*HEADING Basic verification for COUPLING option Test a uniform distributed load applied through the COUPLING option to a surface with underlying elements CPE8 *NODE 1, 0.0, 0.0 2, 0.5, 0.0 3, 1.0, 0.0 4, 2.0, 0.0 5, 3.0, 0.0 6, 4.5, 0.0 7, 6.0, 0.0 8, 0.0, 0.5 9, 0.5, 0.5 10, 1.0, 0.5 11, 2.0, 0.5 12, 3.0, 0.5 13, 4.5, 0.5 14, 6.0, 0.5 15, 0.0, 1.0 16, 0.5, 1.0 17, 1.0, 1.0 18, 2.0, 1.0 19, 3.0, 1.0 20, 4.5, 1.0 21, 6.0, 1.0 22, 0.0, 2.0 23, 0.5, 2.0 24, 1.0, 2.0 25, 2.0, 2.0 26, 3.0, 2.0 27, 4.5, 2.0 28, 6.0, 2.0 29, 0.0, 3.0 30, 0.5, 3.0 31, 1.0, 3.0 32, 2.0, 3.0 33, 3.0, 3.0 34, 4.5, 3.0 35, 6.0, 3.0 36, 0.0, 4.5 37, 0.5, 4.5 38, 1.0, 4.5 39, 2.0, 4.5 40, 3.0, 4.5 41, 4.5, 4.5 42, 6.0, 4.5 43, 0.0, 6.0 44, 0.5, 6.0 45, 1.0, 6.0 46, 2.0, 6.0 47, 3.0, 6.0 48, 4.5, 6.0 49, 6.0, 6.0 50, 0.0, 8.0 51, 0.5, 8.0 52, 1.0, 8.0 53, 2.0, 8.0 54, 3.0, 8.0 55, 4.5, 8.0 56, 6.0, 8.0 57, 0.0, 10.0 58, 0.5, 10.0 59, 1.0, 10.0 60, 2.0, 10.0 61, 3.0, 10.0 62, 4.5, 10.0 63, 6.0, 10.0 *ELEMENT, TYPE=CPE8, ELSET=EALL 1, 1, 3, 17, 15, 2, 10, 16, 8 *ELGEN, ELSET=EALL 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 14, 3 *SOLID SECTION, MATERIAL=ELASTIC, ELSET=EALL *MATERIAL, NAME=ELASTIC *ELASTIC 30.0e6,0.3 *ELSET, ELSET=FACE 1, 4, 7, 10 *SURFACE, NAME=LSURFACE, TRIM=YES FACE, *NODE, NSET=NREF 9999, -1, 5.0 *COUPLING, CONSTRAINT NAME=LOAD_DISTRIBUTOR, SURFACE=LSURFACE, REF NODE=NREF *DISTRIBUTING, WEIGHT=UNIFORM *BOUNDARY 7, 1,2 14, 1,1 21, 1,1 28, 1,1 35, 1,1 42, 1,1 49, 1,1 56, 1,1 63, 1,1 1, 2,2 2, 2,2 3, 2,2 4, 2,2 5, 2,2 6, 2,2 *STEP Apply uniform load *STATIC ,1.0 *CLOAD NREF, 1, 2000.0 *EL PRINT, FREQ=10000 S *NODE PRINT, FREQ=10000 U, RF *NODE FILE, FREQ=10000 U, RF *OUTPUT, FIELD, FREQ=1000 *NODE OUTPUT U, RF *END STEP