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bar1

Purpose

Element function for a 6 DOF traction-compression bar element.

Description

The bar1 element corresponds to the standard linear interpolation for axial traction-compression. The element DOFs are the standard translations at the two end nodes (DOFs .01 to .03).

In a model description matrix, element property rows for bar1 elements follow the standard format (see section 7.16).

 [n1 n2 MatID ProID EltID]

Isotropic elastic materials are the only supported (see m_elastic).

For supported element properties see p_beam. Currently, bar1 only uses the element area A with the format

 [ProID  Type   0  0  0 A] 

See also

m_elastic, p_beam, fe_mk, feplot