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Series Material

This command is used to construct a series material object made up of an arbitrary number of previously-constructed UniaxialMaterial objects.

uniaxialMaterial Series $matTag $tag1 $tag2 ...

$matTag

unique material object integer tag

$tag1 $tag2 ...

identification of materials making up the material model

The series material is represented graphically:

Series Material

In a series model, stresses are equal and strains and flexibilities are additive:

Series Material Relationship

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