BuildingTcl -- addElementType: ElementModelLabel nonlinearBeamColumn
Commands
- addElementTypeData ElementTypeLabel $ElementTypeLabel
- addElementTypeData ElementModelLabel nonlinearBeamColumn
- <addElementTypeData ElementTypeDescription $ElementTypeDescription >
- <addElementTypeData TransformationType $TransformationType>
- <addElementTypeData NIntegrationPoints $NIntegrationPoints>
- addElementType
Arguments
- $ElementTypeLabel
- Unique ElementType Label for reference
- $ElementTypeDescription
- Text. Optional, default = blank {}
- $TransformationType
- Geometric Transformation Type, based on OpenSees geometricTransf. Optional, default = Linear
- Options
- Linear -- Opensees Linear Transformation
- PDelta -- Opensees PDelta Transformation
- Corotational -- Opensees Corotational Transformation
- $NIntegrationPoints
- Number of Integration points along element. Optional, default = 4
Notes
The addElementType command must be placed at the end of each Element-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addElementType command and define the Element.
Options
OpenSees Object
This ElementModel is based on the OpenSees Force-Based Beam-Column Element
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