*HEADING
:TEST FOR TAPERED SHELLS  [DS3]
*PREPRINT,ECHO=YES,HISTORY=NO,MODEL=YES
*NODE,NSET=BOTTOM_EDGE
  1,  0.0,  0.0
  2, 10.0,  0.0
  3, 20.0,  0.0
*NODE,NSET=TOP_EDGE
101,  0.0,100.0
102, 10.0,100.0
103, 20.0,100.0
*node,nset=bot_middle
4,5.,5.
5,15.,5.
*node,nset=top_middle
94,5.,95.
95,15.,95.
*NFILL
BOTTOM_EDGE,TOP_EDGE,10,10
bot_middle,top_middle,9,10
*NODAL THICKNESS
BOTTOM_EDGE,3.
TOP_EDGE,1.
*NODAL THICKNESS, GENERATE
BOTTOM_EDGE,TOP_EDGE,10,10
*nodal thickness
bot_middle,2.9
top_middle,1.1
*nodal thickness,generate
bot_middle,top_middle,9,10
*ELEMENT,TYPE=DS3
1,1,4,11
2,4,2,12
3,1,2,4
4,4,12,11
*ELGEN,ELSET=ALL_ELEMENTS
1,2,1,4,10,10,8
2,2,1,4,10,10,8
3,2,1,4,10,10,8
4,2,1,4,10,10,8
*SHELL SECTION,MATERIAL=A1,ELSET=ALL_ELEMENTS,NODAL
 1.0,
*MATERIAL,NAME=A1
*CONDUCTIVITY
1., 
*STEP
*HEAT TRANSFER,STEADY STATE
*BOUNDARY
BOTTOM_EDGE,11,15,0.
TOP_EDGE,11,15,100.
*OUTPUT,HISTORY,FREQUENCY=1
*ENERGY OUTPUT,VARIABLE=PRESELECT
*OUTPUT,FIELD
*ELEMENT OUTPUT
HFL,
STH,
*EL PRINT
 STH,
 hfl, 
*OUTPUT,FIELD
*NODE OUTPUT
COORD,NT
*NODE PRINT
 COORD,NT
*END STEP