*HEADING
 TIE BEAM AND MEMBRANE TOGETHER
 File name: xtie_xpl_beammembrane
*PREPRINT,MODEL=YES,HISTORY=YES,ECHO=YES
*NODE
1,0.0,0.0,0.0
13,0.0,0.0,5.0
101,-.10,.10,0.0
125,-.10,.10,5.0
126,.10,.10,0.0
150,.10,.10,5.0
201,-.10,-.10,0.0
225,-.10,-.10,5.0
226,.10,-.10,0.0
250,.10,-.10,5.0
*NGEN,NSET=NALL
1,13,1
101,125,1
126,150,1
201,225,1
226,250,1
**
*ELEMENT,TYPE=B31
1,1,2
*ELGEN,ELSET=BOT
1,12,1,1
*ELEMENT,TYPE=M3D4R
101,101,126,127,102
*ELGEN,ELSET=TOP1
101,24,1,1
*ELEMENT,TYPE=M3D4R
201,201,226,227,202
*ELGEN,ELSET=TOP2
201,24,1,1
*ELEMENT,TYPE=M3D4R
301,226,227,127,126
*ELGEN,ELSET=TOP3
301,24,1,1
*ELEMENT,TYPE=M3D4R
401,201,202,102,101
*ELGEN,ELSET=TOP4
401,24,1,1
*ELSET, ELSET=TOP
TOP1,TOP2,TOP3,TOP4
*BEAM SECTION, ELSET=BOT,MATERIAL=AL,SECTION=RECT
0.2, 0.2
1.0,0.0,0.0
*MEMBRANE SECTION, ELSET=TOP,MATERIAL=AL1
1.0,
*MATERIAL,NAME=AL
*ELASTIC
207E9,0.3
*DENSITY
7800
*MATERIAL,NAME=AL1
*ELASTIC
2.0,0.3
*DENSITY
7800.E-6
*SURFACE,NAME=MSURF
BOT,
*SURFACE,NAME=SSURF
TOP1,SPOS
TOP2,SNEG
TOP3,SPOS
TOP4,SNEG
*TIE,NAME=TIE1,POSITION TOLERANCE=2.0
SSURF,MSURF
*BOUNDARY
1,1,6,0.0
*AMPLITUDE, NAME=AMP,DEFINITION=SMOOTH STEP
0.0,0.0,20.0E-2,1.0,1.0,1.0
*STEP
*DYNAMIC, EXPLICIT
,20.E-2
*CLOAD, AMPLITUDE=AMP
13,1,1.E+6
*OUTPUT,FIELD,NUMBER=5
*NODE OUTPUT
U,
**OUTPUT,HISTORY,FREQ=10
***NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL
**U,V,A
***ENERGY OUTPUT
**ALLKE,ALLIE,ALLWK,ALLAE,ETOTAL
*END STEP