*HEADING PULL-IN CABLE WITH DRAG3D CHAINS (WITH CONTACT INTERFERENCE) The MODEL REPRODUCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2D MODEL (DRAG2D) *RESTART,WRITE,FREQ=2 *NODE 1,1000,0.0,10.0 6,0.0,0.0,10.0 11,700,400,10.0 9999,0.,0.0,0.0 *NGEN 1,6 *ELEMENT,TYPE=B33H 1,1,2 *ELGEN,ELSET=PIPE 1,5 *ELEMENT,TYPE=GAPSPHER,ELSET=CABLE 101,11,1 *ELEMENT,TYPE=DRAG3D, ELSET=CHAIN1 102,1,9999 103,2,9999 *ELEMENT,TYPE=DRAG3D, ELSET=CHAIN2 104,3,9999 105,4,9999 106,5,9999 107,6,9999 *ELSET,ELSET=CHAINS CHAIN1,CHAIN2 *RIGID SURFACE, ELSET=CHAINS, TYPE=CYLINDER -1000,-1000,0,0,-1000,0 -1000,1000,0 START,-10 LINE,10000 *BEAM GENERAL SECTION,SECTION=PIPE,ELSET=PIPE .375,.025 0,0,1.0 4.32E9, *DRAG CHAIN,ELSET=CHAIN1 131.0,0.3,4.0 *DRAG CHAIN,ELSET=CHAIN2 26.20,0.1,20.0 *GAP,ELSET=CABLE 500.0, *BOUNDARY 6,1,6 11,1,3 9999,1,6 1,3,3 2,3,3 3,3,3 4,3,3 5,3,3 6,3,3 *AMPLITUDE,NAME=A1 0.,0.,1.,.9999 *STEP,NLGEOM,INC=100 PULL IN *STATIC 0.005,1.0 ,1E-7, .05 *CONTACT INTERFERENCE,TYPE=ELEMENT,AMPLITUDE=A1 CABLE,-500.0 *EL PRINT,ELSET=PIPE,FREQUENCY=1 SF, NFORC, *EL PRINT,ELSET=CHAINS S, E, *EL PRINT,ELSET=CABLE S, E, *PRINT,CONTACT=YES *EL FILE,ELSET=CHAINS,FREQUENCY=1 S, E, *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=1 *ELEMENT OUTPUT,ELSET=CHAINS S, E, *CONTROLS, PARAMETERS=FIELD ,0.0, *END STEP