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CMSPDPE – Nonlinear Multi-body Spring Damper Element using Expression defined in MBVAR

Description

Defines a spring damper element without reference to a property entry for multi-body solution sequence.

Format

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CMSPDPE

EID

KEID

G1

G2

BEID

L

PF

TYPE

 

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CMSPDPE

3

3

223

324

4

1.0

 

TRANS

 

Field

Contents

EID

Unique element identification number.

(Integer > 0)

KEID

MBVAR ID for stiffness expression.

Default = 0 (Integer > 0 or blank)

G1, G2

Grid point identification number.

(Integer > 0)

BEID

MBVAR ID for damping expression.

Default = 0 (Integer > 0 or blank)

L

Unstretched length of spring damper.

Default = 0 (Real > 0.0 or blank)

PF

Preload force.

Default = 0 (Real or blank)

TYPE

Type.

(TRANS or ROT; if blank, default: TRANS)

Comments

1.The spring damper force is along the line segment connecting the grids G1 and G2.
2.The positive preload force is a stretching force.
3.This card is represented as a spring element in HyperMesh.

See Also:

Bulk Data Section

Guidelines for Bulk Data Entries

Bulk Data Entries by Function

The Input File