Element Command
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This command is used to construct an element and add it to the Domain.
| element eleType? arg1? ... |
The type of element created and the additional arguments required depends on the eleType? provided in the command.
NOTE:
The valid queries to any element when creating an ElementRecorder are documented in the NOTES section for each element.
The following contain information about eleType? and the args required for each of the available element types:
- Zero-Length Elements
- Truss Elements
- Beam-Column Elements
- Elastic Beam Column Element
- Elastic Beam Column Element with Stiffness Modifiers
- Elastic Timoshenko Beam Column Element
- Beam With Hinges Element
- Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element
- Force-Based Beam-Column Element
- Flexure-Shear Interaction Displacement-Based Beam-Column Element
- MVLEM - Multiple-Vertical-Line-Element-Model for RC Walls
- SFI_MVLEM - Cyclic Shear-Flexure Interaction Model for RC Walls
- Joint Elements
- Link Elements
- Bearing Elements
- Elastomeric Bearing (Plasticity) Element
- Elastomeric Bearing (Bouc-Wen) Element
- Flat Slider Bearing Element
- Single Friction Pendulum Bearing Element
- TFP Bearing
- Triple Friction Pendulum Element
- MultipleShearSpring Element
- KikuchiBearing Element
- YamamotoBiaxialHDR Element
- ElastomericX
- LeadRubberX
- HDR
- RJ-Watson EQS Bearing Element
- FPBearingPTV
- Quadrilateral Elements
- Triangular Elements
- Brick Elements
- Tetrahedron Elements
- u-p Elements
- UC San Diego u-p element (saturated soil)
- Twenty Node Brick u-p Element
- Brick Large Displacement u-p Element
- SSPquadUP Element
- SSPbrickUP Element
- Contact Elements
- Cable Elements