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. Third example shows usage of shell elements and plastic material with specified failure strain.
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE *CONTROL_TERMINATION *CONTROL_TIMESTEP *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_PLANE *DATABASE_ELOUT *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY *DATABASE_GLSTAT *DATABASE_HISTORY_SHELL *DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP *DATABASE_NODFOR *DATABASE_SECFORC *DEFINE_CURVE *ELEMENT_SHELL *END *KEYWORD *MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC *NODE *PART *SECTION_SHELL *SET_NODE_LIST *SET_PART_LIST *TITLE
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
TENSION TEST SIMULATION, mat=3, displacement
$ test coupon, 200 mm long, 20 mm width, 2.67 mm thickness, 50.8 mm gauge length
$ 50 mm displacement BC is applied on one end
$ units; mm, s, ton, N
$ A. Tabiei, 3-1-98
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
0.0000 0.9000
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
0.0100
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$ i i i i i i i i
$ neiph neips maxint strflg sigflg epsflg rltflg engflg
$ i i i
$ cmpflg ieverp beamip
1
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
0.0010
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
0.0001
*DATABASE_NODFOR
0.0001
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
2
*DATABASE_ELOUT
0.0001
*DATABASE_SECFORC
1.0e-4
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
$ i i i i i i i i
$ neiph neips maxint strflg sigflg epsflg rltflg engflg
0 0 3 1
$ i i i
$ cmpflg ieverp beamip
1
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
0.001
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*SET_NODE_LIST
2
29,30,31,32,33,38,39
*DATABASE_HISTORY_SHELL
71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78
79,80
*SET_PART_LIST
1
1
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_PLANE
1 5 10 10 200 10 10
5 -10 -10 20 20
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*MAT_Plastic_kinematic
$ MID RO E PR SIG ETAN BETA
1 7.890E-09 2.100E+05 3.000E-01 4.400E+02 1.700E+03 1.000E+00
$ SRC SRP FS
0 0 0.24
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*SECTION_SHELL
1 2 0.000E+00 3.000E+00
2.670E-00 2.670E-00 2.670E-00 2.670E-00
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*PART
SHELL
1 1 1
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DEFINE_CURVE
1
0.00000000000000E+00 0.0000000000000E+00
0.01000000000000E+00 50.000000000000E+00
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*NODE
$
*ELEMENT_SHELL
$
*END
