*heading Test of a small spotweld inside a 4-node shell element -->| |<-- delx 21 o-----o---+---------o | |22 |23 | | | | - o-----o-------------o |11 |12 |13 - + | X | ^ | | | | | | | X - spotweld at (0,0,0), always inside dely | | | element 2 | | | o-----o---+---------o 1 2 3 *preprint, echo=yes, model=yes *parameter step_time=1.e-3 time_interval = step_time*0.01 square_side = 20.0 corner = square_side/2.0 xsw = 0.0 ysw = 0.0 ** Skew the middle node in the x- and y-direction delx = 3.333333333333 dely = 3.333333333333 x1 = -corner y1 = -corner x3 = corner y3 = -corner x23 = corner y23 = corner x21 = -corner y21 = corner x2 = -delx y2 = -corner x11 = -corner y11 = dely x12 = -delx y12 = dely x13 = corner y13 = dely x22 = -delx y22 = corner z = -3.0 *node,nset=nall-top 1, , , 0.0 2, , , 0.0 3, , , 0.0 11, , , 0.0 12, , , 0.0 13, , , 0.0 21, , , 0.0 22, , , 0.0 23, , , 0.0 1001, , , 0.0 *node,nset=nall-bot 101, , , 102, , , 103, , , 111, , , 112, , , 113, , , 121, , , 122, , , 123, , , 1002, , , *element, type=s4, elset=shell 1, 1, 2, 12, 11 2, 2, 3, 13, 12 3, 11, 12, 22, 21 4, 12, 13, 23, 22 *shell general section, elset=shell, material=mat 3.0, *element, type=s4, elset=base 101, 101, 102, 112, 111 102, 102, 103, 113, 112 103, 111, 112, 122, 121 104, 112, 113, 123, 122 *shell general section, elset=base, material=mat 3.0, *material, name=mat *elastic 1.e6, 0.0 *contact pair, interaction=smooth, type=surface to surface top, bot *surfaceinteraction, name=smooth ************************************************* *nset, nset=n1001 1001, *surface, name=top, type=element shell, sneg *surface, name=bot, type=element base, spos *elset,elset=top1 2 *surface, name=top1, type=element top1, sneg *elset,elset=bot1 102 *surface, name=bot1, type=element bot1, spos *MPC BEAM,1002,1001 *COUPLING, CONSTRAINT NAME=up , REF NODE=1001, SURFACE=top1 *DISTRIBUTING,coupling=structural *COUPLING, CONSTRAINT NAME=down, REF NODE=1002, SURFACE=bot1 *DISTRIBUTING,coupling=structural *boundary nall-bot, 1,6 ************************************************* *step,nlgeom=yes *static 0.05, 1. *cload 1, 3, 2.5e5 3, 3, 2.5e5 21, 3, 2.5e5 23, 3, 2.5e5 *output,field, freq=2 *node output u, *contact output cstress, *nset,nset=QA_TEST 1,3,21,23 *OUTPUT, HISTORY *node output,nset=QA_TEST u, *end step