*HEADING
 USE TIE CONSTRAINT TO TIE CAX8 ELEMENT WITH SAX2 ELEMENT
 Modified from psa3sxrev1
 File name: xtie_cax8_sax2
*NODE, NSET=NALL
1,2
2,3
3,3,0.5
4,2,0.5
5,2.5,0
6,3,0.25
7,2.5,0.5
8,2,0.25
9,2,0.5
10,3,0.5
11,3,1
12,2,1
13,2.5,0.5
14,3,0.75
15,2.5,1
16,2,0.75
*ELEMENT,TYPE=CAX8,ELSET=SOLID
1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
2,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
*ELEMENT,TYPE=SAX2,ELSET=SHELL
3,3,7,4
*SOLID SECTION, ELSET=SOLID, MATERIAL=SOFT
*SHELL SECTION, ELSET=SHELL, MATERIAL=SOFT
0.1
*REBAR LAYER,GEOMETRY=ANGULAR
 REBAR1,0.1,23.07,0,STIFF,90,1
 REBAR2,0.1,23.07,0,STIFF,0,1 
*MATERIAL, NAME=SOFT
*ELASTIC
1.E4,0.3
*MATERIAL, NAME=STIFF
*ELASTIC
1.E6, 0.3
*SURFACE,NAME=S1
3,SPOS
*SURFACE,NAME=S2
2,S1
*TIE,NAME=TIE,ADJUST=NO,POSITION TOLERANCE=0.005
S2,S1
*NSET,NSET=N1
1
*NSET,NSET=N2
2
*NSET,NSET=N4
4
*NSET,NSET=N5
5
*NSET,NSET=N8
8
*NSET,NSET=N12
12
*NSET,NSET=N16
16
*ELSET,ELSET=E2
2
*NSET,NSET=NHOOP
1,2,3,4,7,8,11,12,14,15,16
*RESTART,W
*STEP
*STATIC
1.0,1.0
*BOUNDARY
N1,1,2
N5,2,2
N2,2,2
N4,1,1
N8,1,1
N12,1,1
N16,1,1
*DLOAD
E2,P3,10.
*NODEFILE
U
RF
*ELFILE
S
E
*ELFILE,REBAR
S
E
*ENDSTEP