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Shear7 - Input File

SHEAR7 data file for coil tubing used in tests Nov 10/11/12 flooded pipe
(English units)
File Name: 1.31" OD, 200 ft long, tension = (1050 lb dry
weight, 800 lb submerged weight)
*** BLOCK 1. unit system ***                                
         1               flag for units  0-SI  1=english
*** BLOCK 2. structural and hydrodynamic data ***           
         1               flag for structural model (nmodel)
       200.000          total length of the structure (ft)
       200               number of spatial segments
       1805.0         modulus of elasticity (ksi)
       64.000            volume weight of the fluid (lbf/ft**3)
       0.0000145000      kinematic viscosity of the fluid (ft**2/s)
      0.00300            structural damping coefficient:
       800.0           effective tension at origin (lbf)
         1               no. of zones to define sectional property
       0.0000    1.0000                     zone start and end point in x/L
       1.31    1.310    1.059     hydro, strength, inside strength diameter(in)
      3.994E-06  0.766  0.192   inertia(ft^4)mass(lb/ft) sbmg wt(lb/ft)
      1.000    0.1800   1.0   1      Ca, St code, Cl reduction factor, zoneCLtype
       0.2     0.18   0.2        DampCoeff1, DampCoeff2, DampCoeff3
*** BLOCK 3. current data ***                               
        2   0.100E+01    100    no. of profile data pts probability profile ID
      0.000    1.0           location (x/L) and velocity (ft/s)
      1.0      3.0           location (x/L) and velocity (ft/s)
*** BLOCK 4. s-n and scf data ***                           
         1                      no. of S-N curve segments
         0.0000                 cut-off stress range (ksi)
      0.4010E+01   0.1000E+09   stress range (ksi) cycles to failure
      0.4700E+02   0.1000E+05   stress range (ksi) cycles to failure
      1.000                     global stress concentration factor
         0                      no. of local stress concentration positions
*** BLOCK 5. computation/output option ***                  
        1                       calculation option
     0.0000  1.0000  0.04000     response location definition
        0        no. of user input modes
      0.0        gravitational acceleration
  0.4  0.2     two-sided bandwidth multi-mode bandwidth 
      0.1       cutoff for eliminating unimportant modes
        0        flag for importing nodal effective tension and mass (0=no;1=yes)
        1        flag for MATLAB animation data output (1=yes;0=no)
          4               nCLtype - no. of CL table to be read (=0 for ver.4.2 table)
*** BLOCK 6. supplemental data ***                          

if nmodel =  6 (pinned-pinned tensioned beam w/two rot springs)
provide rotational stiffness at each end (see example "beam1.dat" for input format)
if nmodel =  9 (free-pinned (w/spring) beam w/varying tension  origin at free end)
provide translational stiffness at x = L (see example "beam6.dat" for input format)
if nmodel = 19 (free-pinned (w/spring) beam w/o tension  origin at free end)
provide translational stiffness at x = L (see example "beam9.dat" for input format)
if nmodel = 33 (inclined cable)
provide chord inclination (angle) (see example "scr3.dat" for input format)