*HEADING CAP PLASTICITY, UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRESS TEST FOLLOWED BY REVERSAL OF THE LOAD, C3D8, DISP. CONTROL *NODE, NSET=BOT 1,0.,0.,0. 2,1.,0.,0. 3,1.,1.,0. 4,0.,1.,0. *NODE, NSET=TOP 5,0.,0.,1. 6,1.,0.,1. 7,1.,1.,1. 8,0.,1.,1. *NSET, NSET=ALLN BOT, TOP *NSET, NSET=BACK 1,4,5,8 *NSET, NSET=FRONT 2,3,6,7 *NSET, NSET=LHS 1,2,5,6 *NSET, NSET=RHS 3,4,7,8 *ELEMENT, TYPE=C3D8, ELSET=EL1 1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 *SOLID SECTION, ELSET=EL1, MATERIAL=CAPL *MATERIAL,NAME=CAPL ** The material data is chosen to give G = 5000.0, BULK = 10000.0, ** first yield in pure shear at P = 0.0, S12 = 100.0, ** first yield in hydro compression at P = 270.0, S12 = 0.0, ** first yield in hydro tension at P =-300.0, S12 = 0.0, ** first yield (P = PA) at P = 120.0, S12 = 125.0 *ELASTIC 12857.1429, 0.28571429 *CAP PLASTICITY ** COHESN, BETA, BIGR, EVOLPI, ALPHA, BIGK 173.20508, 30.0, 0.61858957, 0.027, 0.69258232, 1.0 *CAP HARDENING ** PB, EVOLP 213.0, 0.00 222.0, 0.01 242.0, 0.02 282.0, 0.03 362.0, 0.04 522.0, 0.05 842.0, 0.06 1482.0, 0.07 2762.0, 0.08 ** *STEP, INC=8, UNSYMM=YES Step 1: Uni-axial compression *STATIC, DIRECT 1., 8.0 *BOUNDARY BACK,1 LHS, 2 BOT, 3 FRONT, 1,1, -0.08 *EL PRINT, F=999 S, SINV, E, PE, PEQC, *EL PRINT, POS=NODES, F=999 PEQC4, *NODE PRINT, F=999 U, RF , *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=999 *ELEMENT OUTPUT S,SINV,E,PE,PEQC *NODE OUTPUT U,RF *OUTPUT,FREQ=999,HISTORY *ELEMENT OUTPUT,ELSET=EL1 S,SINV,E,PE,PEQC *NODE OUTPUT,NSET=ALLN U,RF *END STEP ** *STEP, INC=4, UNSYMM=YES Step 2: Reverse the load to cause yielding in uni-axial tension *STATIC, DIRECT 1., 4.0 *BOUNDARY BACK,1 LHS, 2 BOT, 3 FRONT, 1,1, 0.0 *END STEP