NSGE1

Bulk Data Entry Defines non-structural material damping for a list of elements or properties.

Format

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NSGE1 SID TYPE VALUE ID ID ID ID ID  
  ID ID ID etc          

Example 1

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NSGE1 2 ELEMENT 0.04 2 5        

Alternate Format and Example

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NSGE1 SID TYPE VALUE ID THRU ID      
NSGE1 4 PSHELL 0.04 8 THRU 11      

Definitions

Field Contents SI Unit Example
SID Non-structural material damping set identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

 
TYPE This can be one of the properties PSHELL, PCOMP, PBAR, PBARL, PBEAM, PBEAML, PROD, CONROD, PSHEAR, or PTUBE, in which case the list of IDs will refer to properties of the stated type, or it can be ELEMENT, in which case the list is of individual element IDs of elements with the specified non-structural material damping value. It can also be of type ELSET, in which case, it is an element SET ID.

No default

 
ID Property, Element ID, or Element Set ID depending on the TYPE definition.

No default (Integer > 0, or "THRU")

 
VALUE Non-structural material damping value.

No default (Real)

 

Comments

  1. Non-structural material damping in this format must be selected by the NSGE Subcase Information selector.
  2. Optimization is currently not supported for non-structural damping.