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Elastic Link
Create or remove elastic links. Two nodes are connected by an elastic link and its stiffness is defined by the user.
From the Main Menu select Boundary > Link > Elastic Link.
Click to the right of Elastic Link: Display the Elastic Link Table
Select a Boundary Group in which the specified boundary condition is included. Select "Default" if Group assignment is
unnecessary. Click to the right to prompt the "Define Boundary Group" dialog box to add, modify or delete
Boundary Groups.
Options
Note
In case of Rigid Type, the link stiffness is automatically calculated based on the working model. The applied
stiffness of the link can be checked in the text output file (*.out) after performing analysis.
Note
When an elastic link is assigned as tension-only or compression-only, only element's axial stiffness can be applied. The
elastic link observes the Iteration method defined in Main Control Data identical to tension- and compression-only.
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2/5/2021 Elastic Link
2 Nodes
Define simultaneously a number of elastic links by copying the conditions assigned to an elastic link.
Node Inc.
Create a number of elastic link elements using a node increment.
Distance
Create a number of elastic link elements using the distances between nodes.
Distances: Enter the number of repetitions and/or distances for copying the elastic link.
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