How to Define an element without Mass, but have stiffness,

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How to Define an element without Mass, but have stiffness,

Post by cctvcctv » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:13 pm

How to Define an element without Mass, but have stiffness(hysteretic), damping?

Thanks a lot!
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Post by silvia » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:22 am

you can define any element without mass -- masses are specified, or not!
Silvia Mazzoni, PhD
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Post by cctvcctv » Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:03 am

thanks!

How to apply uniform mass to the beam?

just apply density to the beam
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