CSEC4



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CSEC4 – Quadrilateral section element

Description

Defines a 1st order four-noded element used in the definition of arbitrary beam cross-sections.

Format

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CSEC4

EID

PID

G1

G2

G3

G4

 

 

 

Example

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CSEC4

10

100

3

4

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Field

Contents

EID

Element identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

PID

Identification number of a PSEC section property entry.

Default = EID (Integer > 0)

G#

Identification number of GRIDS section grid points.

No default (Integer > 0)

Comments

  1. Element identification numbers within a section definition must be unique with respect to all other element identification numbers within the same section definition.

  2. This entry is only valid when it appears between the BEGIN,HYPRBEAM and END,HYPRBEAM statements.

See Also

Optimization of Arbitrary Beam Sections

Arbitrary Beam Section Optimization

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