PrismFrame: Prismatic linear-elastic frame#
The PrismFrame element represents a linear-elastic prismatic beam element.
- Model.element("PrismFrame", tag, nodes, section=None, transform=None, *args)#
- Parameters:
tag (int) – unique element tag
nodes (tuple) – tuple of two integer node tags
section (int) – section tag
transform (int) – identifier for previously-defined coordinate-transformation
- element PrismFrame $tag $iNode $jNode $sect $tran
The required arguments are:
Argument |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
integer |
unique element object tag |
|
integer |
end nodes |
|
integer |
section tag |
|
integer |
identifier for previously-defined coordinate-transformation |
The valid eleResponse queries to this element are 'force'.
Example#
The following example constructs an elastic element with tag 1 between nodes 2 and 4 with an area
of 5.5, Young’s modulus \(E\) of 100.0 and an Iz of 1e6 which uses the geometric transformation object with a tag of 9
Tcl Code
element PrismFrame 1 2 4 5.5 100.0 1e6 9;
Python Code
model.element("PrismFrame", 1, (2, 4), 5.5, 100.0, 1.0e6, 9)
Theory#
Warping#
@baigent1982structural
Code developed by: Claudio M. Perez (University of California, Berkeley).