PreVABS Documentation

PreVABS is a preprocessing tool for VABS and SwiftComp. It helps users to create cross-sections and write input files.

Manual

• Getting Started
  • Download and Installation
  • How to Run PreVABS

• Input Guide
  • Coordinate systems
  • Geometry and shapes
  • Materials and layups
  • Components
  • Specifications for recovery
  • Other input settings

• Tutorial
  • The design of a cross section
  • Steps of preparing input files
  • Execution and results
• Examples
  • Box beam
  • Pipe
  • Circular tube
  • Channel
  • Airfoil (MH-104)
  • Airfoil (Recover)
  • UH-60A (Initial Failure Analysis)

• References
  • Introduction to XML
  • References
  • Change log