Save values only in an interval of time

[bbb]

Hello:

I am simulating a sine wave propagating in an elastic medium. I would like to save the values of the generated stress but only for one period of time, not all the time. How should I modify the following statement to include only one period T? I mean from time t1 to time t2, being t2= t1 + T

BATCH
  DT,,dt
  TRANs,newm
  MASS
  LOOP,,nt
  TIME
    LOOP,iter,1
      UTAN,,1
      NEXT,iter
      stre,node,1,1268 ! Here, I am saving all the stress for all time. I want to modify this.
  NEXT
END

Thank you so much,

Beatriz

[Prof. R.L. Taylor]

You can use an if-else-endi command and parameters for t, dt, t1 and t2

param t=t+dt
if t1-t ! No spaces in expression

else t2-t
   stre node ....
endif

Thus if t < t1 no prints and if t > t2 no prints

[Prof. S. Govindjee]

Your other option is to use more loops and only put the output lines in the loop where you want the values, so something like:

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BATCH
  DT,,dt
  TRANs,newm
  MASS
  LOOP,,n1 ! Loop n1, where dt*n1 = t1
   TIME
    LOOP,iter,1
      UTAN,,1
    NEXT,iter
  NEXT
  LOOP,,n2  ! Loop n2, where dt*n2 = T
   TIME
    LOOP,iter,1
      UTAN,,1
    NEXT,iter
    stre,node,1,1268
  NEXT
  LOOP,,n3  ! Loop n3 to finish
   TIME
    LOOP,iter,1
      UTAN,,1
    NEXT,iter
  NEXT
END
The if-else-endif method is cleaner; this is just another option.

[bbb]

Dear Prof. S. Govindjee and Prof. R. Taylor,

Thank you so much for your replies. It works!

Beatriz