/solu !solution
nlgeom,on !geometrically nonlinear analysis
!boundary conditions for load step 1
d,1,ux,0.0 !displacement at node 1 fixed in x-direction
d,1,uy,0.0 !displacement at node 1 fixed in x-direction
d,1,uz,0.0 !displacement at node 1 fixed in x-direction
!60° clockwise rotation at node 1 about x-axis
d,1,rotx,-pi/6.0
!y-component of 90° counterclockwise rotation at node 1 about local z-axis
!and y-component of 90° counterclockwise rotation at node 1 about local x-axis
d,1,roty,(pi/2.0)*sin(pi/6.0)+(pi/2.0)*cos(pi/6.0)
!z-component of 90° counterclockwise rotation at node 1 about local z-axis
!and z-component of 90° counterclockwise rotation at node 1 about local x-axis
d,1,rotz,(pi/2.0)*cos(pi/6.0)-(pi/2.0)*sin(pi/6.0)
time,1.0 !time at the end of load step 1
nsub,30,100,30 !initial, maximum and minimum number of substeps
outres,all,all !save results
solve !solve load step 1
finish
/post26 !time-history postprocessor
nsol,2,1,rot,x,rotx1 !store results for rotation about x-axis at node 1
nsol,3,1,rot,y,roty1 !store results for rotation about y-axis at node 1
nsol,4,1,rot,z,rotz1 !store results for rotation about z-axis at node 1
nsol,5,2,u,x,ux2 !store results for x-displacement at node 2
nsol,6,2,u,y,uy2 !store results for y-displacement at node 2
nsol,7,2,u,z,uz2 !store results for z-displacement at node 2
prvar,2,3,4 !print results
prvar,5,6,7
finishThe following animation shows how the beam deforms under the simultaneously applied load.
Figure 2: Rotated Configuration Resulting from Simultaneously Applied Rotations
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