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Solver Settings - Kinematic

Settings → Solver → Kinematic
Specifies error tolerances and other parameters for Kinematic simulations.
A kinematic simulation is only appropriate when a system has zero Degrees of freedom. A kinematic analysis solves for the displacements, velocities, accelerations, and forces (if any) at a series of points in time. To find the displacements,Adams Solver uses Newton-Raphson iteration to solve a nonlinear set of algebraic equations. (To learn more about Newton-Raphson solutions, see the DEBUG statement in the Adams Solver online help.)
After finding the displacements, Adams Solver solves a system of linear equations to find the velocities, then solves another set of nonlinear equations to find accelerations and forces. Adams Solver repeats this procedure at successively later times until it obtains results over the period of time specified in a SIMULATE command.
To set the Jacobian matrix for dynamic simulations, see Solver Settings - Pattern for Jacobian.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Category
Set to Kinematic.
Model
Enter the name of the model associated with the settings.
Error
Specifies the maximum displacement error Adams Solver is to allow for each time step.
The default is 1.0E-4 and the range is Error > 0.
Tlimit
Specifies the maximum translational increment Adams Solver is to allow per iteration.
The default is 1.0E10 (no limit) and the range is Tlimit > 0.
Alimit
Specifies the maximum angular increment Adams Solver is to allow per iteration. The default units for Alimit are radians. To specify Alimit in degrees, add a D after the value.
The default is 30D and the range is ALIMIT > 0.
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Click to set more advanced options.
Maxit
Enter the maximum number of iterations Adams Solver is to allow for finding the displacements at a point in time.
The default is 25 and the range is Maxit > 0.
Aerror
Enter the maximum acceleration error Adams Solver is to allow for each time step.
The default is 1.0E-4 and the range is Aerror > 0.
Amaxit
Enter the maximum number of iterations Adams Solver is to allow for finding accelerations at a point in time.
The default is 25 and the range is Amaxit > 0.
Hmax
Enter the maximum time step that the kinematics solver is allowed to take.
The default is the output step size.