This command is used to construct a parallel material object made up of an arbitrary number of previously-constructed UniaxialMaterial objects.
uniaxialMaterial Parallel $matTag $tag1 $tag2 ...
$matTag |
unique material object integer tag |
$tag1 $tag2 ... |
identification of materials making up the material model |
The parallel material is represented graphically:
In a parallel model, strains are equal and stresses and stiffnesses are additive: