BEAM Elements With PBEAM Properties

 

The PBEAM property type has up to 46 arguments and can generate NASTRAN PBEAM records with up to 6 cards. It is defined thus:

PROPERTY PHYSICAL PBEAM [propname] n arg1 arg2 ... arg45

The arguments are defined below:

Argument Meaning

n Total number of cards requested (n=1,2,3,4,5,6)

arg1 to arg6 Fields 4 to 9 of Card 1 (A(A), I1(A), I2(A), I12(A), J(A), NSM(A))

arg7 to arg14 Fields 2 to 9 of Card 2 (C1(A), C2(A), D1(A), D2(A), E1(A), E2(A), F1(A), F2(A))

arg15 to arg22 Fields 2 to 9 of Card 5 (K1, K2, S1, S2, NSI(A), NSI(B), CW(A), CW(B))

arg23 to arg30 Fields 2 to 9 of Card 6 (M1(A), M2(A), M1(B), M2(B), N1(A), N2(A), N1(B), N2(B))

arg31 to arg37 Field 2 and fields 4 to 9 of Card 3 (SO, A(B), I1(B), I2(B), I12(B), J(B), NSM(B))

arg38 to arg45 Fields 2 to 9 of Card 4 (C1(B), C2(B), D1(B), D2(B), E1(B), E2(B), F1(B), F2(B))

• It is important to follow the order above when the arguments are entered, the user can type 0 for any argument that is not required.
• arg31 represents the stress output request and should be equal to 1, 2 or 3. 1 corresponds to 'YES', 2 corresponds to 'YESA' and 3 to 'NO'.
• arg15 and arg16 are the shear stiffness factors and they should be set to 1.0 if their default value is required.

Note: If the BEAM elements property is defined using the GENERAL property type, up to 21 arguments can be entered as follows:

arg1 to arg5 Fields 4 to 8 of Card 1 (A(A), I1(A), I2(A), I12(A), J(A))

arg6 to arg13 Fields 2 to 9 of Card 2 (C1(A), C2(A), D1(A), D2(A), E1(A), E2(A), F1(A), F2(A))

arg14 to arg21 Fields 2 to 9 of Card 5 (K1, K2, S1, S2, NSI(A), NSI(B), CW(A), CW(B))