*HEADING : PIPE FRAME SECTION, TESTING Of FOUNDATION LOADS [FRAME3D] *NODE 1, 0.0, 0.0 11, 75., 0.0 *NGEN,NSET=ALL 1,11,2 *ELEMENT,TYPE=FRAME3D, ELSET=EALL 1,1,3 2,3,5 3,5,7 4,7,9 5,9,11 *ELSET, ELSET=FOUR 4, *FRAME SECTION,SECTION=PIPE, ELSET=EALL, DENSITY=8000.0E-4, ZERO=-10. 2., .2 0., 0., -1. 3.E6, 1.1538E6, .001, -10. 1.5E6, 0.5769E6, .002, 90. *INITIAL CONDITION, TYPE=TEMPERATURE ALL, -10. *BOUNDARY 1, 4, 6 11, 4, 6 *FOUNDATION EALL, FX, 1500. EALL, FY, 1500. EALL, FZ, 1500. *********************** STEP 1 *STEP *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PY, -1.910088E1 *EL PRINT SF, SEE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, *NODE FILE U,COORD RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP *********************** STEP 2 *STEP compressive axial load *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PX, -1.910088E1 *END STEP *********************** STEP 3 *STEP *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PZ, -1.910088E1 *END STEP *********************** STEP 4 *STEP same as the 1st step loading. *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, P2, -1.910088E1 *END STEP *********************** STEP 5 *STEP same as the 3rd step loading *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, P1, 1.910088E1 *END STEP *********************** STEP 6 *STEP, PERTURBATION the results of 5th step and 6th step should b same for a linear analysis. All the loads are respecified in a perturbation step. *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PY, -1.910088E1 EALL, PX, -1.910088E1 EALL, PZ, -1.910088E1 EALL, P2, -1.910088E1 EALL, P1, 1.910088E1 *EL PRINT SF, SEE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, *NODE FILE U,COORD RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP