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*NODE PRINT

Keyword type: step

This option is used to print selected nodal variables in file jobname.dat. Displacements (key=U), temperatures (key=NT) or reaction forces (key=RF) can be selected . There are two parameters, FREQUENCY and NSET. The parameter NSET is required, defining the set of nodes for which the displacements should be printed. If this card is omitted, no values are printed. Several *NODE PRINT cards can be used within one and the same step. In that case, the variables selected in any of these *NODE PRINT cards will be printed for all sets.

The parameter FREQUENCY is optional, and applies to nonlinear calculations where a step can consist of several increments. Default is FREQUENCY=1, which indicates that the results of all increments will be stored. FREQUENCY=N with N an integer indicates that the results of every Nth increment will be stored. The final results of a step are always stored. If you only want the final results, choose N very big. The value of N applies to *EL FILE, *ELPRINT, *NODE FILE and *NODE PRINT. If the FREQUENCY parameter is used for more than one of these keywords with conflicting values of N, the biggest value applies to all.

The first occurrence of an *NODE FILE keyword card within a step wipes out all previous nodal variable selections for print output. If no *NODE FILE card is used within a step the selections of the previous step apply, if any.

First line:

- *NODE PRINT
- Enter the parameter NSET and its value.

Second line:

- Identifying keys for the variables to be printed, separated by kommas.

    Example:

    *NODE PRINT,NSET=N1
    RF

requests the storage of the reaction forces in the nodes belonging to (node) set N1 in the .dat file.

Example files: beampkin, beamrb.

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