SELECT

Subcase Information Entry Used to identify/select subcase-dependent materials and properties.

Format

SELECT = n

Example

SELECT = 33

Definitions

Argument Options Description
n (Integer > 0)

No default

 The SELECT Subcase Information Entry can directly reference the identification number of SELECT continuation line in MAT1, MATT1, MATS1, PBUSH, and PCONT(3) Bulk Data Entries.

Comments

  1. This option is supported for all analysis types and element types for which the corresponding material and property Bulk Data Entries (MAT1, MATT1, MATS1, PBUSH) are supported.
  2. SELECT is also supported in conjunction with the AMSES and Lanczos eigensolvers.
  3. This option, if referencing PCONT, is supported only for implicit nonlinear analysis.
  4. The following example demonstrates the use of the SELECT card for subcase-dependent elasto-plastic card.
    1. Subcase 1 refers to elasto-plastic material pointing to a stress-strain curve based on TABLES1 ID 12.
    2. Subcase 2 refers to elasto-plastic material pointing to a stress-strain curve based on TABLES1 ID 13.
    SUBCASE 1
….
SELECT = 33
SUBCASE 2
…
SELECT = 34
.
.
MATS1,1,2,PLASTIC
+,0
+,SELECT,33
+,,12,PLALSTIC
+,0
+,SELECT,34
+,,13,PLALSTIC
+,0