*HEADING Pre-tension Section Test [] Procedures Tested: Static with *transform Elements Tested: C3D8IH ** *RESTART,WRITE *SYSTEM 0.,0.,0.,1.,1.,0. *NODE 27, 4., 0. 28, 5., 0. 29, 4., 1. 30, 5., 1. 31, 4., 0., 1. 32, 5., 0., 1. 33, 4., 1., 1. 34, 5., 1., 1. 37, 4., 2. 38, 5., 2. 41, 4., 2., 1. 42, 5., 2., 1. ** pre-tension section nodes *NODE,NSET=NREF 1001, 0., 0. *ELEMENT, TYPE=C3D8IH, ELSET=EC3D 7, 27, 28, 30, 29, 31, 32, 34, 33 8, 29, 30, 38, 37, 33, 34, 42, 41 *SOLID SECTION,ELSET=EC3D,MATERIAL=MAT *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *HYPERELASTIC,N=1 80.,20. ** ** Node Sets for Boundary Conditions ** *NSET, NSET=XSYMM 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 41 *NSET, NSET=YSYMM 27, 28, 31, 32 *NSET, NSET=ZSYMM 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 38 *NSET, NSET=NPULL 37, 38, 41, 42 *NSET,NSET=NTRANS XSYMM,YSYMM,ZSYMM,NPULL *TRANSFORM,NSET=NTRANS,TYPE=R 1.,1.,0.,-1.,1.,0. ** ** Pre-tension Sections ** *surface,NAME=SC3D 7,S5 *PRE-TENSION SECTION, SURFACE=SC3D, NODE=1001 ** ** Analysis ** *STEP,NLGEOM pre-tension section by tightening *STATIC *BOUNDARY XSYMM,1,, YSYMM,2,, ZSYMM,3,, NPULL,2,, NREF,1,,0.1 *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM further loading from initial tightened state *STATIC *BOUNDARY NPULL,2,,0.1 *output,field *node output U,RF *output,history *element output,elset=EC3D S11,s22,s33 e11,e22,e33 *ENDSTEP