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This command is used to construct an element and add it to the Domain.  
This command is used to construct an element and add it to the Domain.  


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NOTE:
NOTE:


The valid queries to any element when creating an ElementRecorder are are documented in the NOTES section for each element.  
The valid queries to any element when creating an ElementRecorder are documented in the NOTES section for each element.  




The following contain information about matType? and the args required for each of the available material types:
The following contain information about eleType? and the args required for each of the available element types:
 


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*Zero-Length Elements
*Zero-Length Elements
**[[zeroLength Element]]
**[[zeroLength Element]]
**[[zeroLengthND Element]]
**[[zeroLengthND Element]]
**[[zeroLengthSection Element]]
**[[zeroLengthSection Element]]
**[[CoupledZeroLength Element]]
**[[zeroLengthContact Element]]
**[[zeroLengthContact Element]]
**[[zeroLengthContactNTS2D]]
**[[zeroLengthInterface2D]]
**[[ zeroLengthImpact3D ]]


* Truss Elements
* Truss Elements
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* Beam-Column Elements
* Beam-Column Elements
**[[Elastic Beam Column Element]]
**[[Elastic Beam Column Element]]
**[[Elastic Beam Column Element with Stiffness Modifiers]]
**[[Elastic Timoshenko Beam Column Element]]
**[[Beam With Hinges Element]]
**[[Beam With Hinges Element]]
**[[Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element]]
**[[Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element]]
**[[Force-Based Beam-Column Element]]
**[[Force-Based Beam-Column Element]]
**[[Flexure-Shear Interaction Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element]]
**[[Flexure-Shear Interaction Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element]]
**[[MVLEM - Multiple-Vertical-Line-Element-Model for RC Walls]]
**[[SFI_MVLEM - Cyclic Shear-Flexure Interaction Model for RC Walls]]


*Joint Elements
*Joint Elements
**[[BeamColumnJoint Element]]
**[[BeamColumnJoint Element]]
**[[ElasticTubularJoint Element]]
**[[Joint2D Element]]
*Link Elements
**[[Two Node Link Element]]
*Bearing Elements
**[[Elastomeric Bearing (Plasticity) Element]]
**[[Elastomeric Bearing (Bouc-Wen) Element]]
**[[Flat Slider Bearing Element]]
**[[Single Friction Pendulum Bearing Element]]
**[[Triple Friction Pendulum Bearing Element| TFP Bearing]]
**[[Triple Friction Pendulum Element]]
**[[MultipleShearSpring Element]]
**[[KikuchiBearing Element]]
**[[YamamotoBiaxialHDR Element]]
**[[ElastomericX]]
**[[LeadRubberX]]
**[[HDR]]
**[[RJ-Watson EQS Bearing Element]]
**[[FPBearingPTV]]


*Quadrilateral Elements
*Quadrilateral Elements
**[[Quad Element]]
**[[Quad Element]]
**[[Shell Element]]
**[[Shell Element]]
**[[ShellDKGQ]]
**[[ShellNLDKGQ]]
**[[ShellNL]]
**[[Bbar Plane Strain Quadrilateral Element]]
**[[Bbar Plane Strain Quadrilateral Element]]
**[[Enhanced Strain Quadrilateral Element]]
**[[Enhanced Strain Quadrilateral Element]]
**[[SSPquad Element]]
*Triangular Elements
**[[Tri31 Element]]
**[[ShellDKGT]]
**[[ShellNLDKGT]]


*Brick Elements
*Brick Elements
**[[Standard Brick Element]]
**[[Standard Brick Element]]
**[[Bbar Brick Element]]
**[[Bbar Brick Element]]
**[[Twenty Node Brick Element]]
**[http://opensees.berkeley.edu/OpenSees/manuals/usermanual/734.htm Twenty Node Brick Element]
**[[Twenty Seven Node Brick Element]]
**[[SSPbrick Element]]


*up Elements  
*Tetrahedron Elements
**[[FourNodeQuad u-p Element]]
**[[FourNodeTetrahedron]]
**[[Nine_Four_Node_Quad u-p Element]]
**[[Brick u-p Element]]
**[[Twenty_Eight_Node_Brick u-p Element]]


*upU elements
*u-p Elements
**[[Eight Node Brick u-p-U Element ]]
**UC San Diego u-p element (saturated soil)
**[[Twenty Node Brick u-p-U Element]]
***[[Four Node Quad u-p Element]]
**[[BeamColumnJoint Element]]
***[[Brick u-p Element]]
***[[bbarQuad u-p Element]]
***[[bbarBrick u-p Element]]
***[[Nine Four Node Quad u-p Element]]
***[[Twenty Eight Node Brick u-p Element]]
**[[Twenty Node Brick u-p Element]]
**[[Brick Large Displacement u-p Element]]
**[[SSPquadUP Element]]
**[[SSPbrickUP Element]]
 
* Misc.
**[[ShallowFoundationGen]]
**[[ShallowFoundationGen]]
**[[SurfaceLoad Element]]
**[[VS3D4]]
**[[AC3D8]]
**[[ASI3D8]]
**[[AV3D4]]
* Contact Elements
**[[SimpleContact2D|SimpleContact2D Element]]
**[[SimpleContact3D|SimpleContact3D Element]]
**[[BeamContact2D|BeamContact2D Element]]
**[[BeamContact3D|BeamContact3D Element]]
**[[BeamEndContact3D|BeamEndContact3D Element]]
**[[ zeroLengthImpact3D ]]
* Cable Elements
** [[CatenaryCableElement|CatenaryCable Element]]

Latest revision as of 18:44, 8 June 2018




This command is used to construct an element and add it to the Domain.

element eleType? arg1? ...


The type of element created and the additional arguments required depends on the eleType? provided in the command.


NOTE:

The valid queries to any element when creating an ElementRecorder are documented in the NOTES section for each element.


The following contain information about eleType? and the args required for each of the available element types:


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