| PROD |
— |
*SOLID SECTION |
— |
Truss Section or Beam General Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
Material assignment |
| A |
Cross-sectional area of the *SOLID SECTION |
| J |
If
, J is ignored. *SOLID SECTION |
Truss Section and Mesh Truss Elements |
| Otherwise, I11=I22=
and I12=0. *BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=GENERAL |
Beam General Section and Beam (B33) Elements |
| NSM |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH |
Nonstructural Mass |
| PBAR |
— |
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION |
— |
Beam General Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
Material assignment |
| A, I1, I2, J, I12 |
Data lines on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION |
| K1, K2 |
*TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS |
| PBARL |
— |
*BEAM SECTION |
— |
Beam Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
Material assignment |
| TYPE=ROD |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=CIRC |
| TYPE=TUBE or TUBE2 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=PIPE |
| TYPE=I or I1 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=I |
| TYPE=CHAN or CHAN1 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=C |
| TYPE=T |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=T |
| TYPE=BAR |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=RECT |
| TYPE=BOX or BOX1 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=BOX |
| DIMi
|
Data lines on *BEAM SECTION |
| NSM |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH |
Nonstructural Mass |
| PBEAM |
— |
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION |
— |
Beam Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
Material assignment |
| N1(A), N2(A) |
Data lines on *CENTROID as CBEAM Wi(A) + PBEAM
Ni(A) |
| A(A), I1(A), I2(A), I12(A), J(A) |
Data lines on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION for beam end A at node 1 (or offset from
node 1) |
| K1, K2 |
*TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS |
| X/XB=1.0 A(B), I1(B), I2(B), I12(B), J(B) |
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION, TAPER Second data line on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION,
SECTION=GENERAL for beam end B at node 2 (or offset from node 2). Add TAPER if any
properties at beam end B differ from those at beam end A. |
| NSM(A) |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH for beam end A at node 1 (or offset
from node 1) |
Nonstructural Mass |
| PBEAML |
— |
*BEAM SECTION |
— |
Beam Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
Material assignment |
| TYPE=ROD |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=CIRC |
| TYPE=TUBE or TUBE2 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=PIPE |
| TYPE=I or I1 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=I |
| TYPE=CHAN or CHAN1 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=C |
| TYPE=T |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=T |
| TYPE=BAR |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=RECT |
| TYPE=BOX or BOX1 |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=BOX |
| TYPE=L |
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=L |
| DIMi(A) |
Data lines on *BEAM SECTION for beam end A at node 1 (or offset from node
1) |
| X/XB=1.0 DIMi(B) |
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION, TAPER Second data line on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION,
SECTION=<TYPE> for beam end B at node 2 (or offset from node 2). Add TAPER if
any properties at beam end B differ from those at beam end A. |
| NSM(A) |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH for beam end A at node 1 (or offset
from node 1) |
Nonstructural Mass |
| PSHEAR |
— |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
— |
Shear Panel Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
Material assignment |
| T |
Data lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
| NSM |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER AREA for elements referencing
PSHEAR |
Nonstructural Mass |
| PSHELL |
— |
*SHELL SECTION, *MEMBRANE SECTION, or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
— |
Membrane Section if MID1 is greater than 0 and MID2 is not specified
Shell General Section if MID1 does not equal MID2, if MID4 is specified, or if
12I/T**3 is specified
Otherwise, Shell Section
|
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID1 |
*SHELL SECTION, MATERIAL |
| *MEMBRANE SECTION, MATERIAL |
| Data Lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
| T |
Data lines on *SHELL SECTION, *MEMBRANE SECTION, or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
|
| MID2 |
*SHELL SECTION, MATERIAL |
| Data lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
| 12I/T**3, MID3 |
Data lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
| TS/T |
*TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS |
| MID4 |
Data lines on *SHELL SECTION or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION |
| NSM |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER AREA for elements referencing PSHELL |
Nonstructural Mass |
| PCOMP |
— |
*SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE |
— |
Composite Section or Composite General Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| Z0 |
OFFSET parameter |
| NSM |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS |
Nonstructural Mass |
| LAM=SYM |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SYMMETIC |
Composite Section or Composite General Section |
| LAM=MEM |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, MEMBRANE ONLY |
| LAM=BEND |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, BENDING ONLY |
| LAM=SMEAR |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SMEAR ALL LAYERS |
| MIDi, Ti, THETAi
|
Data lines on *SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE
|
| PCOMPG |
— |
*SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE |
— |
Composite Shell Section or Composite General Shell Section
|
| PID |
Section assignment |
| Z0 |
OFFSET parameter |
| NSM |
*NONSTRUCTURAL MASS created on composite shell elements |
Nonstructural Mass |
| LAM=SYM |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SYMMETIC |
Composite Shell Section or Composite General Shell Section
|
| LAM=MEM |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, MEMBRANE ONLY |
| LAM=BEND |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, BENDING ONLY |
| LAM=SMEAR |
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SMEAR ALL LAYERS |
| GPLYIDi, MIDi, Ti,
THETAi
|
Data lines on *SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION,
COMPOSITE |
| PSOLID |
— |
*SOLID SECTION |
— |
Solid Section |
| PID |
Section assignment |
| MID |
*SOLID SECTION, MATERIAL |
| CORDM |
*SOLID SECTION, ORIENTATION |
| CORDM=-1 |
*ORIENTATION, NAME= *SOLID SECTION, ORIENTATION= |
If all elements have the same orientation (that is, a constant
orientation) |
| *DISTRIBUTION TABLE, NAME= *DISTRIBUTION, NAME= *ORIENTATION,
NAME= *SOLID SECTION, ORIENTATION= |
If some or all elements have different orientations (that is, a distributed
orientation) |