*HEADING USE TIE CONSTRAINT TO TIE CAX4 ELEMENT WITH SAX1 ELEMENT Modified from psa2sxrev1 File name: xtie_xpl_cax4_to_sax1 *NODE, NSET=NALL 1,2 2,3 3,3.01,0.5 4,1.99,0.5 5,2.0,0.5 6,3.0,0.5 7,3,1 8,2,1 *ELEMENT,TYPE=CAX4R,ELSET=SOLID 1,1,2,3,4 2,5,6,7,8 *ELEMENT,TYPE=SAX1,ELSET=SHELL 3,3,4 *SOLID SECTION, ELSET=SOLID, MATERIAL=SOFT *SHELL SECTION, ELSET=SHELL, MATERIAL=SOFT 0.1 *REBAR LAYER REBAR1,0.1,0.2,0,STIFF,90.0,1 *REBAR LAYER,GEOMETRY=ANGULAR REBAR2,0.1,47.156,0.0,STIFF,0.0,1 *MATERIAL, NAME=SOFT *ELASTIC 1.E4,0.3 *DENSITY 1.E-4, *MATERIAL, NAME=STIFF *ELASTIC 1.E6, 0.3 *DENSITY .01, *SURFACE,NAME=S1 3,SNEG *SURFACE,NAME=S2 2,S1 *TIE,NAME=TIE,POSITION TOLERANCE=0.05 S2,S1 *NSET,NSET=N1 1 *NSET,NSET=N2 2 *NSET,NSET=N4 4 *NSET,NSET=N8 8 *NSET,NSET=N7 7 *ELSET,ELSET=E2 2 *NSET,NSET=NHOOP 1,2,3,4,7,8 *AMPLITUDE, NAME=AMP,DEFINITION=SMOOTH STEP 0.0,0.0,20.E-4,1.0,1.0,1.0 *STEP *DYNAMIC, EXPLICIT ,20.E-3 *BOUNDARY N1,1,2 N2,2,2 N4,1,1 N8,1,1 *DLOAD, AMPLITUDE=AMP E2,P3,10. *OUTPUT,FIELD,NUMBER=5 *NODE OUTPUT U, *ELEMENT OUTPUT S,MISES, ***OUTPUT,HISTORY,FREQ=1 ***NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL **U,V,A ***ENERGY OUTPUT **ALLKE,ALLIE,ALLWK,ALLAE,ETOTAL *END STEP