CVISC

Bulk Data Entry

CVISC – Viscous Damper Connection

Description

Defines a viscous damper element.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
CVISC	EID	PID	G1	G2

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
CVISC	2	64	12	63

Field	Contents
EID	Unique element identification number. No default (Integer > 0)
PID	A PVISC entry identification number. Default = EID (Integer > 0)
G1, G2	Geometric grid point identification numbers of connection points. No default (Integer > 0)

G1 ≠ G2.

2.	Only one viscous damper element may be defined on a single entry.

3.	Viscous damper elements are ignored in heat transfer analysis.

4.	This card is represented as a spring element in HyperMesh.