*HEADING : DIRECT ENFORCEMENT WITH LOAD CONTROL FOR ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIAL, HIGH INITIAL STIFFNESS, INITIAL GAP [GKPS4] *NODE,NSET=NALL 1, 2,1. 3,0.,1. 4,1.,1. *ELEMENT,TYPE=GKPS4,ELSET=EINT 1,1,2,3,4 *GASKET SECTION,ELSET=EINT,BEHAVIOR=IS ,0.1,0.1 *GASKET BEHAVIOR,NAME=IS *GASKET ELASTICITY,COMPONENT=MEMBRANE 2000.,0.2 *GASKET ELASTICITY,COMPONENT=TRANSVERSE SHEAR 200., *GASKET THICKNESS BEHAVIOR,DIRECTION=LOADING 0.,0. 20.,0.005 45.,0.05 70.,0.135 82,.22 83,.287 *GASKET THICKNESS BEHAVIOR,DIRECTION=UNLOADING 0.,0.08,0.08 14.,0.12,0.08 70.,0.135,0.08 0.,0.17,0.17 25.,0.20,0.17 82.,0.22,0.17 0.,0.23,0.23 36.,0.265,0.23 83.,0.287,0.23 *EXPANSION 1.e-2, ******************************************* *AMPLITUDE,NAME=HIST 0., 0.000, 1.,-15.000, 2.,-25.000, 3., -0.100, 4.,-25.000, 5.,-40.000, 6., -0.100, 7.,-45.000, 8.,-45.000, 9.,-60.000, 10.,-75.000, 11., -0.100, 12.,-75.000, 13.,-82.500, 14., -0.100, 15.,-82.500, 16.,-95.000 *BOUNDARY 1,1,2 2,1,2 ******************************************* *STEP,INC=10000 Test Thickness Behavior of Gasket *STATIC 0.01,16.,,0.01 *CONTROLS,PARAMETER=TIME INCREMENT ,0.25 *CLOAD,AMP=HIST 3,2,.5 4,2,.5 *NODE PRINT,FREQ=0 U,RF *NODE FILE,FREQ=148 U, RF, *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 S, E, NE, EE, PE, EVOL, THE, TEMP, *EL FILE,FREQ=148 E, EE, NE, PE, S, EVOL, THE, *OUTPUT,FIELD,VAR=PRESELECT,FREQ=148 *END STEP ******************************************* *STEP Test Membrane Behavior of Element *STATIC *CONTROLS,RESET *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW 1,1,2,0.0 2,2,2,0.0 3,1,2,0.0 4,2,2,0.0 *CLOAD,OP=NEW 2,1,0.5 4,1,0.5 *END STEP ******************************************* *STEP Test Transverse Shear Stiffness of Element *STATIC *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW 1,1,2,0.0 3,2,2,0.0 2,1,2,0.0 4,2,2,0.0 *CLOAD,OP=NEW 3,1,.5 4,1,.5 *END STEP ******************************************* *STEP Free Thermal Expansion of Element *STATIC *CLOAD,OP=NEW *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW 1,1,2 2,2 *TEMPERATURE,OP=NEW NALL,100. *OUTPUT,FIELD *ELEMENT OUTPUT S, *NODE OUTPUT RF, *END STEP *******************************************