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. Fourth example shows usage of shell elements and user defined strain rate dependent plastic material with specified failure strain.
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE *CONTROL_TERMINATION *CONTROL_TIMESTEP *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_PLANE *DATABASE_ELOUT *DATABASE_GLSTAT *DATABASE_HISTORY_SHELL *DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP *DATABASE_NODFOR *DATABASE_SECFORC *DEFINE_CURVE *ELEMENT_SHELL *END *KEYWORD *MAT_STRAIN_RATE_DEPENDENT_PLASTICITY *NODE *PART *SECTION_SHELL *SET_NODE_LIST *SET_PART_LIST *TITLE
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
TENSION TEST SIMULATION, mat=19, displacement
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*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
0.0000 0.9000
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
0.0100 0
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
0.0010
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
0.0001
*DATABASE_NODFOR
0.0001
*DATABASE_ELOUT
0.00001
*DATABASE_SECFORC
0.00001
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
2
*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
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*DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_PLANE
1 5 10 10 200 10 10
5 -10 -10 20 20
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*MAT_STRAIN_RATE_DEPENDENT_PLASTICITY
$ MID RO E PR
1 7.890E-09 2.100E+05 3.000E-01
$ LC1 ETAN LC2 LC3 LC4
2 1.7E+03 3 4 5
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$load curve to define yield stress as function of effective strain
*DEFINE_CURVE
2
0.0 440.0
1.0E+05 440.0
$load curve to define E as function of of the effective strain rate
*DEFINE_CURVE
3
0.0 2.1E+05
1.0E+05 2.1E+05
$load curve to define Et as function of the effective strain rate
*DEFINE_CURVE
4
0.0 9.7E+02
1.0E+05 9.7E+02
$load curve define Von Mises stress at failure vs the effective strain rate
*DEFINE_CURVE
5
0.0 6.4E+02
1.0E+05 6.4E+04
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*SECTION_SHELL
1 2 0.000E+00 3.000E+00
2.670E-00 2.670E-00 2.670E-00 2.670E-00
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*PART
SHELL
1 1 1
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*DEFINE_CURVE
1
0.00000000000000E+00 0.0000000000000E+00
0.01000000000000E+00 50.000000000000E+00
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*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
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*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE
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*NODE
$
*ELEMENT_SHELL
$
*END
