ECHO IC Output request statement for echo of bulk data.
ECPT DBT Element Connection and Properties Table.
ECPTNL DBT Nonlinear subset of the ECPT. This data block is used only
in the Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
ECPTNL1 DBT Updated version of the ECPTNL data block. Used only in the
Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
ECPTNLPG P Error flag for the Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format
(D-6). If all elements in a piecewise linear analysis
problem are linear, this error flag is set and a DMAP exit
occurs.
ECT DBT Element Connection Table.
ECTA DBT Element Connection Table - Aerodynamics.
EDIT IS Removes data from SOF file.
EDT DBT Enforced Deformation Table - generated by Input File
Processor.
EED DBT Eigenvalue Extraction Data table (D-3, D-5, D-7, D-10, D-
11, D-12, D-13, D-15, A-10, A-11).
EIGB IB Real eigenvalue extraction data for buckling analysis (D-5).
EIGC IB Complex eigenvalue extraction data card (D-7 and D-10).
EIGP IB Complex eigenvalue pole definition card (D-7 and D-10).
EIGR IB Real eigenvalue extraction data for normal mode analysis
(D-3, D-10 through D-13, D-15, A-10).
EIGVS P Number of eigenvalues found by CEAD module.
ELEMENTS IC Used in element set definition for structure plot.
ELFORCE IC Requests the forces in a set of structural elements or the
temperature gradients and fluxes in a set of structural or
heat elements in heat transfer.
ELSETS DBT Element plot set connection tables.
ELSETSA DBT Data block ELSETS, extended to include generated
aerodynamic elements.
ELSTRESS IC Request for output of element stresses. (UM-2.3, 4.2)
END EM The last DMAP statement is always END.
END IA END is the last statement in all DMAP sequences.
ENDALTER IA Last card of alter packet.
ENDDATA IB End of Bulk Data Deck.
ENDSUBS IS Terminates the Substructure Control Deck.
ENERGY IS Modal energies output requests.
EOF PH End-of-File.
EPOINT IB Extra point definition card - used in dynamics problems
only.
EPSHT PU Used in convergence tests for nonlinear heat transfer
analysis.
EPSILON PH Error ratio computed in SSG3. î = î if the referenced
SUB E (î ) e l
e load is {P } and î = î if the referenced load is {P }.
l e o o
See Volume Il, Section 2.1.2, for mathematical definition
of î and î .
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EPSIO PU A parameter to test the convergence of iterated
differential stiffness.
EPT DBT Element Property Table - output by Input File Processor.
EQAERO DBT Equivalence between external points and scalar index values
- Aerodynamics.
EQDYN DBT Equivalence of internal and external indices - dynamics.
EQEXIN DBT Equivalence of internal and external indices.
EQSS DBS External grid point and internal point equivalence data.
EQUIV EM Equivalence data blocks.
EQUIV IS Creates a new equivalent substructure.
Equivalence PH Data blocks are considered equivalenced when references to
their equivalent names access the same physical data file.
ERROR1 L Label used when rigid format errors are detected.
ERROR2 L Label used when rigid format errors are detected.
ERROR3 L Label used when rigid format errors are detected.
ERROR4 L Label used when rigid format errors are detected.
ERROR5 L Label used when rigid format errors are detected.
ERROR6 L Label used when rigid format errors are detected.
ESE IC Request for element strain energy output.
EST DBT Element Summary Table.
ESTL DBT Element Summary Table for Linear elements. Used only in the
Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
ESTNL DBT Element Summary Table for Nonlinear elements. Used only in
the Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
ESTNL1 DBT Updated version of the ESTNL data block. Used only in the
Piecewise Linear Analysis Rigid Format (D-6).
EVEC DBM Partitioning vector. D-set to A and E.
EXCEPT IC Forms exceptions to string of values in set declarations.
EXCLUDE IC Used in set definition for structure plots.
Executive PH 1. Executive Control Deck
2. NASTRAN Executive System
Executive PH One of the data decks necessary to run a problem under the
Control NASTRAN system. This deck begins with the ID card and ends
Deck with the CEND card. Among other things, cards in this deck
select the solution approach and rigid format to be used,
limit the execution time, and control checkpointing and
restart.
Executive PH The Executive System initiates a NASTRAN problem solution
System via the Preface, allocates files to data blocks during
problem solution, controls the sequence of the modules to
be executed, and provides for problem restart capability.
EXIO FMSS External input/output for the SOF.
EXIT EM Program termination DMAP statement.
External Sort PH Order of grid, scalar and extra points determined by your
numerical order of point identification.
Extra Point PH A "point" which is defined on an EPOINT bulk data card. An
extra point has no geometrical coordinates, defines only
one degree of freedom of the model, and is used only in
dynamics solutions.
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F P Parameter value used by MATGPR to print F-set matrices.
FA1 FMS Flutter Analysis - Phase 1.
FA2 FMS Flutter Analysis - Phase 2.
FBS FMM Forward and Backward Substitution.
FE P Parameter used by MATGPR to print out FE-set matrices.
FEER IB Fast Eigenvalue Extraction Routine eigensolution method.
FIAT M File Allocation Table. Core resident executive table where
data block names, status of the data blocks (assigned to a
file, purged, equivalenced, etc.) and trailer for the data
blocks are stored.
FILE EM Defines special data block characteristics to DMAP
compiler.
FILE IA Term appearing on the checkpoint dictionary cards