File shells1.k shows a cantilever beam modeled with shell elements using five integration points through thickness and standard integration rule. See file shells2.k for user-defined integration rule.
*CONTROL_CONTACT *CONTROL_CPU *CONTROL_DAMPING *CONTROL_ENERGY *CONTROL_OUTPUT *CONTROL_SHELL *CONTROL_STRUCTURED *CONTROL_TERMINATION *CONTROL_TIMESTEP *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT *DATABASE_BNDOUT *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY *DATABASE_HISTORY_SHELLS *DEFINE_CURVE *ELEMENT_SHELL *END *KEYWORD *LOAD_NODE_POINT *MAT_ELASTIC *NODE *PART *SECTION_SHELL *TITLE
*KEYWORD
*control_structured
*TITLE
cantilever of shells (5 ip)
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
0.9990000 0 0.0000000 0 0.0000000
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
0.0000000 0.5000000 0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0 0
*CONTROL_SHELL
0.0000000 0 0 0 0 0
*CONTROL_DAMPING
0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0 0.0000000 0
*CONTROL_CONTACT
0.0000000 0.0000000 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
*CONTROL_OUTPUT
0 0 0 0 0.0000000 0 0
*CONTROL_ENERGY
0 0 0 0
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
0.0100000 0
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
0.0100000
*database_history_shells
1
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
*DATABASE_BNDOUT
0.0100000
*CONTROL_CPU
0.0000000
*MAT_ELASTIC
1 7.00000-4 3.00000+5 0.3000000
*SECTION_SHELL
1 0 0.0000000 5.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
0.5000000 0.5000000 0.5000000 0.5000000 0.0000000
*PART
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
*NODE
$
*ELEMENT_SHELL
$
*DEFINE_CURVE
$
*LOAD_NODE_POINT
11 2 2-0.5000000
22 2 2-0.5000000
*END
