*HEADING BASIC VERIFICATION - *COUPLING WITH *KINEMATIC SUB-OPTION EQUIVALENT TO MPC TYPE BEAM with *BUCKLE *PREPRINT, MODEL=YES *system 0.,0.,0., 2.,2.,2. -0.408248,0.8164965,-0.4082482 *NODE 1,0.,0.,0.,0.,1.,0. 6,12.,0.,0.,0.,1.,0. *NGEN 1,6, *ELEMENT,TYPE=B32, ELSET=EALL 1,1,2,3 2,3,4,5 *NSET, NSET=TWO 5, *NSET, NSET=THREE 6, *BEAM SECTION,SECTION=I,MATERIAL=MAT, ELSET=EALL 0.7,1.4,0.5,0.5,0.3,0.3,0.3 *BOUNDARY 1,1,6 ** ** *KINEMATIC COUPLING, REF NODE = 6 ** 5,1,6 ** *SURFACE, NAME=TIP, TYPE=NODE 5, 1.0 *COUPLING, CONSTRAINT NAME=BEAMMPC, REF NODE=6, SURFACE=TIP, INFLUENCE RADIUS=100.0 *KINEMATIC 1,1 2,5 6,6 *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 3.E6, *DENSITY 1700., *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *NODE FILE U,COORD, CF, *OUTPUT,FIELD *NODE OUTPUT U,COORD, CF, *NODE PRINT, GLO=YES U,COORD, CF, *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *CLOAD 6,2,-816.4965809 6,1,408.24829 6,3,408.24829 *END STEP *STEP *BUCKLE 4, *CLOAD 6,1,-577.35 6,2,-577.35 6,3,-577.35 *NODE FILE u, *OUTPUT,FIELD *NODE OUTPUT u, *ENDSTEP *STEP,NLGEOM *STATIC *CLOAD 6,2,-816.4965809 6,1,408.24829 6,3,408.24829 *NODE FILE,FREQ=99 U,COORD, CF, *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=99 *NODE OUTPUT U,COORD, CF, *NODE PRINT,FREQ=99, GLO=yes U,COORD, CF, *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *END STEP