*HEADING : CPS4 MODEL CHANGE VERIFICATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS *NODE 1,0. 9,8. 41,0.,4. 49,8.,4. *NGEN,NSET=BOT 1,9,1 *NGEN,NSET=TOP 41,49,1 *NFILL,NSET=NALL BOT,TOP,4,10 *ELEMENT,TYPE=CPS4 1,1,3,23,21 *ELGEN,ELSET=EALL 1,4,2,1,2,20,10 *ELSET,ELSET=REMOVE,GEN 2,4,1 12,14,1 *NSET, NSET=HOLDEM, GEN 5, 9, 1 25, 29, 1 45, 49, 1 *ELSET, ELSET=EOUT 1, *SOLID SECTION,MATERIAL=MAT,ELSET=EALL 1., *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 207.00E12, 0.3 *DENSITY 7800.00, *ELEMENT,TYPE=SPRING1,ELSET=SPR 101,21 *SPRING,ELSET=SPR 1, 9.853813E6, *NSET, NSET=XMOVE,GEN 1,41,20 45, 49,2 *NSET, NSET=SLIDE,GEN 1,9,1 *BOUNDARY SLIDE,2,2 *ELSET,ELSET=left1 1,11 *surface, NAME=LEFT left1,S4 *STEP, NLGEOM Step 1: Displace M from original configuration by 1.0 units *STATIC *BOUNDARY XMOVE,1,,1.0 *NODE FILE,FREQ=1,NSET=XMOVE U, V, A *ELFILE,FREQ=0,ELSET=EOUT *EL PRINT, ELSET=LEFT1 NFORC, *NSET,NSET=LEFT 1,21,41 *ENDSTEP *STEP, NLGEOM,INC=200 Step 2: Let it move. *DYNAMIC,NOHAF 0.01,1. *PRINT, FREQ=10 *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW SLIDE,2,2 *SECTION PRINT, NAME=LEFT, SURFACE=LEFT,freq=100 *SECTION FILE, NAME=LEFT, SURFACE=LEFT,freq=100 *ENDSTEP *STEP, NLGEOM Step 3: Remove Elements *STATIC *PRINT, FREQ=1 *BOUNDARY,FIXED NALL,1,2 *MODEL CHANGE,REMOVE,TYPE=ELEMENT REMOVE, *ENDSTEP *STEP, NLGEOM,INC=200 Step 4: Let it move again for two cycles. ** Period should be half the original period. *DYNAMIC,NOHAF 0.01,1. *PRINT, FREQ=10 *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW SLIDE,2,2 *BOUNDARY, OP=NEW, FIXED HOLDEM, 1, 2 *ENDSTEP *STEP, NLGEOM Step 5: Add elements again *STATIC *PRINT, FREQ=1 *BOUNDARY,FIXED NALL,1,2 *MODEL CHANGE,ADD,TYPE=ELEMENT REMOVE, *ENDSTEP *STEP, NLGEOM,INC=200 Step 6: Let it move. Period should be original period again. *DYNAMIC,NOHAF, INITIAL=NO 0.01,1. *PRINT, FREQ=10 *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW SLIDE,2,2 *ENDSTEP