Element Library
NONLINEAR 3-D BEAM ELEMENT
The nonlinear 3-D beam element supports three translational and three rotational degrees of freedom at each end of the member. It is used in 3-D beam or skeletal systems to provide extensional, flexural and torsional stiffness between two nodes.
- Topology
- 2 nodes (orientation defined by a third, non-structural node)
- Loading
- Forces
- Moments
- Gravitational forces
- Acceleration forces
- Centrifugal forces
- Prescribed displacements
- Prescribed rotations
- Initial velocities
- Initial rotations
- Formulations
- Material nonlinear only
- Total Lagrangian
- Updated Lagrangian
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