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Elements With Dashpot Physical Properties

The elements in Table 3.7 should be assigned dashpot properties defined thus:

PROPERTY PHYSICAL GENERAL [propname] rateconst direction1

The dashpot constant value is required in all cases, direction1 is needed for DASHPOT1 and DASHPOT2. The direction indicator is an integer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 indicating the global X, Y, or Z translations and rotations.

**Table 3.7:** Elements with Dashpot Physical Properties
ELEMENT
TYPE	ABAQUS Element Names
Dashpot	DASHPOTA	DASHPOT1	DASHPOT2

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