*HEADING
 TIE TWO PIPES TOGETHER
 File name: xtie_xpl_pipe
*PREPRINT,MODEL=YES,HISTORY=YES,ECHO=YES
*NODE
1,3.0,0.0,0.0
5,3.0,0.0,5.0
101,3.0,1.0,0.0
109,3.0,1.0,5.0
201,0.0,0.0
205,0.0,5.0
301,1.0,0.0
309,1.0,5.0
*NGEN,NSET=NALL
1,5,1
101,109,1
201,205,1
301,309,1
**
*ELEMENT,TYPE=PIPE31
1,1,2
101,101,102
*ELEMENT,TYPE=PIPE21
201,201,202
301,301,302
*ELGEN,ELSET=BOT
1,4,1,1
*ELGEN,ELSET=TOP
101,8,1,1
*ELGEN,ELSET=BOT1
201,4,1,1
*ELGEN,ELSET=TOP1
301,8,1,1
*ELSET, ELSET=EALL
BOT,TOP
*ELSET, ELSET=EALL1
BOT1,TOP1
*BEAM SECTION, ELSET=EALL,MATERIAL=AL,SECTION=PIPE
0.1, 0.01
1.0,0.0,0.0
*MATERIAL,NAME=AL
*ELASTIC
207E9,0.3
*DENSITY
7800
*BEAM SECTION, ELSET=EALL1,MATERIAL=AL,SECTION=PIPE
0.1,0.01
*SURFACE,NAME=MSURF
BOT,
*SURFACE,NAME=SSURF
TOP,
*SURFACE,NAME=MSURF1
BOT1,SPOS
*SURFACE,NAME=SSURF1
TOP1,SNEG
*TIE,NAME=TIE1,POSITION TOLERANCE=2.0
SSURF,MSURF
*TIE,NAME=TIE2,POSITION TOLERANCE=2.0
SSURF1,MSURF1
**
*BOUNDARY
1,1,6,0.0
201,1,6,0.0
*AMPLITUDE, NAME=AMP,DEFINITION=SMOOTH STEP
0.0,0.0,20.0E-2,1.0
*STEP
*DYNAMIC, EXPLICIT
,20.E-2
*CLOAD, AMPLITUDE=AMP
5,1,1.E+5
205,1,1.E+7
*OUTPUT,FIELD,NUMBER=5
*NODE OUTPUT
U,
*ELEMENT OUTPUT
S,MISES,
**OUTPUT,HISTORY,FREQ=10
***NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL
**U,V,A
***ENERGY OUTPUT
**ALLKE,ALLIE,ALLWK,ALLAE,ETOTAL
*END STEP