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Line Element

Description

LINE2 defines a spring and damper between two NLFE grid nodes.

Format

<LINE2

      id       = "integer"

      pid      = "integer"

      g1       = "integer"

      g2       = "integer"

/>

Attributes

id

Unique identification number.

pid

Property identification number.            

g1

First grid identification number.

g2

Second grid identification number ().

Comments
1.The NLFE LINE2 element is a type of line element that simulates a spring-damper between two NLFE grids as shown in Figure 1 below.

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Figure 1: NLFE LINE2 element

Example

The example demonstrates the definition of a LINE2 element.

<LINE2 id="1" pid="2" g1="101" g2="17"/>