*heading Verification of closed end loading; ELBOW31C According to Archimedes' Principle, TOTAL of RF3 on element 1 should be -2203.04; total of RF1 should be 0. For element 2 (curved elbow) the reaction forces should sum to 0. Constant Pressure integrated over a closed volume = 0. For element 3 (curved elbow) the total RF3 after step 2 should be 1420; RF1 should be zero. A curved elbow is straightened out, keeping its length constant. This test shows that the loads are integrated correctly on deforming elbows. ** *node,nset=nall 1,0.,0.,-1. 2,.707,0.,-1.707 ** 11, 1.,0.,-1. 12,1.707,0.,-1.707 ** 21,0.,0.,-1. 23,.5833,0.,-1.242 *element,elset=test1,type=elbow31C 1,1,2 *element,elset=test2,type=elbow31C 2,11,12 *element,elset=test3,type=elbow31C 3,21,23 *beam section, elset=test1,material=elas,section=elbow 0.275,0.025,0. 0.,0.,-1.707 1,18,1 *beam section, elset=test2,material=elas,section=elbow 0.275,0.025,0.75 1.,0.,-1.707 1,18,1 *beam section, elset=test3,material=elas,section=elbow 0.275,0.025,0.825 0.58,0.,-1.0 1,18,1 *material,name=elas *elastic 1.e10,0.33 *boundary 1,1,6,0 2,1,6,0 ** 11,1,6,0 12,1,6,0 ** 21,1,6,0 23,2,2,0 ** *step,nlgeom Totals for Step 1 --- RF1 = 0.0 ; RF3 = -2203.04 *static *boundary 23,1,1,0.0646 23,3,3,.242 23,5,5,-0.78539 *dload 1,hpe,1.96e4,0.,-2.,0.535 2,pi,10.,0.535 *node print,totals=yes rf, *elprint,f=0 *OUTPUT,history,freq=100 *NODE OUTPUT,nset=nall rf1,rf3 *end step ** *step,nlgeom Totals for Step 2 --- RF1 = 0.0 ; RF3 = -3623.04 *static *boundary,fixed 21,1,6 23,1,6 *dload 3,hpe,1.96e4,0.,-2.,0.535 *end step