*HEADING USE TIE CONSTRAINT TO TIE CAX8T ELEMENTS WITH A SAX2T ELEMENT IN A COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS File name: xtie_cax8t_sax2t_cax8t *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 16,2,0.75 103,3,0.5 104,2,0.5 107,2.5,0.5 *ELEMENT,TYPE=CAX8T,ELSET=SOLID 1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 2,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 *ELEMENT,TYPE=SAX2T,ELSET=SHELL 3,103,107,104 *SOLID SECTION, ELSET=SOLID, MATERIAL=SOFT *SHELL SECTION, ELSET=SHELL, MATERIAL=SOFT 0.1 *MATERIAL, NAME=SOFT *ELASTIC 30.E6,0.3 *EXPANSION 10.E-6, *CONDUCTIVITY 43.0 *DENSITY 7700. *SPECIFIC HEAT 600. *SURFACE,NAME=S1 3,SPOS *SURFACE,NAME=S2 2,S1 *SURFACE,NAME=S3 1,S3 *SURFACE,NAME=S4 3,SNEG *TIE,NAME=TIE1,ADJUST=NO,POSITION TOLERANCE=0.005 S2,S1 S4,S3 *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 *STEP *COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT,STEADY STATE *BOUNDARY N1,1,2 N5,2,2 N2,2,2 N4,1,1 N8,1,1 N12,1,1 N16,1,1 1,11,,500.0 2,11,,500.0 11,11,,100.0 12,11,,100.0 *DLOAD E2,P3,-10. *NODE PRINT U RF NT *NODEFILE U RF NT *ELFILE S E *ENDSTEP