Elastic Coupling¶

Couple structural point or line elements elastically.
Supported types are Point/Point, Line/Point or Line/Line couplings.

Input¶

Name	Type	Structure	Description
A	(Structural) Point (Structural) Line	List	Root element of this coupling. If a pure geometric element is given a structural version of it will be created automatically
B	(Structural) Point (Structural) Line	List	Reference element of this coupling
Group	Integer	List	Identifier for the group this element belongs to
Axial Stiffness	Number	List	Stiffness of this element in axial direction in [kN/m^3]
Rotational Stiffness	Number	List	Stiffness of this element in rotational direction in [kNm/rad]
Transversal Stiffness	Number	List	Stiffness of this element in transversal direction in [kN/m^3]
Direction	Vector	List	Optional explicit direction of this elastic coupling. If no direction is given, the coupling is aligned towards its reference point.
User Text	Text	List	Additional text that will be added to the CadInp output of this element

Name	Type	Structure	Description
Elastic Coupling	Elastic Coupling	List	Resulting elastic coupling