*HEADING
mpc_tie: BASIC VERIFICATION - MPC TYPE TIE
*RESTART,TIMEMARKS=YES,WRITE,NUM=1
*NODE,NSET=NALL
1,0.
2,1.
3,2.
4,2.
5,3.
6,4.
11,0.,1.
15,4.,1.
*NSET,NSET=OUTPUT
3,4,13
*NGEN,NSET=WHOLE
11,15
*NSET,NSET=NALL
NALL,WHOLE
*NSET,NSET=QA_TEST
NALL,
*ELEMENT,TYPE=PIPE21,ELSET=PIPES
1,1,2
2,2,3
3,4,5
4,5,6
5,11,12
6,12,13
7,13,14
8,14,15
*ELSET,ELSET=HIST
3, 
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*AMPLITUDE,NAME=RAMP
0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0
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*BEAM SECTION,SECT=PIPE,ELSET=PIPES,MATERIAL=MAT1
0.5,0.05
*MATERIAL,NAME=MAT1
*ELASTIC
28.1E6,0.3
*DENSITY
0.3, 
*BOUNDARY
1,ENCASTRE
11,ENCASTRE
*MPC
TIE,4,3
*STEP
*DYNAMIC,EXPLICIT
,1.
*CLOAD,AMP=RAMP
6,2,-300.
15,2,-300.
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*FILE OUTPUT,NUM=1
*NODE FILE
U, 
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*OUTPUT,FIELD, NUMBERINT=1
*NODE OUTPUT,NSET=QA_TEST
U,
*OUTPUT,HISTORY, TIME INTERVAL=1.0
*ENERGY OUTPUT, VAR=PRESELECT
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***OUTPUT,HISTORY,TIME INTERVAL=1.0E-3
***ELEMENT OUTPUT,ELSET=HIST
**S,
***ENERGY OUTPUT
**ALLKE,ALLIE,ALLSE,ALLAE,ALLVD,ALLCD,ALLPD,ALLFD,ALLWK,ETOTAL,DT
*ENDSTEP