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The Partnership for Dummy Technology and Biomechanics (PDB) decided to develop WorlSID finite element models for the crash codes LS-DYNA, PAMCRASH and ABAQUS. The PDB is a group established by a subset of the German Association for Automotive Research (FAT) members to work in the field of dummy technology and modelling. Within the project, DYNAmore is responsible for the development of the LS-DYNA model and for the contribution to the test definitions for the experimental database. The project was launched in 2006 and the participants of this project are:

- Audi
- Porsche
- BMW
- Volkswagen
- Daimler

 

The development and validation has been performed on different platforms. The following LS-DYNA versions have been used:                        

 

LS-DYNA Version
Date Revision No.
971 R4.2.1 MPP
06/08/2009 53450 Product Id 58930
971 R4.2.1 MPP 06/08/2009 50638 Product Id 56728

 

 

With the version 2.0 of the WorldSID 50th model the following keyword files are delivered:

 

File name Content
worldSID50_pdb_v2.0_mm_ms_kg.key
Dummy model; the file name may vary

depending on the system of units

wsid50_position_file_mm_ms_kg.key Parameterized file to position arms,

torso and upper legs

wsid50_pdb_v2.0_mm_ms_kg_COMPANY_
NAME_DATE1_license_DATE2.asc

License file; the file name may vary

depending on the system of units


wsid50_pdb_v2.0_mm_ms_kg_load_
curves_work.key


Work file used for pre-processing instead of license file.

The file name might vary depending on the system of units

 

 

The work file wsid50_pdb_v2.0_mm_ms_kg_load_curves_work.key can be used for pre-processing the dummy.
This work file includes the same input as the encrypted license file. The only difference is the scaling of the load curves in the work file. The load curves are scaled randomly in a wrong range and they are much too soft to be used for a LS_DYNA simulation. But the file can be used to observe the quality and course of the material curves.
 
A LS-DYNA simulation in use of the work file will give wrong results and is very unstable.