*HEADING : RECTANGULAR FRAME SECTION (2x2 CROSS SECTION) AQUA LOADING [FRAME2D] *NODE 1, 0.0, 0.0 11, 75., 0.0 *NGEN,NSET=ALL 1,11,2 *AQUA -100., 50., 10.0, 8000.0E-6 -30., 0., 0., -100. -30., 0., 0., 50. *ELEMENT,TYPE=FRAME2D, ELSET=EALL 1,1,3 2,3,5 3,5,7 4,7,9 5,9,11 *ELSET, ELSET=FOUR 4, *FRAME SECTION,SECTION=RECT, ELSET=EALL, DENSITY=8000.0E-4 2., 2. 0., 0., -1. 3.E6, 1.1538E6, .001 *BOUNDARY 1, 1, 2 1, 6 *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *CLOAD 11,2,25.E-4 *EL PRINT SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, *NODE FILE U,COORD RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP *********************** STEP 2 *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, GRAV,10.0E-4, 0., -1., 0. *END STEP *********************** STEP 3 *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PY, -3.2E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 4 *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, P2, -3.2E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 5 *STEP compressive axial load *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PX, -3.2E-3 *EL PRINT SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, *NODE FILE U,COORD RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP *********************** STEP 6 *STEP,PERTURBATION aqua: FDT loading *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, FDT, 1.E-4, 2.8294212, 1., ** Mag, D, Ct, *EL PRINT SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, *NODE FILE U,COORD RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP *********************** STEP 7 *STEP, NLGEOM aqua: FD2 loading similar to 5th step. But the uniform load causing the axial compression is now specified as CLOADs at the element junctions. *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, FD2, 1.E-4, 13.3333333, 10., ** Mag, delA, C, *END STEP