*HEADING : PATCH TEST FOR BEAM ELEMENTS [PIPE31] *NODE 1, 4,10.0 *NGEN 1,4 *ELEMENT,TYPE=PIPE31 1, 1,2 *ELGEN,ELSET=ALL 1,3,1,1 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=PIPE,ELSET=ALL,MATERIAL=MAT 0.1,0.017435473 *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 30E6,0.0 *NSET,NSET=END1 1, *NSET,NSET=END2 4, *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *BOUNDARY END1,1,,0.01 END1,2,6 END2,1,,0.11 END2,2,6 *EL PRINT SF, *EL PRINT,POSITION=NODES SF, *EL PRINT,POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, *EL PRINT,POSITION=CENTROID SF, *EL FILE SF, *EL FILE,POSITION=NODES SF, *EL FILE,POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, *EL FILE,POSITION=CENTROID SF, *NODE PRINT,FREQ=0 *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM *STATIC *CLOAD 4, 1, 3000. *BOUNDARY 1,1,6 4,2 *EL PRINT,SUMMARY=NO,ELSET=ALL S,E *EL FILE,ELSET=ALL S,E *NODE PRINT,SUMMARY=NO U, RF, *NODE FILE U,RF *END STEP *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW END1,1,,0.01 END1,2,6 END2,1,,0.11 END2,2,6 *EL PRINT SF, *EL PRINT,POSITION=NODES SF, *EL PRINT,POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, *EL PRINT,POSITION=CENTROID SF, *EL FILE SF, *EL FILE,POSITION=NODES SF, *EL FILE,POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, *EL FILE,POSITION=CENTROID SF, *NODE PRINT,FREQ=0 *ENDSTEP