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The property values for Belytschko-Schwer beams are defined as follows:
PROPERTY PHYSICAL BEAM-PRP [property_name] Ax Iyy Izz Ixx As SHRF
Where:
| Ax | = | Cross sectional area |
| Iyy | = | Second moment of inertia about local beam y-axis |
| Izz | = | Second moment of inertia about local beam z-axis |
| Ixx | = | Second moment of inertia about local beam x-axis |
| As | = | Shear area |
| SHRF | = | Shear factor (optional, default is 1) |
This data may be supplemented by a beam orientation definition via the command:
PROPERTY PHYSICAL BEAM-PRP [property_name] ORIENT X Y Z
in which the user specifies the direction of the beam local z axis.