Spring

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Create a spring to add an elastic bedding to structural points or lines

Input

Name

Type

Structure

Description

Point/Curve

(Structural) Point (Structural) Line

List

Source element of this spring. If a pure geometric element is given a structural version of it will be created automatically

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

Explicit direction of this spring.
Default is global z-axis

User Text

Text

List

Additional text that will be added to the CadInp output of this element

Output

Name

Type

Structure

Description

Spring

Spring

List

Resulting spring