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 Elastic-plastic analysis with FRAME3D       
 PIPE cross-section, distributed loads
 Plastic default values
*node,nset=fixed
1,0.,0.
*node,nset=frame
2,0.,10.,0.
3,10.,10.,0.
4,10.,10.,-10.
*element, type=frame3d, elset=onetwo
1,1,2
2,2,3
*element, type=frame3d, elset=three
3,3,4
*elset,elset=all
onetwo,three
*frame section,section=pipe,elset=onetwo,yield stress=50.e3,plastic defaults
1.,.174355

3.e+6,1.15e+6
*frame section,section=pipe,elset=three,yield stress=50.e3,plastic defaults
1.,.174355
-1.,0.,0.
3.e+6,115.e+6
*boundary
1,encastre
*restart,write,freq=999
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*step
first step, distr. load on element 3
*static
0.1,1.0
*dload
3,py,-260.
*node print, nset=fixed
rf, 
*node file, nset=fixed
rf, 
*node print, nset=frame
u, 
*node file,nset=frame
u, 
*el print, elset=all
sf, 
sep, 
*el file, elset=all
sf, 
sep, 
salpha,
*energy print
*energy file
*end step
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*step
second step, distr. load on element 2
*static
0.1,1.0
*dload
2,py,-40.
*node print, nset=fixed
rf, 
*node file, nset=fixed
rf, 
*node print, nset=frame
u, 
*node file,nset=frame
u, 
*el print, elset=all
sf, 
sep, 
*el file, elset=all
sf, 
sep, 
salpha,
*energy print
*energy file
*end step
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*step
third  step, distr. load on element 3
*static
0.1,1.0
*dload
3,py,-200.
*node print, nset=fixed
rf, 
*node file, nset=fixed
rf, 
*node print, nset=frame
u, 
*node file,nset=frame
u, 
*el print, elset=all
sf, 
sep, 
*el file, elset=all
sf, 
sep, 
salpha,
*energy print
*energy file
*end step
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