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Disassemble Element
Decomposes beams and shells into their components.
Inputs
| Name | ID | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Elem | Beam or shell to disassemble. | Element |
Outputs
| Name | ID | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Elem | Element | Element |
| Element identifier | ElemId | Identifier of the element | Text |
| Axis of element | Axis | Longitudinal axis of beam or mesh of middle surface of shell. Returns 'null' after model assembly, since from then on only node indexes are stored. | Geometry |
| Cross section | CroSec | Cross section of the element | CrossSection |
| Joint | Joint | Joint definition of the beam. Null indicates the absence of joint definitions. | Joint |
| Material | Mat | Material of the element | Material |
| Local coordinate system | LCoSys | Plane oriented according to the beams local coordinate system. Returns 'null' after model assembly, since from then on only node indexes are stored. | Plane |
| Element is active | Active | True if the element is active. | Boolean |
| Bending | Bending | True if a beam has bending stiffness. Otherwise it is a truss. | Boolean |
| Local eccentricity [cm] | Ecce-loc | Part of beam eccentricity [cm] which is defined in local beam coordinates. | Vector |
| Global eccentricity [cm] | Ecce-glo | Part of beam eccentricity [cm] which is defined in global coordinates. | Vector |
| Consider Buckling | Buckling | If true cross section optimization of the element is done considering buckling. Deactivating buckling can be useful for simulating slender elements which you want to pretension in reality but not in the numerical model. | Boolean |
| Buckling Length Y [m] | BklLenY | Buckling length [m] of beam in local Y-direction. A negative value indicates that the value was determined automatically. | Number |
| Buckling Length Z [m] | BklLenZ | Buckling length [m] of beam in local Z-direction. A negative value indicates that the value was determined automatically. | Number |
| Buckling Length LT [m] | BklLenLT | Buckling length [m] of beam for lateral torsional buckling. A negative value indicates that the value was determined automatically. | Number |
| lg [cm] | lg | Distance of transverse load [cm] from the center of shear of the cross section. Is positive if the load points towards the shear center and acts destabilizing for lateral torsional buckling. | Number |
| NII [kN] | NII | Normal force [kN] that induces second order effects. Tension is positive, compression negative. | Number |
| X-Orientation | X-ori | Set X-Orientation of the element: Flips e.g. X-axis of the beam if it points in opposite direction to this vector. | Vector |
| Z-Orientation | Z-ori | New orientation of the local Z-axis of the element. | Vector |
| Alpha [deg] | Alpha | Rotation angle about local X-axis [deg] in addition to orientation given by orientation vector. | Number |
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