CSEC4 – Quadrilateral section element
Defines a 1st order four-noded element used in the definition of arbitrary beam cross-sections.
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EID |
Element identification number. No default (Integer > 0) |
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PID |
Identification number of a PSEC section property entry. Default = EID (Integer > 0) |
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G# |
Identification number of GRIDS section grid points. No default (Integer > 0) |
Element identification numbers within a section definition must be unique with respect to all other element identification numbers within the same section definition.
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