*HEADING Basic verification for COUPLING option Test a uniform distributed load applied through the COUPLING option to a surface with underlying elements C3D8 *NODE, NSET=FRONT 1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 2, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 3, 3.0, 0.0, 0.0 4, 6.0, 0.0, 0.0 5, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 6, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0 7, 3.0, 1.0, 0.0 8, 6.0, 1.0, 0.0 9, 0.0, 3.0, 0.0 10, 1.0, 3.0, 0.0 11, 3.0, 3.0, 0.0 12, 6.0, 3.0, 0.0 13, 0.0, 6.0, 0.0 14, 1.0, 6.0, 0.0 15, 3.0, 6.0, 0.0 16, 6.0, 6.0, 0.0 17, 0.0,10.0, 0.0 18, 1.0,10.0, 0.0 19, 3.0,10.0, 0.0 20, 6.0,10.0, 0.0 *NCOPY, CHANGE NUMBER=100, OLD SET=FRONT, SHIFT 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 *NCOPY, CHANGE NUMBER=200, OLD SET=FRONT, SHIFT 0.0, 0.0, 3.0 *NCOPY, CHANGE NUMBER=300, OLD SET=FRONT, SHIFT 0.0, 0.0, 6.0 *NCOPY, CHANGE NUMBER=400, OLD SET=FRONT, SHIFT 0.0, 0.0, 10.0 *ELEMENT, TYPE=C3D8, ELSET=EALL 1, 1, 2, 6, 5, 101, 102, 106, 105 *ELGEN, ELSET=EALL 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 4, 100, 12 *SOLID SECTION, MATERIAL=ELASTIC, ELSET=EALL *MATERIAL, NAME=ELASTIC *ELASTIC 30.0e6,0.3 *ELSET, ELSET=FACEELEM, GEN 1,46,3 *SURFACE, NAME=LSURFACE FACEELEM, *NODE, NSET=NREF 9999, -1, 5.0, 5.0 *COUPLING, CONSTRAINT NAME=LOAD_DISTRIBUTOR, SURFACE=LSURFACE, REF NODE=NREF *DISTRIBUTING, WEIGHT=UNIFORM *NSET,NSET=A 4,8,12,16,20 104,108,112,116,120 204,208,212,216,220 304,308,312,316,320 404,408,412,416,420 *BOUNDARY A, 1, 1 4, 2, 3 104,2, 2 204,2, 2 304,2, 2 404,2, 2 8, 3, 3 12,3, 3 16,3, 3 20,3, 3 *STEP Apply uniform load *STATIC ,1.0 *CLOAD NREF, 1, 2000.0 *EL PRINT, FREQ=10000 S *NODE PRINT, FREQ=10000 U, RF, *NODE FILE, FREQ=10000 U, RF, *OUTPUT, FIELD, FREQ=1000 *NODE OUTPUT U, RF, *END STEP