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Elements With Spring Physical Properties

The elements in Table 3.6 should be assigned spring properties defined thus:

PROPERTY PHYSICAL GENERAL [propname] springconst direction1

The spring constant value is required in all cases, direction1 is needed for SPRING1 and SPRING2. The direction indicator is an integer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 indicating the global X, Y, or Z translations and rotations.


ELEMENT
TYPE ABAQUS Element Names
Spring SPRINGA SPRING1 SPRING2
Table 3.6: Elements with Spring Physical Properties
 



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