3.1.9.5. Elastic Beam Column Element

This command is used to construct an elasticBeamColumn element object. The arguments for the construction of an elastic beam-column element depend on the dimension of the problem, ndm:

For a two-dimensional problem:

element elasticBeamColumn $eleTag $iNode $jNode $A $E $Iz $transfTag <-release $relcode> <-mass $massDens> <-cMass>

element elasticBeamColumn $eleTag $iNode $jNode $secTag $transfTag <-release $relcode> <-mass $massDens> <-cMass>

For a three-dimensional problem:

element elasticBeamColumn $eleTag $iNode $jNode $A $E $G $J $Iy $Iz $transfTag <-releasez $relcode> <-releasey $relcode> <-mass $massDens> <-cMass>

element elasticBeamColumn $eleTag $iNode $jNode $secTag $transfTag <-releasez $relcode> <-releasey $relcode> <-mass $massDens> <-cMass>

The valid queries to an elastic beam-column element when creating an ElementRecorder object are ‘force’.

Example

The following example constructs an elastic element with tag 1 between nodes 2 and 4 with an area of 5.5, E of 100.0 and an Iz of 1e6 which uses the geometric transformation object with a tag of 9

1. Tcl Code

element elasticBeamColumn 1 2 4 5.5 100.0 1e6 9;

2. Python Code

element('elasticBeamColumn',1,2,4,5.5,100.0, 1.0e6, 9)

Code developed by: fmk