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Line Element

Description

LINE3 defines a spring and damper between three NLFE grid nodes.

Format

<LINE3

      id       = "integer"

      pid      = "integer"

      g1       = "integer"

      g2       = "integer"

      g3       = "integer"

/>

Attributes

id

Unique identification number.

pid

Property identification number.            

g1

First grid identification number.

g2

Second grid identification number ().

g3

Third grid identification number ().

Comments
1.The NLFE LINE3 element is a type of line element that simulates a spring-damper between three NLFE grids as shown in Figure 1 below.

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Figure 1: NLFE LINE3 element

Example

The example demonstrates the definition of a LINE3 element.

<LINE3 id="1" pid="2" g1="101" g2="17" g3="19"/>