*HEADING : PIPE FRAME SECTION, THERMAL LOADING [FRAME3D] *PREPRINT,MODEL=YES *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., DEP=1 2., .2 0., 0., -1. 3.E6, 1.1538E6, .001E-4, -10., 0. 1.5E6, 0.5769E6, .002E-4, 90., 0. 3.E6, 1.1538E6, .001E-4, -10., 1. 1.5E6, 0.5769E6, .002E-4, 90., 1. *INITIAL CONDITIONS, TYPE=TEMPERATURE ALL, -10. *INITIAL CONDITIONS, TYPE=FIELD ALL, 0. *BOUNDARY 1, 1, 6 *STEP *STATIC *CLOAD 11,2,25.E-4 *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 *STATIC *CLOAD, OP=NEW 11,4,25.E-4 *END STEP *********************** STEP 3 *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, GRAV,10.0E-4, 0., 0., -1. *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 4 *STEP *STATIC *CLOAD, OP=NEW *DLOAD EALL, PY, -1.910088E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 5 *STEP compressive axial load *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PX, -1.910088E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 6 *STEP *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PZ, -1.910088E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 7 *STEP *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, P2, -1.910088E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 8 *STEP *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, P1, 1.910088E-3 *END STEP *********************** STEP 9 *STEP, PERTURBATION *STATIC *DLOAD EALL, PY, -1.910088E-3 EALL, PX, -1.910088E-3 EALL, PZ, -1.910088E-3 EALL, P2, -1.910088E-3 EALL, P1, 1.910088E-3 *EL PRINT 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, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR 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, *NODE FILE U,COORD RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP *********************** STEP 10 *STEP thermal loading. the cantilever tip is also fixed. *STATIC *CLOAD, OP=NEW *DLOAD, OP=NEW *TEMPERATURE, OP=NEW ALL, 90. *FIELD, OP=NEW ALL, 1. *BOUNDARY 11, 1, 6 *EL PRINT SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *NODE FILE U, COORD RF, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *ENERGY FILE *END STEP *********************** STEP 11 *STEP, PERTURBATION thermal loading. (2) the cantilever tip is also fixed. Note that the derivative of the thermal strain with respect to the temperature at 90 degree temperature is used as the thermal expansion coefficient for this perturbation step. Refer to the equation on page 12.1.2-1 of v5.7 /Standard User's manual for computing this value. It turns out to be 0.003E-4 and not 0.002E-4. *STATIC *TEMPERATURE ALL, 100. *EL PRINT SF, SEE, THE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL PRINT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *EL FILE, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=CENTROIDAL SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *NODE FILE U, COORD, RF, *NODE PRINT U, RF, NT, *ENERGY FILE *OUTPUT,FIELD,VAR=PRESELECT *OUTPUT,FIELD *ELEMENT OUTPUT, ELSET=FOUR, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES SF, SEE, TEMP, THE, *END STEP