BbarBrickWithSensitivity Command

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This command is used to construct an eight-node 3D brick element object based on a trilinear isoparametric formulation.
element bbarBrickWithSensitivity $eleTag $node1 $node2 $node3 $node4 $node5 $node6 $node7 $node8 $matTag

$eleTag unique element object tag.
$node1 - $node8 eight nodes defining element boundaries (numbered as shown in the figure below).
$matTag tag associated with previously-defined nDMaterial object.

Numbering of nodes for the B-bar brick element.jpg


Currently, there are no sensitivity parameters in the ‘bbarBrickWithSensitivity’ element command.