*HEADING
: FLEXIBLE JOINT WITH NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR, *ORIENTATION   [JOINTC]
*NODE
1, 
2, 
*ELEMENT,TYPE=JOINTC,ELSET=J
1,1,2
*ORIENTATION,NAME=GL
1.,0.,0.,  0.,1.,0.
3,180.0
*JOINT,ELSET=J,ORIENTATION=GL
*SPRING
1, 
100., 
*SPRING
2, 
200., 
*SPRING
3, 
300., 
*SPRING
4, 
400., 
*SPRING
5, 
500., 
*SPRING
6, 
600., 
*STEP,NLGEOM
 APPLY LOAD
*STATIC
1.0,1.0
*BOUNDARY
1,1,6
*CLOAD
2,1,100.
*NODE FILE
 U,
 RF,
*END STEP
*STEP,NLGEOM
 ROTATE MASTER NODE BY 90 DEGREES ABOUT Z-AXIS.
*STATIC
10.,90.,,10.
*BOUNDARY
1,1,5
1,6,6,1.5707963
*END STEP