*HEADING MLTF ELBOW TEST, FULL MODEL USING ELBOW31, LAMDA=.167 FINE MESH WITH 8+12+24 ELEMENTS. SECTION INTEGRATION: 7,18,6 *NSET,NSET=NPRT 100,4500 *NODE,NSET=LOADEND 100,0.,24.,-24. *NODE,NSET=END2 900,0.,24.0,0. *NODE,NSET=END3 2100,0.,0.,24. *NODE,NSET=FIXEDEND 4500,0.,-72.,24. *NGEN,NSET=PYZ 100,900,100 2100,4500,100 *NGEN,LINE=C,NSET=PYZ 900,2100,100,0,0.,0.,0.,1. *ELEMENT,TYPE=ELBOW31 101,100,200 1101,2100,2200 *ELGEN,ELSET=LEG1 101,8,100,50 *ELGEN,ELSET=LEG2 1101,24,100,50 *ELEMENT,TYPE=ELBOW31 501,900,1000 *ELGEN,ELSET=LBOW 501,12,100,50 *ELSET,ELSET=ALL LEG1,LEG2,LBOW *MATERIAL ,NAME=PIPE *ELASTIC 28.1E6,.2642 *PLASTIC 39440.,0. 50170.,.00473 54950.,.01264 58540.,.02836 61520.,.0491 76520.,.105 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=ELBOW,ELSET=LEG1, MATERIAL=PIPE 8.01,.37 0.,100.,-12. 7,18,6 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=ELBOW,ELSET=LEG2, MATERIAL=PIPE 8.01,.37 0.,-36.,100. 7,18,6 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=ELBOW,ELSET=LBOW, MATERIAL=PIPE 8.01,.41,24. 0.,24.,24. 7,18,6 *BOUNDARY PYZ,1 PYZ,5,6 FIXEDEND,1,6 FIXEDEND,NODEFORM LOADEND,NODEFORM *NSET,NSET=NOUT,GENERATE 100,4500,100 *RESTART,WRITE,FREQUENCY=10 ** *STEP,INC=1,NLGEOM ** APPLY PRESSURE ** *STATIC ** *DLOAD,OP=NEW ** ALL,PI,500.,15.65,OPEN ** *CLOAD,OP=NEW,FOLLOWER ** 100,3,-9.5764E4 ** *CONTROLS,PARAMETERS=FIELD,FIELD=DISPLACEMENT ** 1.,1.,,1000. ** *CONTROLS,PARAMETERS=FIELD,FIELD=ROTATION ** 1.,1.,,6000. ** *EL PRINT,FREQUENCY=0 ** PE ** *NODE PRINT,NSET=N100 ** U ** RF ** *NODE FILE,NSET=NOUT ** U,RF ** *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM HOLD PRESSURE CONSTANT, APPLY BENDING ACTION *STATIC,RIKS .05, 1.,.001,.5,2.0,100,4,-.2 *BOUNDARY 100,4,4,-.2 *CONTROLS,PARAMETERS=FIELD,FIELD=DISPLACEMENT 1.,1.,,10000. *CONTROLS,PARAMETERS=FIELD,FIELD=ROTATION 1.,1.,,61000. *MONITOR,NODE=100,DOF=4 *EL PRINT,FREQUENCY=0 PE, *NODE PRINT,NSET=NPRT U, RF, *NODE FILE,NSET=NOUT U,RF *OUTPUT,FIELD *ELEMENT OUTPUT S, *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NOUT U *OUTPUT,HISTORY *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NOUT U,RF *END STEP