User Instructions for the Final Version of the EPIC Research Code

Abstract : This report provides user instructions for the final version of the EPIC research code. It provides a background on the development of the EPIC codes, and also provides some key references. It includes a summary of new features in the final version of EPIC so the users of previous versions can decide if this version has new capabilities that will be helpful to them. Finally, the majority of the report provides user instructions and examples of how to use this explicit finite element transient analysis structural code.