Reply To: Element Alive and Kill Commands with 2D Shell Models

[Govindan Nagappan]

Can you use 5 load steps. In 4th load step, set temp to 40. Use EKill,all
In 5th load step, set temp to 260 and use EALIVE, all
See if this helps

Or here is another approach to use deformed mesh:
You will have to use CDWRITE command to export the deformed mesh after cooldown in step3. Then import it back and apply the temperature load to the deformed mesh
Solve the the model with 3 load steps
Insert a command object and use command similar to this:
/post1
file,file,rst ! use result file named file.rst
set,last !select last result set
upcoord,1 !update nodal coordinates based on displacement
CDWRITE,DB,def_mesh,cdb ! creates file named def_mesh.cdb

3) Use External Model to import the mesh into a new static analysis. This will be a separate analysis for the last step you have described