Elastic Link#
Couple structural point or line elements elastically. Supported types are Point/Point, Line/Point or Line/Line links.
Input#
Name |
Type |
Structure |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
A Geometry |
(Structural) Point (Structural) Line |
List |
Root element of this link. If a pure geometric element is given a structural version of it will be created automatically |
B Geometry |
(Structural) Point (Structural) Line |
List |
Reference element of this link |
Direction |
Vector |
List |
Optional explicit direction of this elastic link. If no direction is given, the link is aligned towards its reference point. |
Group |
Integer |
List |
Identifier for the group this element belongs to |
Axial Stf |
Number |
List |
Stiffness of this element in axial direction |
Lateral Stf |
Number |
List |
Stiffness of this element acting in plane perpendicular to the axial direction |
Torsional Stf |
Number |
List |
Rotational stiffness of this element about the principal spring axis |
User Text |
Text |
List |
Additional text that will be added to the CadInp output of this element |
Output#
Name |
Type |
Structure |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Elastic Link |
Elastic Link |
List |
Resulting elastic link |