READ CURVE DATA

This function enables the user to import existing curve data into the eta/DYNAFORM database.

Note: There are three different curve formats that DYNAFORM supports, i.e, all three formats of curve can be imported into DYNAFORM.

FORMAT 1: DYNAFORM read in format

$ THIS IS THE DYNAFORM FORMAT LOAD CURVE

$ DYNAFORM LOAD CURVE (TITLE LINE HAVE BEEN EXIST)

$CURVE, CURVE ID, TYPE, CURVE NAME (A5,I5,I5,1X,A8)

CURVE 10 0 CURVE10

$CURVE DATA (X,Y) (F10.0,F10.0)

0.0000E+000.1349E+03

0.1000E-010.2018E+03

0.3000E-010.2655E+03

0.5000E-010.3017E+03

0.7000E-010.3282E+03

0.9000E-010.3494E+03

0.1100E+000.3674E+03

0.1300E+000.3831E+03

0.1500E+000.3970E+03

0.1700E+000.4097E+03

0.1900E+000.4212E+03

0.2100E+000.4319E+03

0.2300E+000.4418E+03

0.2500E+000.4511E+03

0.2700E+000.4599E+03

0.2900E+000.4682E+03

0.9990E+010.4722E+02

END

FORMAT 2: DYNAFORM write out format (can be read in also)

1 (CURVE NUMBER, I5)

27 'fld' 100 (num. of points, 'curve name', curve id)(4x,i,'a8',i4)

-4.94296E-01 9.00160E-01

-4.46287E-01 8.52777E-01

-4.00478E-01 8.06437E-01

-3.56675E-01 7.61400E-01

-3.14711E-01 7.17954E-01

-2.74437E-01 6.76406E-01

-2.35722E-01 6.37085E-01

-1.98451E-01 6.00334E-01

-1.62519E-01 5.66503E-01

-1.27833E-01 5.35946E-01

-9.43107E-02 5.09004E-01

-6.18754E-02 4.86003E-01

-3.04592E-02 4.67236E-01

0.00000E+00 4.52954E-01

2.95588E-02 4.71172E-01

5.82689E-02 4.86212E-01

8.61777E-02 4.98662E-01

1.13329E-01 5.08994E-01

1.39762E-01 5.17585E-01

1.65514E-01 5.24738E-01

1.90620E-01 5.30703E-01

2.15111E-01 5.35683E-01

2.39017E-01 5.39843E-01

2.62364E-01 5.43322E-01

2.85179E-01 5.46232E-01

3.07485E-01 5.48669E-01

3.29304E-01 5.50709E-01

FORMAT 3: (DYNA format)

*KEYWORD (must)

*DEFINE_CURVE

$CURVENAME ABC

$ LCID SIDR SCLA SCLO OFFA OFFO

200 0

$ A1 O1

.000000000E+00 .000000000E+00

.476209790E+00 .770185471E+02

.952419579E+00 .122359673E+03

.142862940E+01 .149052185E+03

.190483916E+01 .164766159E+03

.238104892E+01 .174017044E+03

.285725880E+01 .179463074E+03

.333346844E+01 .182669189E+03

.380967832E+01 .184556625E+03

.428588820E+01 .185667770E+03

.476209784E+01 .186321899E+03

*END(Here the *END is optional)

The dialog window is shown in Figure 10.9.8. eta/DYNAFORM lists all the curve data files with the suffix .cur in the FILES field. The user may also read other curve data files by entering the file name.