Latest revision as of 20:08, 29 January 2007

The following article describes the use of the section.user command. This command is used to introduce a new arbitrary section.

[edit] Syntax

section.user(id,A,As₂,As₃,J₁,J₂,J₃,h₂,h₃)

Parameter	description	type	default
id	The section's id	integer	-
A	Area	float	-
As₂	Shear Area y	float	0.
As₃	Shear Area z	float	0.
J₁	Moment of Inertia around x	float	0.
J₂	Moment of Inertia around y	float	0.
J₃	Moment of Inertia around z	float	0.
h₂	Height of section in y	float	0.
h₃	Height of section in y	float	0.

Create a simple cross-section for a bar element.

section.user( 7, 1.)

Create a cross-section for a beam element.

section.user( 7, 3., 2.5, 2.5, 1e-2, 1e-4, 1e-4, 0.1, 0.2)

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 The following article describes the use of the <tt>section.user</tt> command.
-This command is used to introduce a new arbitrary section into the domain.
+This command is used to introduce a new arbitrary section.
 =Syntax=