Element Recorder

The Element recorder type records the response of a number of elements at every converged step. The response recorded is element-dependent and also depends on the arguments which are passed to the setResponse() element method.

The command to create an element recorder is:

recorder Element <-file $fileName> <-xml $fileName> <-binary $fileName> <-time> <-ele ($ele1 $ele2 ...)> <-eleRange $startEle $endEle> <-region $regTag> $arg1 $arg2 ...

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$fileName	name of file to which output is sent. file output is either in xml format (-xml option), textual (-file option) or binary (-binary option)	-time	(optional using this option places domain time in first entry of each data line, default is to have time ommitted)
$ele1 $ele2 ..	tags of elements whose response is being recorded -- selected elements in domain (optional, default: omitted)
$startEle $endEle ..	tag for start and end elements whose response is being recorded -- range of selected elements in domain (optional, default: omitted)
$regTag	previously-defined tag of region of elements whose response is being recorded -- region of elements in domain (optional)
$arg1 $arg2 ...	arguments which are passed to the setResponse() element method

NOTE:

The setResponse() element method is dependent on the element type, and is described with the Element Command.

EXAMPLE

Example:

recorder Element -file Element1.out -time -ele 1 3 section 1 fiber 0.10 0.10 stressStrain

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Code Developed by: fmk