With this series of examples you can study a specimen under tension and see the effects of different number of elements through thickness and different materials. Second example shows three elements through thickness and plastic material.
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE *CONTROL_TERMINATION *CONTROL_TIMESTEP *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT *DATABASE_ELOUT *DATABASE_HISTORY_SOLID_SET *DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP *DATABASE_NODFOR *DEFINE_CURVE *ELEMENT_SOLID *END *KEYWORD *MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC *NODE *PART *SECTION_SOLID *SET_NODE_LIST *SET_SOLID_LIST *TITLE
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
Specimen Tension 3Elem through Thickness
$ this example is used to demonstrate the effect of number of elements
$ through the thickness in tension, bending, and combined bending-tension
$ units: mm, s, ton, N
$ A. Tabiei, 3/3/98
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
0.0000 0.9000
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
0.0050E+00
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
0.0010E+00
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
6
*DATABASE_HISTORY_SOLID_SET
3
*DATABASE_ELOUT
0.0001E+00
*DATABASE_NODFOR
0.0001E+00
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*MAT_Plastic_kinematic
11 7.890E-09 2.100E+05 3.000E-01 4.400E+02 1.700E+03 1.000E+00
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*SECTION_SOLID
1 1 1
*PART
Specimen
2 1 11
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*SET_NODE_LIST
$ for prescribed displacement
5
173 174 175 176 177 178 343 344
347 349 351 353 529 530 533 535
537 539 715 716 719 721 723 725
*SET_NODE_LIST
$ for constraint
6
17 18 19 20 25 26 187 188
191 193 195 197 373 374 377 379
381 383 559 560 563 565 567 569
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$ line of center nodes for load
*SET_NODE_LIST
2
649 650 651 652 653 654
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$ elements at center
*SET_SOLID_LIST
3
221 222 223 224 225 226
227 228 229 230 371 372 373 374
375 376 377 378 379 380 521 522
523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DEFINE_CURVE
10
0.00000000000000E+00 0.0000000000000E+00
0.00500000000000E+00 10.000000000000E+00
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET
5 1 2 10 1.000E-00
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*NODE
$
*ELEMENT_SOLID
$
*END
