*HEADING : LINEAR BEHAVIOR OF SPRING AND DASHPOT ELEMENTS [SPRING1, SPRING2, SPRINGA, DASHPOT1, DASHPOT2, DASHPOTA] **Same as EXSD3GLX but with temp/fv dependent spring/dashpot properties ********************************************* ** Define three spring/dashpot ** systems to be analyzed simultaneously ********************************************* *NODE,NSET=NALL 3,10.,0. 11,0.,10. 12,10.,10. 13,20.,10. *NODE,NSET=TRANS 101,0.,20. 102,10.,30. 103,20.,40. *NSET,NSET=NALL TRANS, *TRANSFORM,NSET=TRANS,TYPE=R 1.,1.,0.,-1.,1.,0. ** ** Spring Definitions ** *ELEMENT,TYPE=SPRING1,ELSET=SPRINGELEMENT-1 1,3 *ELEMENT,TYPE=SPRING2,ELSET=SPRINGELEMENT-2 2,12,11 3,13,12 *ELEMENT,TYPE=SPRINGA,ELSET=SPRINGELEMENT-A 4,102,101 5,103,102 ** ** Dashpot Definitions ** *ELEMENT,TYPE=DASHPOT1,ELSET=DASHPOTELEMENT-1 6,3 *ELEMENT,TYPE=DASHPOT2,ELSET=DASHPOTELEMENT-2 7,13,12 *ELEMENT,TYPE=DASHPOTA,ELSET=DASHPOTELEMENT-A 8,103,102 ** ** Point Masses ** *ELEMENT,TYPE=MASS,ELSET=MASS_ELEMENTS 9,3 10,12 11,13 12,102 13,103 *NSET,NSET=MASSES 3,12,13,102,103 ** ** Property Definitions ** *ORIENTATION,NAME=TRANSFORMATION,DEFINITION=COORDINATES 1.,1.,0.,-1.,1.,0. *SPRING,ELSET=SPRINGELEMENT-1,DEPENDENCIES=2 1, 1.e-10,, 0.,0.,0. 30.0,,200.,0.,0. 1.e-10,, 0.,2.,0. 50.0,,200.,2.,0. 1.e-10,, 0.,0.,2. 70.0,,200.,0.,2. 1.e-10,, 0.,2.,2. 90.0,,200.,2.,2. *SPRING,ELSET=SPRINGELEMENT-2,DEPENDENCIES=2 1,1 1.e-10,, 0.,0.,0. 30.0,,200.,0.,0. 1.e-10,, 0.,2.,0. 50.0,,200.,2.,0. 1.e-10,, 0.,0.,2. 70.0,,200.,0.,2. 1.e-10,, 0.,2.,2. 90.0,,200.,2.,2. *SPRING,ELSET=SPRINGELEMENT-A,ORIENTATION=TRANSFORMATION,DEPENDENCIES=2 1.e-10,,0.,0.,0. 30.0,,200.,0.,0. 1.e-10,,0.,2.,0. 50.0,,200.,2.,0. 1.e-10,,0.,0.,2. 70.0,,200.,0.,2. 1.e-10,,0.,2.,2. 90.0,,200.,2.,2. *DASHPOT,ELSET=DASHPOTELEMENT-1 1, 1.e-10,,0.0 0.24,,200. *DASHPOT,ELSET=DASHPOTELEMENT-2,DEPENDENCIES=2 1,1 1.e-10,,0.,0.,0. 0.18,,200.,0.,0. 1.e-10,,0.,2.,0. 0.22,,200.,2.,0. 1.e-10,,0.,0.,2. 0.26,,200.,0.,2. 1.e-10,,0.,2.,2. 0.30,,200.,2.,2. *DASHPOT,ELSET=DASHPOTELEMENT-A,ORIENTATION=TRANSFORMATION,DEPENDENCIES=2 1.e-10,,0.,0.,0. 0.18,,200.,0.,0. 1.e-10,,0.,2.,0. 0.22,,200.,2.,0. 1.e-10,,0.,0.,2. 0.26,,200.,0.,2. 1.e-10,,0.,2.,2. 0.30,,200.,2.,2. *MASS,ELSET=MASS_ELEMENTS 0.02588, ** *AMPLITUDE,NAME=STEPPED 0.,1.,100.,1. *INITIAL CONDITIONS,TYPE=TEMPERATURE NALL,0. *INITIAL CONDITIONS,TYPE=FIELD,VARIABLE=1 NALL,0. *INITIAL CONDITIONS,TYPE=FIELD,VARIABLE=2 NALL,0. ** **************************** ** Analysis **************************** ** **************************** ** Test Elements ** SPRING1,DASHPOT1 ** SPRING2,DASHPOT2 ** SPRINGA,DASHPOTA ** under equal conditions. ** Results should match. **************************** ** **************************** ** Stretch System **************************** ** ---------------- STEP 1 ** *RESTART, WRITE *STEP,NLGEOM STRETCH OUT *STATIC 1.E2,1.E2 *BOUNDARY ** ** First fix spring to walls and prevent the top ** spring2/A masses from moving (cfr. drawing) ** Results from this step should ** match for all three spring/dashpot systems. ** 11,1,6,0. 101,1,6,0. 12,1,6,0. 102,1,6,0. ** ** Apply a positive displacement to nodes (masses) 2, 13 and 103 ** 3,1,1,1. 13,1,1,1. 103,1,1,1. 3,2,6,0. 13,2,6,0. 103,2,6,0. *TEMPERATURE,AMPLITUDE=STEPPED NALL, 100. *FIELD,AMPLITUDE=STEPPED,VARIABLE=1 NALL, 1. *FIELD,AMPLITUDE=STEPPED,VARIABLE=2 NALL, 1. *EL PRINT, FREQ=2,SUMMARY=NO S, E, *NODE PRINT,FREQ=2,SUMMARY=NO,GLOBAL=NO U, V, A, CF, RF, *NODE FILE,NSET=NALL,FREQ=10,GLOBAL=NO U , V , A *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=10 *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL U,V,A *EL FILE,FREQUENCY=10 S,E *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=10 *ELEMENT OUTPUT S,E *OUTPUT, HISTORY *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL, GLOBAL=NO U,V,A *END STEP ** ***************************** ** Release Stretched System ***************************** ** ** ---------------- STEP 2 ** *STEP,INC=200 RELEASE *DYNAMIC,HAFTOL=0.1 5.E-4,.7,,0.7 *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW ** ** Removed previous BC's. Now we add all but ** those belonging to the mass nodes, so they ** are free to move. ** 11,1,6,0. 101,1,6,0. 12,1,6,0. 102,1,6,0. ** ** let nodes (masses) 2, 13 and 103 free to move ** 3,2,6,0. 13,2,6,0. 103,2,6,0. *MONITOR,NODE=3,DOF=1 *NODE FILE,NSET=NALL,FREQ=1,GLOBAL=NO U,V,A *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=1 *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL U,V,A *EL FILE,FREQ=50 S,E *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=50 *ELEMENT OUTPUT S,E *OUTPUT, HISTORY *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=NALL, GLOBAL=NO U,V,A *END STEP