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PreVABS and VABS Output Files

  1. Dana Frye

    I am looking to understand all the output files written by PreVABS and VABS upon execution. From reading the manuals, I believe I have a grasp on most of them, except for the last 6 bullets below (I figured I'd list them all just in case this can be helpful to someone else). Does anyone know what the last six files are, or what reference I can read to find out? 

    • input_file_name.sg - VABS input file written by PreVABS, generated via -h in CMD (per PreVABS manual)
    • input_file_name.ech - VABS echo file listing nodes, elements, layups, error messages, etc in readable format (per VABS manual p16)
    • input_file_name.txt - PreVABS status file, listing execution steps and runtime
    • input_file_name.geo - A Gmsh geometry file, written by PreVABS for visualization via -v when running via CMD (per PreVABS manual) 
    • input_file_name.msh - A Gmsh mesh file, written by PreVABS for visualization via -v when running via CMD (per PreVABS manual) 
    • input_file_name.opt - A Gmsh option file, written by PreVABS for visualization via -v when running via CMD (per PreVABS manual) 
    • input_file_name.sg.K - VABS output file with beam properties. (per VABS manual p16)
    • input_file_name.U - VABS output file with the recovered 3D displacement results, at nodes in beam coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.E - VABS output file with the recovered 3D strain results, at Gauss points in beam coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.S - VABS output file with the recovered 3D stress results, at Gauss points in beam coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input file name.EM - VABS output file with the recovered 3D strain results, at Gauss points in material coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.SM - VABS output file with the recovered 3D stress results, at Gauss points in material coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.EN - VABS output file with the recovered 3D strain results, at nodes in beam coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.SN - VABS output file with the recovered 3D stress results, at nodes in beam coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.EMN - VABS output file with the recovered 3D strain results, at nodes in material coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.SMN - VABS output file with the recovered 3D stress results, at nodes in material coordinate system (per VABS manual p19)
    • input file name.ELE - VABS output file with the average of 3D strain and stress results, at Gauss points, in both beam and material coordinate systems. Used to facilitate contour plotting (per VABS manual p19)
    • input_file_name.v0 - ???
    • input_file_name.v1s - ???
    • input_file_name.v22 - ???
    • input_file_name.lss.geo - ??? Presumably  Gmsh geometry file, what is significance of lss?
    • input_file_name.lss.msh - ??? Presumably  Gmsh mesh file, what is significance of lss?
    • input_file_name.lss.opt - ??? Presumably  Gmsh option file, what is significance of lss?
  2. Wenbin Yu

    • input_file_name.v0 - zeroth-order warping function, stored in a binary form. User does not need to know this. 
    • input_file_name.v1s - first-order warping function, stored in a binary form. User does not need to know this. 
    • input_file_name.v22 - second-order warping function, stored in a binary form. User does not need to know this. 
       
  3. Dana Frye

    Much appreciated, thank you