*HEADING Pre-tension Section Test [XPTSSE2Z] Procedures Tested: Static Elements Tested: CPE4, with CPE3 substructures SUBSTRUCTURE GENERATION FILE xptssi2z_gen1.inp SHOULD BE RUN FIRST. ** *PREPRINT,MODEL=YES,HISTORY=YES *RESTART,WRITE *NODE 1, 0., 0. 2, 1., 0. 3, 0., 1. 4, 1., 1. 7, 0., 2. 8, 1., 2. ** pre-tension section nodes *NODE,NSET=NREF 1001, 0., 0. ** *ELEMENT, TYPE=CPE4, ELSET=ECPE 1, 1, 2, 4, 3 2, 3, 4, 8, 7 *SOLID SECTION, ELSET=ECPE, MATERIAL=MAT 1.0, *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 1.E5,0. *ELEMENT, TYPE=Z1, ELSET=ES1, FILE=xptssi2z_gen1 3, 1, 2, 3 *SUBSTRUCTURE PROPERTY, ELSET=ES1 *ELEMENT, TYPE=Z1, ELSET=ES2, FILE=xptssi2z_gen1 4, 2, 1, 4 *SUBSTRUCTURE PROPERTY, ELSET=ES2 0.,0.,0. 0.5,0.,0.,0.5,1.,0.,180. ** ** Node Sets for Boundary Conditions ** *NSET, NSET=XSYMM 1, 3, 7 *NSET, NSET=YSYMM 1, 2 *NSET, NSET=NPULL 7, 8 ** ** Pre-tension Section ** *surface,NAME=SCPE 1,S3 *PRE-TENSION SECTION, SURFACE=SCPE, NODE=1001 ** ** Analysis ** *STEP pre-tension section by tightening *STATIC *BOUNDARY XSYMM,1,, YSYMM,2,, NPULL,2,, NREF,1,,0.1 *NODE FILE U,RF *SUBSTRUCTURE PATH,ENTER=3 *OUTPUT,FIELD,VAR=PRESELECT *NODE FILE U,RF *EL FILE S,E *EL FILE S,E *SUBSTRUCTURE PATH,LEAVE,ENTER=4 *OUTPUT,FIELD,VAR=PRESELECT *NODE FILE U,RF *EL FILE S,E *EL FILE S,E *SUBSTRUCTURE PATH,LEAVE *END STEP *STEP further loading from initial tightened state *STATIC *BOUNDARY NPULL,2,,0.1 *ENDSTEP