Membrane with Hot Spot

Analysis of the behavior of shell elements subjected to thermal load. Example 20 from Introductory Manual for LS-DYNA Users by James M. Kennedy.

*BOUNDARY_SPC_SET
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_GENERAL
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION
*CONTROL_SHELL
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_ELOUT
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
*DATABASE_HISTORY_SHELL
*DATABASE_MATSUM
*DEFINE_CURVE
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*END
*KEYWORD
*LOAD_THERMAL_LOAD_CURVE
*MAT_ELASTIC
*MAT_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_THERMAL
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*SET_NODE_LIST_TITLE
*TITLE

*TITLE
Membrane with a Hot Spot
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_GENERAL
         1  0.100000         2         1         2         0         0         0
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION
         1        11        15  0.001000  0.010000   1.0e+10  0.900000  1.000000
         2         1         1         0         2         0         0
         0         0       0.0         1         2       0.0       0.0       0.0
*CONTROL_SHELL
  20.00000         0        -1         0        16         2         1         0
  1.000000         0         0         1         0
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
  1.000000         0       0.0       0.0       0.0
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
         0         0         4         1         1         1         1         1

         1                 1.0                                  stress    stress
*DATABASE_ELOUT
  0.100000
*DATABASE_HISTORY_SHELL
      1148
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
  0.100000
*DATABASE_MATSUM
  0.100000
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  0.100000
*PART
         1         1         1
*SECTION_SHELL
         1        16  0.830000         1         1       0.0         0         1
  1.000000  1.000000  1.000000  1.000000         0       0.0
*MAT_ELASTIC
         1          1.0000e+05  0.300000       0.0       0.0       0.0
*PART
         2         2         2
*SECTION_SHELL
         2        16  0.830000         1         1       0.0         0         1
  1.000000  1.000000  1.000000  1.000000         0       0.0
*MAT_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_THERMAL
         2
       0.0  1000.000       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 1.000e+05 1.000e+05       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
  0.300000  0.300000       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 1.000e-05 1.000e-05       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*NODE
*BOUNDARY_SPC_SET
*SET_NODE_LIST_TITLE
xsymm
         3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
*SET_NODE_LIST_TITLE
ysymm
         4       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
*SET_NODE_LIST_TITLE
xy
         5       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
*SET_NODE_LIST_TITLE
whole
         6       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
*LOAD_THERMAL_LOAD_CURVE
         1         0
*DEFINE_CURVE
         1         0  1.000000  1.000000       0.0       0.0
                 0.0                 0.0
          1.00000000         100.0000000
*END