Processing Results File for Durability
When FEMDATA statements, DACSAVE, MATSAVE, or RPCSAVE OUTPUT options have been specified in the .adm file, a results file is produced. This file contains only the results of the simulation that are necessary to process the
FEMDATA statements and/or DAC, MAT or RPC files. The format of the results file is Adams XRF (XML Result File). This file is named after the Adams results file (
run.res), and is not deleted at the end of the simulation. Note that this results file format is platform independent.
When this results file is processed, a temporary file with the extension .rcf (Results Cache File) is produced. This file maps the data contained in the results on disk, instead of in memory. This temporary file is platform dependent. The name of the file is run_os.rcf, where run is the name of the results file and os is the name of the operating system (linux64 forlinx, win64 for Windows, and so on). You can safely delete this temporary file; however, note that it takes a considerable amount of time to regenerate it from the results file. As long as it exists, any subsequent processing of the results file is faster.
A standalone module called res2dur is available in the Adams Durability toolkit for processing the temporary results file.
RES2DUR Format
This utility is useful if you encounter a problem when processing the Durability output files (FEMDATA, DAC, MAT, or RPC); for example, if an Adams Durability license is not available at the end of a simulation.
To run this utility, execute the following at the command line in the Durability toolkit:
res2dur modelfile [resultsfile]
Arguments
Following are the arguments for res2dur:
Argument: | Description: |
|---|
modelfile | Specify the name of Adams Solver model file (.adm file). |
resultsfile | Specify the name of results file from the Adams Solver run. Default: Derive name from model file name. |
Notes: | ■The model file provides the output specifications for the FEMDATA and REQUEST statements, as well as the OUTPUT options. The results file name argument is optional. By default, the model file name is used. ■Once the Durability output files have been successfully produced, you can safely delete the temporary results files (.res and .rcf). |