hpc-ls-dyna

HPC LS-DYNA

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1. Read references/workflow-and-keyword-architecture.md before creating or restructuring any LS-DYNA deck.
2. Read references/navigation-matrix.md when the user first describes the problem and you need a one-page map from problem type to upstream branch, detailed reference, and starter or source-first entry point.
3. Read references/terminology-and-branch-glossary.md when writing or updating other LS-DYNA references so branch names and workflow terms stay stable.
4. Read references/controls-stability-and-accuracy.md when choosing explicit versus implicit, timestep control, mass scaling, damping, shell formulation, or hourglass treatment.
5. Read references/materials-and-sections.md when selecting *MAT, *SECTION, constitutive assumptions, concrete/composite/polymer models, or element formulations.
6. Read references/contact-and-constraints.md when choosing automatic contact, tied contact, thickness treatment, edge handling, preload transfer, or connector strategy.
7. Read references/implicit-thermal-and-multiphysics.md for implicit setup and non-structural solver families such as thermal, ALE, SPH, ICFD, EM, DEM, CESE, and IGA.
8. Read references/scenario-recipes.md for concrete model recipes mapped to common engineering problems.
9. Read references/example-catalog.md when the user needs a close precedent from dynaexamples.com.
10. Read references/implicit-example-recipes.md when the user needs a detailed implicit structural precedent with guidance on which controls to port and which assumptions to discard.
11. Read references/thermal-example-recipes.md when the user needs a detailed thermal or thermal-structural precedent.
12. Read references/sph-example-recipes.md when the user needs a detailed SPH precedent for bird strike, particle impact, grease or gel media, or free-surface wave interaction.
13. Read references/ale-s-ale-example-recipes.md when the user needs an ALE or S-ALE precedent for explosion, sloshing, advection, or ALE FSI.
14. Read references/welding-example-recipes.md when the user needs a welding-specific precedent and a clear split between coupled and uncoupled workflows.
15. Read references/showcase-contact-preload-recipes.md when the user needs a concise precedent for contact-overview, interference, drop-test, joint, preload, or bolt showcase pages.
16. Read references/icfd-example-recipes.md when the user needs a detailed ICFD precedent with guidance on which controls to port and which assumptions to discard.
17. Read references/em-example-recipes.md when the user needs a detailed EM, inductive heating, resistive heating, or electromagnetic forming precedent.
18. Read references/nvh-example-recipes.md when the user needs FRF, SSD, random vibration, acoustics, response spectrum, or brake squeal precedent.
19. Read references/dem-example-recipes.md when the user needs a DEM precedent for granular injection, filling, storage, or discharge.
20. Read references/cese-example-recipes.md when the user needs a CESE or DUAL-CESE precedent for shock-dominated compressible flow or compressible FSI.
21. Read references/iga-example-recipes.md when the user needs an IGA precedent for trimmed-NURBS geometry and spline-based structural analysis.
22. Read references/efg-example-recipes.md when the user needs an EFG precedent for metal cutting, forging, or severe deformation.
23. Read references/starter-deck-selection.md when the user needs to know which starter deck or minimal project directory should be used as the first scaffold.
24. Read references/source-map-and-page-taxonomy.md when the user asks for provenance, source coverage, or which upstream page family to mine next.
25. Read references/error-recovery.md when the deck diverges, runs too slowly, throws segmentation violations, produces negative volume, or shows nonphysical energy/contact behavior.