LS-DYNA New Features - contact Yanhua@lstc.com Updated 06/16/2018 Table 1: Metal Forming New Features 1-1 A Customized Job Manager for Metal Forming Simulations Yuzhong Xiao, Xinhai Zhu, Li Zhang, Houfu Fan 1-2 Conversion between FLD and Stress Triaxial Limit Curve X. Zhu, L. Zhang, Y. Xiao 1-3 Best Fit GUI for Metal Forming in LS-PrePost® 4.5 Q. Yan, X. Zhu, P. Ho, L. Zhang, Y. Xiao 1-4 Improvement of Sandwich Structure Part Adaptivity in LS-DYNA X. Zhu, H. Fan, L. Zhang and Y. Xiao 1-5 Defining Hardening Curve in LS-DYNA® X. Zhu, L. Zhang, Yuzhong Xiao 1-6 Lancing features in LS-DYNA Q. Yan, L. Zhang, Y. Xiao, X. Zhu, P. Ho 1-7 Improvements to One-Step Simulation in LS-DYNA, X. Zhu, H. Fan, L. Zhang, Y. Xiao 1-8 Recent improvements in LS-DYNA® hot stamping simulations J. Zheng, X. Zhu and H. Fan 1-9 Improve Time Step Size Sensitivity in Transient Mechanical Simulations J. Zheng and X. Zhu 1-10 Introducing *BOUNDARY_SPC_SYMMETRY_PLANE (SET) X. Zhu, L., and Y. Xiao 1-11 On Mesh Fusion Scheme in LS-DYNA® N. Ma, Osaka Univ - H. Fan & X. Zhu, LSTC 1-12. A One Step Simulation Approach Using Isogeometric Shells in LS-DYNA L. Li, X. Zhu 1-13. Development of a One-Step Preforming Analysis for Woven Carbon Fiber Composites D. Zeng, X. Zhu, L. Zhang, J. Dahl 1-14. Two material model updates relating to temperature-dependent behaviors J. Zheng, X. Zhu Table 2: Other Application New Features 2-1 Discussion on acoustic databases in LS-DYNA Z. Cui, Y. Huang 2-2 Modeling of Ductile Failure in Destructive Manufacturing Process Using the Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method Y. Wu, C.T. Wu, W. Hu 2-3 A non-orthogonal material model of woven composites in the preforming process W. Zhang, H. Ren, B. Liang, D. Zeng, X. Su, J. Dahl, M. Mirdamadi, Q. Zhao, J. Cao "> 2-4 LSTC WinSuite – a complete solution for the Windows platform A. Jernberg, DYNAmore Nordic AB, D. Bhalsod, G. Zhang, G. Blankenhorn, LSTC 2-5 Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Afterburning of Thermobaric Explosives In a Closed Chamber K.S Im, G. Cook, Jr., and Z-C Zhang 2-6 Thick Shell Element Form 5 in LS-DYNA Lee P. Binderman 2-7 New Inflator Models in LS-DYNA® K-S. Im, Z-C. Zhang, and G. Cook, Jr. 2-8 New features of 3D adaptivity in LS-DYNA W. Hu 2-9. Thermal Coupling Method Between SPH Particles and Solid Elements in LS-DYNA J. Xu, J. Wang 2-10. LS-DYNA Smooth Particle Galerkin (SPG) Method, C.T. Wu, Y. Guo, W. Hu 2-11. Recent updates in fatigue analysis with LS-DYNA Y. Huang, Z. Cui 2-12. LS-DYNA"s Linear Solver Development — Phase 1: Element Validation A.T. Li (Ford) Z. Cui, Y. Huang 2-13. Scalability study of particle method with dynamic load balancing in LS-DYNA® Hailong Teng, LSTC 2-14. LS-DYNA Linear Solver Development Z. Cui and Y. Huang 2-15. Development of New Simulation Technology for Compression Molding of Long Fiber Reinforced Plastics using LS-DYNA® S. Hayashi, H Chen, Wi Hu 2-16. Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method with a Momentum-Consistent Smoothing Algorithm for Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis X. Pan, C.T. Wu, W. Hu, Y.C. Wu 2-17. Dynamic Load Balancing Algorithm for CPM in LS-DYNA H. Teng