*HEADING Tie two shells together with offset, no rotation and prescribed constraint ratio File name: xtie_xpl_shell_cratio *NODE,NSET=NALL 1, 0., 0., 0. 2,0.5, 0., 0. 3, 1., 0., 0. 4, 0., 0., 1. 5,0.5, 0., 1. 6, 1., 0., 1. 7, 0., 0.2, 0. 8,0.5, 0.2, 0. 9, 1., 0.2, 0. 10, 0., 0.2, 1. 11,0.5, 0.2, 1. 12, 1., 0.2, 1. *NSET, NSET=BOT, GEN 1,6,1 *NSET, NSET=TOP, GEN 7,12,1 *ELEMENT,TYPE=S4R,ELSET=EALL 1,1,2,5,4 2,2,3,6,5 3,7,8,11,10 4,8,9,12,11 *SHELL SECTION, ELSET=EALL, MATERIAL=STEEL, SECTION INTEGRATION=GAUSS .01,5 *MATERIAL, NAME=STEEL *ELASTIC 2.E11,0.3 *DENSITY 7.8E3, *SURFACE,TYPE=ELEMENT, NAME=SECONDARY1 3,SPOS 4,SPOS *SURFACE,TYPE=ELEMENT, NAME=MAIN1 1,SNEG 2,SNEG *TIE, NAME=TIE,ADJUST=NO,POSITION TOLERANCE=1.0,NO ROTATION,CONSTRAINT RATIO=.5 SECONDARY1,MAIN1 *BOUNDARY BOT,1,5 *STEP *DYNAMIC,EXPLICIT ,0.666667 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY BOT,6, 6, 2.0 *FILE OUTPUT,NUMBER INTERVAL=1,TIMEMARKS=YES *NODE FILE U, *OUTPUT,FIELD,NUMBER=5 *NODE OUTPUT U, **OUTPUT,HISTORY,FREQ=10 ***NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL ***U,V,A *END STEP