*HEADING : FLEX. JOINT W/ NONLIN BEHAVIOR, APPLIED ROTATIONS AND MOMENTS [JOINTC] *NODE 1, 2, *ELEMENT,TYPE=JOINTC,ELSET=J 1,1,2 *JOINT,ELSET=J *SPRING 1, 100., *SPRING 2, 200., *SPRING 3, 300., *SPRING 4, 400., *SPRING 5, 500., *SPRING 6, 600., *STEP,NLGEOM APPLY MOMENT IN THE INITIAL CONFIGURATION *STATIC 0.5,1.0 *BOUNDARY, OP=NEW 1,1,6 *CLOAD 2,4,80 *NODE FILE U, RF, *EL FILE S, E, *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM REMOVE MOMENT *STATIC *BOUNDARY, OP=NEW 1,1,6 *CLOAD 2,4,0.0 *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM ROTATE ABOUT Z-AXIS BY 90 DEGREES. *STATIC *BOUNDARY, OP=NEW 1,1,5 1,6,6,1.5707963 *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM APPLY MOMENT *STATIC 0.5,1.0 *BOUNDARY, OP=NEW 1,1,5 1,6,6,1.5707963 *CLOAD 2,5,80.0 *END STEP