structure beam list command

Syntax

structure beam list keyword <range>

Primary keywords:

apply    element-type    force-node    group    information    length    model    plastic-state    plastic-stress    plastic-stress-bounds    property    system-local

List properties and responses of beam elements in the range. If no keyword is given, the default output of the command is that associated with the information keyword.

apply

List uniform applied distributed load acting on the element.

element-type

List the finite element type.

force-node <keyword>

List the generalized nodal forces (force and moment) acting on the element. These are the generalized forces exerted by the nodes on the element.

local

Express listed values in the element coordinate system (the default).

global

Express listed values in the global coordinate system.

group <slot s >

List group assignment(s). If slot is specified, then list the group assignment, if any, in slot s.

information

List general element information: nodal connectivity, centroid, surface area, volume, and hide/select status.

length

List length of the element.

model

List the constitutive model of the element.

plastic-state <integration-point ind > (3D ONLY)

List plasticity state indicators. Each beam element with a plastic material model has a number of integration points distributed throughout its volume, and each of them tracks its plasticity state. The plasticity states at all integration points are listed, unless integration-point is specified. The integration point locations are shown here and here. The plasticity states of the plastic constitutive models can be listed by the structure beam cmodel list states command.

plastic-stress <integration-point ind > (3D ONLY)

List stress for elements with a plastic material model. The plasticity is induced by axial and bending deformations; twisting deformation induces an elastic response. Each beam element with a plastic material model has a number of integration points distributed throughout its volume, and each of them tracks its axial stress. The axial stress is the only non-zero stress component arising from axial and bending deformation. The axial stress (\(\sigma_{xx}\)) is expressed in the beam element coordinate system. The axial stress at all integration points is listed, unless integration-point is specified. The integration point locations are shown here and here.

plastic-stress-bounds (3D ONLY)

List minimum and maximum axial stress for elements with a plastic material model by checking over all integration points.

property <integration-point ind > keyword <scaled bscaled >

The properties consist of constitutive model properties, and additional properties of beam-type elements. The constitutive model properties are listed by specifying the constitutive model property name; these names are not listed here. Elastic-plastic constitutive model properties are stored at each integration point. Such properties are the same at all integration points, except for the softening properties of the strain-softening/hardening Mohr Coulomb constitutive model. The value at a particular integration point is listed by specifying the integration-point keyword — the integration point locations are shown here and here.

Scaled properties are returned if the scaled keyword (FLAC2D ONLY) is set to true (the default is false). If the property cannot be scaled, an error is emitted.

cross-sectional-area

cross-sectional area.

density

mass density.

direction-y

\(y\)-direction vector whose projection onto the element cross-section defines the \(y\)-axis of the element coordinate system.

moi-y (3D ONLY)

moment of inertia with respect to element \(y\)-axis.

moi-z (3D ONLY)

moment of inertia with respect to element \(z\)-axis.

plastic-moment

plastic moment capacity in Y and Z.

plastic-moment-y (3D ONLY)

plastic moment capacity in Y.

plastic-moment-z (3D ONLY)

plastic moment capacity in Z.

plastic-shear

plastic shear capacity in Y and Z.

plastic-shear-y (3D ONLY)

plastic shear capacity in Y.

plastic-shear-z (3D ONLY)

plastic shear capacity in Z.

shear-coefficient-y (3D ONLY)

shear coefficient for transverse shear deformation in the \(y\)-direction (Timoshenko beam element only).

shear-coefficient-z (3D ONLY)

shear coefficient for transverse shear deformation in the \(z\)-direction (Timoshenko beam element only).

thermal-expansion

thermal-expansion coefficient.

torsion-constant (3D ONLY)

torsion constant.

system-local

element local coordinate system.