*HEADING SHELL BENDING PROBLEM ** ** Analytical result: vertical steady-state displacement of 240mm ** at the tip of the beam. This compares with the second beam. ** ** Nodes at corners of the two beams ** *NODE,NSET=NALL 101,0.,0. 141,.4,0. 201,0.,0.,.02 241,.4,0.,.02 1101,0.,0.3 1141,.4,0.3 1201,0.,0.3,.02 1241,.4,0.3,.02 ** ** Lower beam ** *NGEN,NSET=NALL 101,141 201,241 ** ** Upper beam ** *NGEN,NSET=NALL 1101,1141 1201,1241 ** ** Output ** *NSET,NSET=NOUT 101,1101 ** Elements for both beams. ** *ELEMENT,TYPE=S4R,ELSET=SHELL 101,101,201,202,102 1101,1101,1201,1202,1102 *ELGEN,ELSET=SHELL 101,40,1,1 1101,40,1,1 *SHELL SECTION,ELSET=SHELL,MATERIAL=SAMPLE,SECTION INTEGRATION=GAUSS .02, ** ** Material properties are purely fictional. ** *MATERIAL,NAME=SAMPLE *ELASTIC 1.E9,0., *DENSITY 10000., ** ** Right side boundary conditions. ** *BOUNDARY 141,ENCASTRE 241,ENCASTRE 1141,ENCASTRE 1241,ENCASTRE NALL,3,5 *SURFACE, NAME=TIP1 101, E1 *SURFACE, NAME=TIP2 1101, E1 ** ** Ramp function for loads ** *AMPLITUDE,NAME=FUNC 0.,0.,.2,1. *RESTART,WRITE,NUMBER INTERVAL=2,TIMEMARKS=NO ** ** *NSET,NSET=QA_TEST_NOUT NOUT, ** *STEP *DYNAMIC,EXPLICIT ,.8 *DSLOAD, CONSTANT RESULTANT=YES, FOLLOWER=NO, AMPLITUDE=FUNC TIP1,EDLD,12500.,0.,-1.,0. *DSLOAD, CONSTANT RESULTANT=YES, FOLLOWER=YES, AMPLITUDE=FUNC TIP2,EDLD,12500.,0.,-1.,0. *OUTPUT, FIELD, NUMBER INTERVAL=4, TIMEMARKS=YES *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=QA_TEST_NOUT U, ***ELEMENT OUTPUT ** SF, *OUTPUT,HISTORY *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NOUT U2, *END STEP