PELASFX
Bulk Data Entry Used to define the stiffness and stress coefficient of a scalar elastic element (spring) by means of the CELAS1 or CELAS3 entry.
This property is not affected by translational and rotational stiffness limits specified using PARAM,ELASSTIF.
Format
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
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PELASFX | PID | K | GE | S | PID | K | GE | S |
Example
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PELASFX | 7 | 4.29 | 7.92 | 27 | 2.17 |
Definitions
Field | Contents | SI Unit Example |
---|---|---|
PID | Unique scalar elastic property identification
number. No default (Integer > 0) |
|
K | Elastic property value. No default (Real) |
|
GE | Damping coefficient. To obtain the damping coefficient GE,
multiply the critical damping ratio,
, by 2. GE is ignored in transient analysis, if PARAM, W4 is not specified. Default = 0.0 (Real) |
|
S | Stress coefficient. Default = 0.0 (Real) |
Comments
- Be careful using negative spring values.
- One or two elastic spring properties may be defined on a single entry.
- The
element force of a spring is calculated from the equation:
(1) Where,- Stiffness coefficient for the scalar element.
- Displacement of the first degree-of-freedom listed on the CELAS1 and CELAS3 entries.
Element stresses are calculated from the equation:(2) Where, is the stress coefficient as defined above. - This card is represented as a property in HyperMesh.