*HEADING
 BASIC VERIFICATION - MPC TYPE LINK
 ELEMENT: PIPE31,  
*RESTART,TIMEMARKS=YES,WRITE,NUM=1
*NODE,NSET=NALL
1,0.
2,5.
3,10.
4,11.
5,16.
6,21.
*ELEMENT,TYPE=PIPE31, ELSET=EALL
1,1,2
2,2,3
3,4,5
4,5,6
*BEAM SECTION,SECTION=PIPE,MATERIAL=MAT, ELSET=EALL
1.,0.1
*BOUNDARY
1,1,2
1,4,6
6,1,2
6,4,6
NALL,3
*MPC
LINK,3,4
*AMPLITUDE,NAME=RAMP
0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0
*MATERIAL,NAME=MAT
*ELASTIC
3.E6, 
*DENSITY
0.03, 
**
*NSET, NSET=QA_TEST_ALLNODES
NALL, 
**
*STEP
*DYNAMIC,EXPLICIT
,1.0
*CLOAD,AMP=RAMP
2,2,-250.
5,2,250.
*FILE OUTPUT,NUM=1
*NODE FILE
U, 
***OUTPUT,HISTORY,TIME INTERVAL=1.0E-3
***ELEMENT OUTPUT,ELSET=EALL
**S,
***ENERGY OUTPUT
**ALLKE,ALLIE,ALLSE,ALLAE,ALLVD,ALLCD,ALLPD,ALLFD,ALLWK,ETOTAL,DT
*OUTPUT, FIELD, NUMBER INTERVAL=1
*NODE OUTPUT, NSET=QA_TEST_ALLNODES
U, 
*OUTPUT,FIELD,VARIABLE=PRESELECT
*OUTPUT,HISTORY,VARIABLE=PRESELECT,TIMEINT=1
*END STEP