zerolengthelement and nDMaterial

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zerolengthelement and nDMaterial

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Hi Silvia,
I am trying to implement coupled behavior of isolators by defining an nDmaterial. however, i think zerolength elements can be used by only uniaxial materials. do you have any suggestion to overcome this bahavior?
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write your own version of the zeroLength element.
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i think there is a zerolength element for nd materials.
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