BarElement

Overview

A bar element is referred to an 1D element, which only have dimension in one direction. It’s features in an quick overview:

  1. It can act as frame, beam, truss or shaft - see Behaviours section.

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DoFs of BarElement acting as a Frame

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DoFs of BarElement acting as a Truss

  1. It can have a cross section - see Cross Section section.

  2. It can have a material - see Material section.

  3. Several types of loads are possible to be apply on them - see Applicable Loads section.

  4. It Does have a local coordination system, apart from global coordination system - see Coordination Systems section.

  5. It is possible to find internal force of it - see Internal Force And Displacement section.

  6. It can connect to nodes regarding partial fixity conditions - see Partial End Release section.