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getInitialStiffness

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Hello,

Does anbody know what "initial" refers to in functions like getInitialStiffness, getInitialFlexibility etc. ? Is it beginning of step or begining of increment or beginning of analysis?

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beginning of the analysis .. used for when user specifies that they wish to try some initial stiffness iterations OR can be used as a component of the element damping.
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