*Heading Multistep verification test for s4 elements with nodal thickness *Node 1, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00 2, 0.3333333E+00, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00 3, 0.6666667E+00, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00 4, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00 5, 0.0000000E+00, 0.3333333E+00, 0.0000000E+00 6, 0.3333333E+00, 0.3333333E+00, 0.0000000E+00 7, 0.6666667E+00, 0.3333333E+00, 0.0000000E+00 8, 0.1000000E+01, 0.3333333E+00, 0.0000000E+00 9, 0.0000000E+00, 0.6666667E+00, 0.0000000E+00 10, 0.3333333E+00, 0.6666667E+00, 0.0000000E+00 11, 0.6666667E+00, 0.6666667E+00, 0.0000000E+00 12, 0.1000000E+01, 0.6666667E+00, 0.0000000E+00 13, 0.0000000E+00, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00 14, 0.3333333E+00, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00 15, 0.6666667E+00, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00 16, 0.1000000E+01, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00 *Nset, nset=side1, generate 1, 4, 1, *Nset, nset=side3, generate 13, 16, 1, *Nset, nset=nodeThick1, generate 1, 13, 4, 4, 16, 4, *Nset, nset=nodeThick2, generate 2, 14, 4, 3, 15, 4, *Elset, Elset=shellSecL1, generate 1, 7, 3, *Elset, Elset=shellSecL2, generate 2, 8, 3, *Elset, Elset=shellSecL3, generate 3, 9, 3, *elset, elset=sideEl shellSecL1, shellSecL3 *elset, elset=midEl shellSecL2, *Nodal Thickness nodeThick1, 0.01 nodeThick2, 0.02 **------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Material, name=mat1 *Elastic, type=engineering constants 0.300E+07, 0.400E+07, 0.500E+07, 0.100E+00, 0.200E+00, 0.300E+00, 0.300E+06, 0.400E+06 0.500E+06, *Density 0.750E-01, ** 0.750E-03, **------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Element, type=s4, elset=eall 1, 1, 2, 6, 5, 2, 2, 3, 7, 6, 3, 3, 4, 8, 7, 4, 5, 6, 10, 9, 5, 6, 7, 11, 10, 6, 7, 8, 12, 11, 7, 9, 10, 14, 13, 8, 10, 11, 15, 14, 9, 11, 12, 16, 15, *Distribution Table, name=orientationTable coord3d, coord3d *Distribution, name=distOrient, location=element, table=orientationTable , 1., 0., 0., 0., 1.0, 0.0 shellSecL1, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00 shellSecL2, 0.0000000E+00, 0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00, -0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00 shellSecL3, -0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00, 0.0000000E+00, -0.1000000E+01, 0.0000000E+00 *orientation, name=ori distOrient 3, 0.0 *Distribution Table, name=ThicknessTable length *Distribution, name=distThick, location=element, table=thicknessTable , 1.0 shellSecL2, 0.01 *Shell Section, material=mat1, elset=midEl, offset=-0.50000E+00, orient=ori, shell thickness=distThick 1.0, *shell section, material=mat1, elset=sideEl, nodal thickness, offset=-0.5, orientation=ori 1., *Boundary side1, 1, 6 ** ** -------------------------------------------------- ** ** *Elset, Elset =QA_TEST eall, *Nset, Nset =QA_TEST Side3, ** *step, nlgeom=yes, name=step-8 dynamic *Dynamic, Explicit , 1.0 *Amplitude, Name=Smooth, Def=Smooth Step 0., 0., 0.5, 1.0, 1., 1. *Boundary, Amp=Smooth side3, 3, 3, 0.050 *Output, field, op=new, Time Int = 0.25, Time Marks =Yes *Node output, Nset =QA_TEST RF, *Node output u, *Element output, Elset =QA_Test s, sf, ssavg, se, sth, *Element output, Elset =QA_Test 3, tshr, *Output, hist, filter=antialiasing, Time Int=0.01 *Element Output, Elset=QA_TEST s11, sf1, ssavg1, se1, sk1, sth, *Element output, Elset=QA_TEST 3, tshr13, *Node Output, Nset=QA_TEST RF3, *Energy output, VAR=PRESELECT *end step **