$ nlirm1 Harder's catenary model, modified $ made smaller for development purposes SOL NLSTATIC $ 106 DIAG 8 Include 'nlirma.v2001' $ inertia relief by lmt methods CEND TITLE = HANGING CHAIN CATENARY nlirm1 Subtitle = reduced model for dmap development Label = lmt done in u2 set, follower forces, ir Echo = both load = 1 $ load with force on y axis NLPAR = 400 DISPL = ALL SPCFO = ALL ELFOR = ALL Gpfo = all Oload = all Param, nmloop, 1 $ compute modes at end Subcase 1 Load = 1 Method = 1 param, rbmodes, yes $ removes LMT variables before eigensolution. $ this param must be in the subcase, not bulk $ select DOF as reference. optional set 1 = 34 $ set 123456 is reserved for the reference point partn = 1 $ param, scdir, 2 $ disp at gid, dir t2 is subtracted from all t2 values set 2 = 9 thru 37 $ gids on rods mpcforce=2 $ inertia forces printed here BEGIN BULK $ lmt modeling. required grid, 1001, , , , , , $ used for lmt variables. Needs 6 dof $ Dimensionlly, it is a (spc) force, not a displacement. Uset, u2, 1001, 123456 $ list the LMT variables here $ end lmt modeling EIGRL 1 10 $ use rods as a planar model equivalent of a sail CROD 9 100 9 17 CROD 17 100 17 23 CROD 23 100 23 29 CROD 29 100 29 37 $ follower forces to simulate solar pressure $ forces act normal to rods, in 1-2 plane, follow structure $ sid g f g1 g2 g3 g4 force2, 1, 17, 1. 17 23 101 103 force2, 1, 23, 1. 17 23 101 103 force2, 1, 23, 1. 23 29 101 103 force2, 1, 29, 1. 23 29 101 103 $ reference grid points to make a t3 orientation vector. Tied to ground grid, 101, , , , , , 123456 grid, 103, , 0. 0. 1., , 123456 GRID, 9, , 0. 0.0, , , 345 $ free beam rot. GRID, 17, , 0. -4., , , 3456 GRID, 23, , 3. -4., , , 3456 GRID, 29, , 6. -4., , , 3456 GRID, 37, , 6. 0.0, , , 345 $ $ payload and mast grid, 33, , 3. 0., , , 345 $ mast center grid, 34, , 3., 1., , , 345 $ payload $ make the model 3-dimensional with nodes out of the 1-2 plane. grid, 343, , 3. 1. 1. $ both here on a line with GID 34 Grid, 344, , 3. 1., -1. cbeam, 343, 933, 34, 343, 0. 1. cbeam, 344, 933, 34, 344, 0. 1. Conm2, 3430, 343, , .1 Conm2, 3440, 344, , .1 $ mast cbeam, 933, 933, 9, 33, 0. 1. cbeam, 3337, 933, 33, 37, 0. 1. $ mast to payload cbeam, 3334, 933, 33, 34, 0. 0. 1. pbeam, 933, 101, 1. 2. 3., , 4. $ mat1, 101, 1.+6, , .3 $ massless for beams $ use point masses rather than distributed masses conm2, 90, 9, , 0.1 conm2, 330, 33, , 0.1 conm2, 340, 34, , 1.0 $ payload conm2, 370, 37, , 0.1 param, grdpnt, 33 $ at mast center Ref. Point for IR calcs. PROD 100 100 .01 MAT1 100 1.+6 .0 5. NLPARM 400 1 ITER 1 100 YES +E +E 1.-7 1.-10 0 10 +B +B 0 PARAM, LGDISP 1 $ large displacement, follower forces $PARAM POST 0 $ make DBC file for Patran viewing $param, usetprt, 0 $ use only for model debug. Generates output at every step. $param, usetsel, -1 ENDDATA