*HEADING
Pre-tension Section Test []
Procedures Tested: Coupled Temperature-Displacement
Elements Tested: CPE8RT,CAX4T
**
*RESTART,WRITE
*NODE
** pre-tension section nodes
*NODE,NSET=NREF
**
*ELEMENT, TYPE=CPE8RT, ELSET=ECPE
*ELEMENT, TYPE=CAX4T, ELSET=ECAX
*SOLID SECTION,ELSET=ECPE,MATERIAL=MAT
1.0,
*SOLID SECTION,ELSET=ECAX,MATERIAL=MAT
*MATERIAL,NAME=MAT
*ELASTIC
1.E5,0.3
*CONDUCTIVITY
1.0,
**
** Node Sets for Boundary Conditions
**
*NSET, NSET=XSYMM
*NSET, NSET=YSYMM
*NSET, NSET=NPULL
**
** Pre-tension Sections
**
*surface,NAME=SCPE
2,S1
*PRE-TENSION SECTION, SURFACE=SCPE, NODE=1001
*surface,NAME=SCAX
4,S1
*PRE-TENSION SECTION, SURFACE=SCAX, NODE=1002
**
** Analysis
**
*STEP,NLGEOM
pre-tension section by tightening
*COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT
1.0,1.0,
*BOUNDARY
XSYMM,1,,
YSYMM,2,,
NPULL,2,,
NREF,1,,0.1
*NODE FILE
U,RF
*EL FILE
S,E
*END STEP
*STEP,NLGEOM
further loading from initial tightened state
*COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT
1.0,1.0
*BOUNDARY,OP=NEW
XSYMM,1,,
YSYMM,2,,
NREF,1,,0.1
NPULL,2,,0.1
*ENDSTEP