*heading test Bergstrom-Boyce elastomeric hysteresis model test multiple load cases uniaxial cyclic loading to different strain levels strain rate=-.01/s, material: Chloroprene Rubber (15 pph carbon black) *node 1,0.,0. 2,1.4e-2,0. 3,1.4e-2,1.3e-2 4,0.,1.3e-2 *nset,nset=top 3,4 *nset,nset=bot 1,2 *element,type=cax4,elset=eall 1,1,2,3,4 *solid section,elset=eall,material=hyster *material,name=hyster *hyperelastic,arruda-boyce,MODULI=LONG TERM 0.6,2.8284,0.01 *hysteresis 1.6,.9526,4.,-1.0 *boundary bot,2,2,0. ** **STEP 1 **load up to strain of -0.375 *DIAGNOSTICS,NONHYBRID=WARNING *step,nlgeom,inc=100,unsymm=yes *static 1.,37.5,,10. *boundary top,2,2,-4.0651e-3 *el print s, le, *node print,f=5 rf,u *OUTPUT,FIELD *ELEMENT OUTPUT s,le *OUTPUT,FIELD *NODE OUTPUT u,rf *end step ** **STEP 2 **unload *step,nlgeom,inc=100,unsymm=yes *static 1.,37.5,,10. *boundary top,2,2,0. *end step ** **STEP 3 **load up to strain of -0.6 *step,nlgeom,inc=100,unsymm=yes *static 1.,60.0,,10. *boundary top,2,2,-5.8656e-3 *end step ** **STEP 4 **unload *step,nlgeom,inc=100,unsymm=yes *static 1.,60.,,10. *boundary top,2,2,0. *end step ** **STEP 5 **load up to strain of -0.775 *step,nlgeom,inc=100,unsymm=yes *static 1.,77.5,,10. *boundary top,2,2,-7.0109e-3 *end step ** **STEP 6 **unload *step,nlgeom,inc=100,unsymm=yes *static 1.,77.5,,10. *boundary top,2,2,0. *end step ** ***MULTIPLE LOAD CASES **STEP 7 *step,perturbation *static 1.,1. *load case,name=pull *boundary top,2,2,-10.0e-3 *end load case *load case,name=push *boundary top,2,2,-4.0e-3 *end load case *end step