ACME: Algorithms for Contact in a Multiphysics Environment API Version 1.0

摘要

This document describes the Application Programming Interface (API) for the ACME search and transient dynamics enforcement library. (In an attempt to avoid confusion, capitalized terms are used in this document to refer to specific terminology for which detailed definitions are used in this document to refer to specific terminology for which detailed definitions are provided. A glossary of these terms is given in Appendix A.) This introductory section gives an overview of the concepts and design of the ACME interface and outlines the building blocks that make up the data ACME needs from the host code and the data it returns to the host code. Section 2 describes various utility functions used to extract information about the package and its operation. Section 3 describes the functions needed to access and utilize the search capabilities of ACME. Section 4 describes functions that can be used to remove an initial overlap for a mesh prior to beginning a transient. Section 5 describes the functions provided by ACME to enforce the results of the search to explicit transient dynamics. Finally, Section 6 provides an example of how to use the API within a C++ application.