BEAMC

BEAMC defines an NLFE beam element with a circular cross section.

<BEAMC

id = "integer"

pid = "integer"

g1 = "integer"

g2 = "integer"

Attributes

Unique element identification number.

pid

Property identification number.

First grid identification number.

Second grid identification number ().

1.	The NLFE circular beam element is a type of line element that has two nodes.

2.	Each element has a unique identification number with respect to other NLFE circular beam elements.

3.	This element can resist the axial, Shear, torsion and bending loads.

4.	The element has a deformable hollow circular cross sectional area.

5.	Linear and nonlinear general elastic material models can be used with the beam element.

6.	Figure 1 shows the NLFE circular beam element and its nodal coordinates.

beamc

Figure 1: NLFE BEAMC element

7.	PBEAMC is used to define the geometric properties and material card ID of the element BEAMC.

The example demonstrates the definition of a BEAMC element.