*HEADING BASIC VERIFICATION - MPC TYPE BEAM with *TRANSFORM & *BUCKLE *system 0.,0.,0., 2.,2.,2. -0.408248,0.8164965,-0.4082482 *NODE 1,0.,0.,0.,0.,1.,0. 6,12.,0.,0.,0.,1.,0. *NGEN 1,6, *ELEMENT,TYPE=B32, ELSET=EALL 1,1,2,3 2,3,4,5 *NSET, NSET=TWO 5, *NSET, NSET=THREE 6, *TRANSFORM, NSET=TWO 0.5,0.0,-0.8660254,0.0,1.,0. *TRANSFORM, NSET=THREE 0.5,0.5,0.5,-0.408248,0.8164965,-0.4082482 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=I,MATERIAL=MAT, ELSET=EALL 0.7,1.4,0.5,0.5,0.3,0.3,0.3 *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 6,2,-1000. *END STEP ************************* *step *buckle 4, *cload 6,1,-1000. *node file u, *endstep ************************* *STEP,NLGEOM *STATIC 0.1,1.0 *CLOAD 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