Element Command

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

element eleType? arg1? ...

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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 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:

• Zero-Length Elements
  • zeroLength Element
  • zeroLengthND Element
  • zeroLengthSection Element
  • zeroLengthContact Element

• Truss Elements
  • Truss Element
  • Corotational Truss Element

• Beam-Column Elements
  • Elastic Beam Column Element
  • Beam With Hinges Element
  • Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element
  • Force-Based Beam-Column Element
  • Flexure-Shear Interaction Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element

• Joint Elements
  • BeamColumnJoint Element
  • ElasticTubularJoint Element

• Bearing Elements
  • Elastomeric Bearing Element
  • Flat Slider Bearing Element
  • Single Concave Friction Pendulum Bearing Element

• Quadrilateral Elements
  • Quad Element
  • Shell Element
  • Bbar Plane Strain Quadrilateral Element
  • Enhanced Strain Quadrilateral Element

• Brick Elements
  • Standard Brick Element
  • Bbar Brick Element
  • Twenty Node Brick Element

• up Elements
  • FourNodeQuad u-p Element
  • Nine_Four_Node_Quad u-p Element
  • Brick u-p Element
  • Twenty_Eight_Node_Brick u-p Element

• upU elements
  • Eight Node Brick u-p-U Element
  • Twenty Node Brick u-p-U Element
  • BeamColumnJoint Element
  • ShallowFoundationGen