*HEADING MESH WITH 4 B31 + 6 ELBOW31B + 12 B31. *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=B31 101,100,300 1101,2100,2300 *ELGEN,ELSET=LEG1 101,4,200,100 *ELGEN,ELSET=LEG2 1101,12,200,100 *ELEMENT,TYPE=ELBOW31B 501,900,1100 *ELGEN,ELSET=LBOW 501,6,200,100 *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=PIPE,ELSET=LEG1, MATERIAL=PIPE 8.01,.37 1.,0.,0. 18, *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=PIPE,ELSET=LEG2, MATERIAL=PIPE 8.01,.37 1.,0.,0. 18, *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 *NSET,NSET=NOUT,GENERATE 100,4500,200 *NSET,NSET=NOUTRF 100,4500 *RESTART,WRITE,FREQUENCY=10 *STEP,INC=11,NLGEOM APPLY BENDING ACTION *STATIC,RIKS .05, 1.,.005,.5,2.0,100,4,-.2 *BOUNDARY 100,4,4,-.2 *MONITOR,NODE=100,DOF=4 *EL PRINT,FREQUENCY=0 PE, *NODE PRINT,NSET=NPRT U, RF, *NODE FILE,NSET=NOUT U, *NODE FILE,NSET=NOUTRF RF, *OUTPUT,FIELD *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NOUT U, *OUTPUT,HISTORY *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NOUT UR1, *OUTPUT,HISTORY *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NOUTRF RM1, *END STEP