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PSEC – Section Property Definition

Description

Defines property information for planar section elements used in the definition of arbitrary beam cross-sections.

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PSEC

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PSEC

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Field

Contents

PID

Property identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

MID

Material definition identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

T

Thickness.

No default (Real > 0.0)

Comments

1.All property identification numbers within a section definition must be unique with respect to all other property identification numbers within the same section definition.
2.This entry is only valid when it appears between the BEGIN and END statements.

See Also:

Optimization of Arbitrary Beam Sections

Arbitrary Beam Section Optimization