Car crash test with LS-Dyna: What hardware and how much simulation time?
I'm trying to pivot from Workbench into LS-Dyna. So far, I've tried to simulate a few simple things and they've worked fine (the results agreed with the Workbench iterative solution). Now I've tried with larger models, and it's taking quite a lot of time.
I'd like one day to perform car or motorcycle crash tests for a client we have. I already have a good mesh and model for a linear Workbench analysis, but I'm afraid simulating 1.5 million shell elements with plasticity and rupture won't be trivial.
Currently, I'm using a modified CAD workstation: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 3.7 GHz, 64 GB RAM, Windows 10. Would that be enough? How long would a typical simulation take?