A perfectly straight column loaded with an excentricity of 10 mm see NODELINE command in file "sect_axial.tem" see NODELOAD command in this file Note: similar results would be obtained with: "NODELINE 0.14 0." in the .TEM file NO bending moment applied at the ends of the COLUMN in this file. NNODE 21 NDIM 2 NDOFMAX 3 NCORES 2 STATIC PURE_NR ! Mechanical calculation, quasi-static model, Pure Newton-Raphson NLOAD 1 ! 1 load vector (can contain several loads) OBLIQUE 0 ! No oblique support COMEBACK 1. ! COMEBACK procedure will be used until the time step is less than 1 s. NMAT 2 ELEMENTS BEAM 10 1 ! 10 beal finite elements, 1 section type NG 2 ! 2 points of integration on the length of each F.E. NFIBER 242 ! The section is divide into 242 fibres (=121 x 2, see example 1). END_ELEM NODES NODE 1 0.00000 0.00000 ! X to the right, Y upward GNODE 21 0.00000 4.00000 1 ! Automatic generation from node 1 to node 21 FIXATIONS BLOCK 1 F0 F0 NO ! Node 1 must follow the function F0 for displacement in X and Y. BLOCK 21 F0 NO NO ! Node 21 must follow the function F0 for displacement in X. END_FIX NODOFBEAM sect_axial.tem ! name of the .TEM file for the first section type TRANSLATE 1 1 ! local material # (in the .TEM file), global material # (in this file) TRANSLATE 2 2 ! local material # (in the .TEM file), global material # (in this file) END_TRANS ELEM 1 1 2 3 1 ! elem. #, nodes 1, 2 and 3, section type GELEM 10 19 20 21 1 2 ! Automatic generation from elem. 1 to elem 10 with a node increment of 2 PRECISION 1.E-4 MAX_DISPL 0.50 ! Arbitrary value LOADS FUNCTION FLOAD ! this funciton mutiplies the values of the load vector (=max(t/20);1) DISTRBEAM 1 0. -2.250E3 ! 2250 N/m in the -Z direction on elem. 1 GDISTRBEAM 10 0. -2.250E3 1 ! Automatic generation from elem. 1 to elem. 10 NODELOAD 21 0. -1000.E3 10.E3 ! Load of 1000 kN and a moment of 10 kNm NODELOAD 1 0. 0.E3 -10.E3 ! Moment of -10 kNm because the excentrivity is applied at both ends. END_LOAD MATERIALS SILCON_ETC ! SILiceous CONcrete of EN1992-1-2 with Explicit Transient Creep 0.2 25.E6 0. 0. ! Poisson, fc(in N/mē), ft, non reversible STEELEC3EN ! Steel of EN1993-1-2 210.E9 0.3 500.0E6 1200. 0. ! Poisson, E(in N/mē), Temperature for irreversible behaviour, loss of yield strength beyond this temperature TIME 5. 20. ! 4 steps of 5 s until 20 s (time for loading, see command "FUNCTION" 16. 600. ENDTIME EPSTH ! Thermal expasion considered (could be NOEPSTH) OUTPUT TIMEPRINT 1. 600. ! Output created every second END_TIMEPR PRINTMN PRINTREACT PRNEPSMBM 5 2 PRNSIGMABM 5 2 PRINTET 5 2