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celas,cbush

Purpose

element function for scalar springs and penalized rigid links

Description

celas and cbush implement similar spring elements with a somewhat more convenient handling of local bases in cbush. Properties can typically either be given in the element or defined in a p_spring property.

celas

In an model description matrix a group of celas elements starts with a header row [Inf abs('celas') 0 ...] followed by element property rows following the format

[n1 n2 DofID1 DofID2 ProID EltID Kv Mv Cv Bv]

with


n1,n2node numbers of the nodes connected. Grounded springs are obtained by setting n1 or n2 to 0.
DofIDIdentification of selected DOFs.
 For rigid links, the first node defines the rigid body motion of the other extremity slave node. Motion between the slave node and the second node is then penalized. DofID (positive) defines which DOFs of the slave node are connected by the constraint. Thus [1 2 123 0 0 0 1e14] will only impose the penalization of node translations 2 by motion of node 1, while [1 2 123456 0 0 0 1e14] will also penalize the difference in rotations.


 For scalar springs, DofID1 (negative) defines which DOFs of node 1 are connected to which of node 2. DofID2 can be used to specify different DOFs on the 2 nodes. For example [1 2 -123 231 0 0 1e14] connects DOFs 1.01 to 2.02, etc. Use of negative DofID1 will only activate additional DOF if explicitly given.


ProIDOptional property identification number (see format below)
KvOptional stiffness value used as a weighting associated with the constraint. If Kv is zero (or not given), the default value in the element property declaration is used. If this is still zero, Kv is set to 1e14.
BvOptional stiffness hysteretic damping value : stiffness given by Kv+iBv (rather than Kv(1+iη) when using p_spring).

p_spring properties for celas elements take the form [ProID type KvDefault m c eta S]

By default a celas element will activate all 6 mechanical DOF in the model. If the celas element is not linked to other elements using these DOF (e.g. 3D elements do not use DOF 4-6), there will be a risk of null stiffness occurrence at assembly. To alleviate this problem use negative DofID1 that will only activate additional DOF in the specified list. One can also fix the spurious DOF as a boundary condition.

Below is the example of a 2D beam on elastic supports.

model=femesh('Testbeam1 divide 10');
model=fe_case(model,'FixDof','2D',[.01;.02;.04]);
model.Elt(end+1,1:6)=[Inf abs('celas')]; % spring supports
model.Elt(end+[1:2],1:7)=[1 0 -13 0   0 0 1e5;2 0 -13 0   0 0 1e5];
def=fe_eig(model,[5 10 0]); feplot(model,def);

When using local displacement bases (non zero DID), the stiffness is defined in the local basis and transformed to global coordinates.

cbush

The element property row is defined by

[n1 n2 MatId  ProId EltId x1  x2 x3 EDID  S OCID S1 S2 S3]
[n1 n2 MatId  ProId EltId NodeIdRef 0 0 EDID  S OCID S1 S2 S3]

The orientation of the spring (basis xe,ye,ze) can be specified by

The spring/damper is located at a position interpolated between n1 and n2 using S, such that xi = S n1 + (1−S) n2. The midpoint is used by default, that-is-to-say S is taken at 0.5 if left to zero. To use other locations, specify a non-zero OCID and an offset S1,S2,S3.

It is possible to set n2 to 0 to define a grounded cbush.

ProId properties for cbush elements are defined using p_spring and take the form [ProId Type k1:k6 c1:c6 Eta SA ST EA ET m v]. Matid is here for reference but currently unused.



See also

p_spring, rigid


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