Change log

VERSION 1.4

• 1.4.3 (2022/01/11)

  • Fixed the issue of plotting element stress and strain results.

  • Fixed the issue of plotting dehomogenization results with quadratic elements.

  • Added groups for different stress and strain plots.

  • Added alternative tag names for material strength properties.

  • Added visualization for initial failure analysis results.

  • Added a new example for initial failure analysis (ex_uh60a_f).

  • Simplifed and unified material strength inputs for different types of materials.

  • Updated the section of material strength property input in the documentation.

• 1.4.2 (2021/11/05)

  • Fixed an issue related with layer generation.

• 1.4.1 (2021/09/01)

  • Fixed an issue in assigning theta1 and theta3 for filling components.

• 1.4.0 (2021/06/16)

  • Added a new command option to run integrated VABS.

  • Added new inputs for the rotor blade specific parameterization.

  • Added new inputs for strength property of ‘lamina’ type materials.

  • Added new inputs for assigning orientations for filling materials.

  • Added a new input option for recover analysis in VABS. The default is linear beam theory.

  • Added a new input option for setting the tolerance used in geometric computation.

  • Added the capability of failure analysis using VABS.

  • Updated the logging system.

  • Changed the default element type to ‘quadratic’.

  • Unified the input syntax of recovery/dehomogenization of VABS/SwfitComp.

  • Fixed the issue of incorrectly parsing numbers with more than one spaces between numbers.

  • Fixed an issue in transforming an arc defined by center, start and radius.

VERSION 1.3

• 1.3.0 (2021/02/25)

  • Added a new capability to create base points using normalized parametric locations on a base line.

  • Added a new capability to assign local mesh size for filling components.

VERSION 1.2

• 1.2.0 (2020/11/10)

  • Added a new capability to create layups from sublayups.

  • Added a new capability to create segments using normalized parametric locations on a base line.

VERSION 1.1

• 1.1.1 (2020/10/28)

  • Fixed the problem of unable to read recover analysis result files on Linux.

  • Fixed a problem when the segment is too short while the laminate is too thick.

• 1.1.0 (2020/10/15)

  • Added a new format for the input file. Now baselines and layups data are merged into the main input file, to reduce the number of input files needed.

  • Added a new material type ‘lamina’ accepting four numbers for elastic properties.

  • Added default small numbers for elastic properties for isotropic materials.

  • Updated the fill-type component for non-structural mass.

VERSION 1.0 (2019/07/01)

• Added capability to create quadratic triangle elements. In the main input file, under the xml element <general>, create a sub element <element_type> and set it to quadratic or 2. Default is linear.

• Added a new output file *.txt storing all running messages.

• Changed one of the layup methods tag name from ‘explict list’ (‘el’) to ‘layer list’ (‘ll’).

• Fixed the crashing issue caused by zero number of layers.

• Fixed the bug that sectional loads were read and written to the distributed loads when doing recovery using VABS.

• Fixed the bug that local lamina data does not overwrite global data.

VERSION 0.6 (2018/07/01)

• Added xml elements in the main input file for various options of VABS/SwiftComp execution.

• Added xml elements in the main input file for failure analysis of SwiftComp.

• Added a <basepoints> element in the baseline file. Now for simple shapes, users do not need to use an extra basepoint file, which can still be included for long point list.

• Added a material database file along with the executable. Now PreVABS will look for materials in this file by default.

• Changed Gmsh library to dynamic/shared library.

VERSION 0.5 (2018/01/31)

• Added the capability to create nose mass in an airfoil type cross section.

• Added the post-processing function to visualize the recovered strains and stresses in Gmsh.

VERSION 0.4 (2017/12/04)

• Added the capability to read stacking sequence code.

• Added the parameter to set the number of straight lines to approximate an arc or circle.

• Changed the Gmsh input file name to *.msh, where * is the cross section name.

VERSION 0.3 (2017/11/27)

• Updated the manual.

• Changed the default behaviour of the command with input file specified only to preparing VABS input (without running VABS).

• Changed the element tag <origin> to <translate>. Now the two numbers in this element moves base points and base lines, instead of the origin.

• Changed the element tag <rotation> to <rotate>.

• Changed the ‘level’ of a segment from an element to an attribute, with default 1.

• Changed the ‘layup_direction’ of a segment from an element to an attribute of the layup, with default ‘right’.

• Changed the material type ‘engineering constants’ to ‘orthotropic’.

• Set the default element type as ‘quadratic’.

• Set the default mesh size to the smallest layer thickness.