*HEADING Pre-tension Section Test [] Procedures Tested: Static Riks Elements Tested: CPE8 ** *RESTART,WRITE *NODE 21, 5., 0. 22, 5.5, 0. 23, 6., 0. 24, 5., 0.5 25, 6., 0.5 26, 5., 1. 27, 5.5, 1. 28, 6., 1. 32, 5., 1.5 33, 6., 1.5 34, 5., 2. 35, 5.5, 2. 36, 6., 2. ** pre-tension section node *NODE,NSET=NREF 1001, 0., 0. *ELEMENT, TYPE=CPE8, ELSET=ECPE 9, 21, 23, 28, 26, 22, 25, 27, 24 10, 26, 28, 36, 34, 27, 33, 35, 32 *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 1.E5,0.3 *SOLID SECTION,ELSET=ECPE,MATERIAL=MAT 0.1, ** ** Node sets for BCs ** *NSET, NSET=XSYMM 21,24,26,32,34 *NSET,NSET=YSYMM 21,22,23 *NSET, NSET=NPULL 34,35,36 ** ** Pre-tension Section ** *surface,NAME=SCPE 9,S3 *PRE-TENSION SECTION,SURFACE=SCPE,NODE=1001 ** ** Analysis ** *STEP pre-tension section by tightening *STATIC *BOUNDARY XSYMM,1,1 YSYMM,2,2 NPULL,2,2 NREF,1,,0.1 *NODE FILE U,RF *EL FILE S,E *END STEP *STEP further loading from initial state *STATIC,RIKS 1.,1.,,,1. *BOUNDARY NPULL,2,2,0.1 *ENDSTEP