*HEADING TEST OF VELOCITY BC IN MULTIPLE STATIC STEPS THE VALUES OF THE PRESCRIBED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ARE TO BE CHECKED FROM THIS ANALYSIS TO VERIFY THE USE OF *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VEL IN MULTIPLE STATIC STEPS. *RESTART,FREQ=5,WRITE *NODE,NSET=ALL 1 , 0. , 0. 2 , 50. , 0. 3 ,100. , 0. *ELEMENT,TYPE=B21,ELSET=BEAMS 1 , 1 , 2 2 , 2 , 3 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=RECT,ELSET=BEAMS,MATERIAL=MBEAM 1. , 2. *MATERIAL,NAME=MBEAM *ELASTIC 30.E6, ** SPECIFY SINUSOIDAL AMPLITUDE FUNCTIONS [f(t)=3.0 + 2.0 COS (5t)] *AMPLITUDE,TIME=TOTAL,NAME=AMPPER1,DEFINITION=PERIODIC 1,20.,0.,3. 2., *AMPLITUDE,TIME=STEP,NAME=AMPPER2,DEFINITION=PERIODIC 1,20.,0.,3. 2., ** DEFINE INITIAL VELOCITIES *INITIAL CONDITIONS,TYPE=VELOCITY 2,1,-100.0 2,2, 100.0 3,1,-100.0 ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ** ** DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARY CONDITION SPECIFICATIONS AND ** WHAT THEY ARE SET UP TO TEST: ** ** NODE 1,DOF 1: VELOCITY VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMPLITUDE IN STEP 1, ** CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 2, ** VELOCITY NOT RESPECIFIED IN STEP 3 (OP=MOD), ** BC REMOVED IN STEP 4 (OP=NEW). ** NODE 1,DOF 2: VELOCITY VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMPLITUDE IN STEP 1, ** DISPLACEMENT RAMPED LINEARLY IN STEP 2, ** VELOCITY VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMPLITUDE IN STEP 3, ** BC REMOVED IN STEP 4 (OP=NEW). ** NODE 1,DOF 6: CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 1, ** DIFFERENT CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 2, ** ROTATION FIXED IN STEP 3, ** ROTATION RAMPED TO ZERO IN STEP 4. ** NODE 2,DOF 1: CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 1 (INITIAL VEL SHOULD BE IGNORED). ** DISPLACEMENT RAMPED LINEARLY IN STEP 2, ** DISPLACEMENT RAMPED TO ZERO IN STEP 3, ** DISPLACEMENT REMOVED IN STEP 4 (OP=NEW) ** NODE 2,DOF 2: LINEAR DISPLACEMENT IN STEP 1 (INITIAL VEL SHOULD BE IGNORED) ** CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 2. ** DISPLACEMENT VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMPLITUDE IN STEP 3, ** DISPLACEMENT RAMPED TO ZERO IN STEP 4. ** NODE 2,DOF 6: VELOCITY VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMP IN STEP 1 (STEP TIME) ** VELOCITY NOT SPECIFIED IN STEP 2, ** ROTATION FIXED IN STEP 3. ** ROTATION REMOVED IN STEP 4 (OP=NEW) ** NODE 3,DOF 1: FREE IN STEP 1 (INITIAL VELOCITY SPECIFIED) ** CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 2, ** VELOCITY NOT RESPECIFIED IN STEP 3 (OP=MOD), ** DISPLACEMENT FIXED IN STEP 4. ** NODE 3,DOF 2: FREE IN STEP 1, ** DISPLACEMENT VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMPLITUDE IN STEP 2, ** CONSTANT VELOCITY IN STEP 3, ** DISPLACEMENT FIXED IN STEP 4. ** NODE 3, DOF 6 VELOCITY VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMP (STEP TIME) IN STEP 1, ** VELOCITY NOT RE-SPECIFIED IN STEP 2, ** VELOCITY VARIES WITH USER DEFINED AMP (STEP TIME) IN STEP 3 ** REMOVED IN STEP 4. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ *STEP,INC=20 STEP 1 *STATIC,DIRECT 0.05,.6 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY,AMP=AMPPER1 1,1,1,1. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY,AMP=AMPPER1 1,2,2,1. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 1,6,6,6. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 2,1,1,0. *BOUNDARY 2,2,2,10. *BOUNDARY,AMP=AMPPER2 2,6,6,1. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY,AMP=AMPPER2 3,6,6,1. *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *PRINT,RESIDUAL=NO *NODE PRINT,FREQ=1 U, *NODE FILE,FREQ=1 U, *END STEP ************************************************************************ ** ** SECOND STEP ** ************************************************************************ *STEP,INC=20 STEP 2 *STATIC,DIRECT 0.1,1.4 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 1,1,1,-2. *BOUNDARY 1,2,2,10. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 1,6,6,10. *BOUNDARY 2,1,1,10. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 2,2,2,-10 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 3,1,1,-1. *BOUNDARY,AMP=AMPPER1 3,2,2,1. *END STEP ************************************************************************ ** ** THIRD STEP ** ************************************************************************ *STEP,INC=20 STEP 3 *STATIC,DIRECT 0.1,1.2 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY,AMP=AMPPER2 1,2,2,-1. *BOUNDARY,FIXED 1,6,6 *BOUNDARY 2,1,1,0. *BOUNDARY,AMP=AMPPER1 2,2,2,1. *BOUNDARY,FIXED 2,6,6 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 3,2,2,-1. *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY,AMP=AMPPER2 3,6,6,-1. *END STEP ************************************************************************ ** ** FOURTH STEP ** ************************************************************************ *STEP,INC=20 STEP 4 *STATIC,DIRECT 0.1,.8 *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW 1,6,6,0. *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW 2,2,2,0. *BOUNDARY,FIXED,OP=NEW 3,1,1 3,2,2 *END STEP