*HEADING MLTF ELBOW: IN-PLANE BENDING. ELBOW32-6 MODES MODEL,LAMDA=.167 MESH USES 4+6+12 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=ELBOW32 101,100,200,300 1101,2100,2200,2300 *ELGEN,ELSET=LEG1 101,4,200,100 *ELGEN,ELSET=LEG2 1101,12,200,100 *ELEMENT,TYPE=ELBOW32 501,900,1000,1100 *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=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,PARAM=FIELD,FIELD=DISP ** 1.,1.,,1000. ***CONTROLS,PARAM=FIELD,FIELD=ROT ** 1.,1.,,6000. ***EL PRINT,FREQ=0 **PE ***NODE PRINT,NSET=NPRT **U **RF ***NODE FILE,NSET=NOUT **U,RF ***END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM HOLD PRESSURE CONSTANT, APPLY BENDING ACTION *STATIC,RIKS .05, 1.,.005,.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.,,60000. *MONITOR,NODE=100,DOF=4 *EL PRINT,FREQUENCY=0 PE, *NODE PRINT,NSET=NPRT U, RF, *NODE FILE,NSET=NOUT U,RF *END STEP