P-delta

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Jfoyian
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P-delta

Post by Jfoyian »

What does the 'geomTransf PDelta' command do exactly? Does it automatically lead to the consideration of P-delta effects? or are there any other commands on P-delta that could be used for this purpose?
silvia
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Post by silvia »

you can use the corotational transformation, instead.
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