zeroLengthND Element

lindaatik · Post by **lindaatik** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:13 am

Hi,

I am trying to use the zeroLengthND material but I receive an error that the zeroLengthND element is no longer available.

Is there any way where I can use this element? Is there any other equivalent element? Please let me know.

Thanks,
Linda.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:00 pm

what are you trying to do?

lindaatik · Post by **lindaatik** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:13 pm

I am trying to model springs to simulate the interaction between backfill soil and a retaining wall. I want a material that has damping and I will use it with zerolength elements. I wanted to used the same NDmaterial that I am using for the soil backfill. Is that possible? What other options I have?

Thanks,
Linda.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:09 am

this is stuff for the geotech forum.

lindaatik · Post by **lindaatik** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:08 am

Well, my main question is: why is the ZeroLengthND material not working even though it is in the manual?
Is there a way to use it?

Thanks.