u1.03.00 The main operating principles of Code_Aster

Summary:

Here is a summary of the operating principles of*Code_Aster* and the main rules of use of Code_Aster.

This document remains a general description and the reader will usefully refer to the other documents for all the details of use.

• 1. General principles
• 2. Meshing
  • 2.1. Generalities
  • 2.2. The Aster mesh file
  • 2.3. Conversion utilities
  • 2.4. The mesh file in MED format
  • 2.5. The use of incompatible meshes
  • 2.6. Adaptive mesh
• 3. Commands
  • 3.1. The command file
  • 3.2. The role of the supervisor
  • 3.3. The principles and syntax of the command language
  • 3.4. Overload rule
  • 3.5. Remanence rule
  • 3.6. Memory bases associated with a study
  • 3.7. Help in defining values
  • 3.8. How do you write your order file with AsterStudy?
• 4. The main stages of a study
  • 4.1. Start the study and acquire the mesh
  • 4.2. Assign modeling data to the mesh
  • 4.3. Perform calculations using global commands
  • 4.4. The results
  • 4.5. Exploiting the results
• 5. Print file and error messages