*HEADING BASIC VERIFICATION - MPC TYPE BEAM with *TRANSFORM & *BUCKLE *NODE 1,0. 6,12. *NGEN 1,6, *ELEMENT,TYPE=B22, ELSET=EALL 1,1,2,3 2,3,4,5 *NSET, NSET=TWO 5, *NSET, NSET=THREE 6, *TRANSFORM, NSET=TWO 0.5,0.8660254, 0.0,-0.8660254,0.5,0.0 *TRANSFORM, NSET=THREE -1.,0.,0.,0.,-1.,0. *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=L,MATERIAL=MAT, ELSET=EALL 0.5,1.0,0.2,0.2 *BOUNDARY 1,1,6 *MPC BEAM,5,6 *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 3.E6, *DENSITY 1700., ****************************** *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *NODE FILE U,COORD, CF, *NODE PRINT, GLO=YES U,COORD, CF, *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *CLOAD ** sign changed due to transformation 6,2,1000. *END STEP ****************************** *STEP *BUCKLE 4, *CLOAD ** sign changed due to transformation 6,1,1000. *NODE FILE u, *ENDSTEP ****************************** *STEP,NLGEOM *STATIC 0.1,1.0 *CLOAD ** sign changed due to transformation 6,2,1000. *NODE FILE,FREQ=99 U,COORD, CF, *NODE PRINT,FREQ=99, GLO=yes U,COORD, CF, *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *END STEP