개요

요소는 *Element 명령으로 생성한다. 요소의 연결 절점 개수는 요소 타입에 따라 결정된다. 요소의 물성에는 여러 요소에서 공통으로 사용하는 단면 물성(Section 물성)과 개별 요소에 직접 적용하는 분포 물성(Distribution)이 있다. 또한 Cable 요소와 Tendon 요소와 같은 특수 요소는 해석 단계에 따라 변경될 수 있는 필드값이 존재한다. 아래 표는 요소 타입에 따라 대응하는 단면 물성과 분포 물성, 필드값을 정리한 것이다.

Element type	Description	Section	Distribution	State
T3D2	2-node truss	Beam	(CS) BeamCS
Cable	Cable	Beam	(R) BeamEndRelease	CableLength
B2D2H	2D Bernoulli beam	Beam	(R) BeamEndRelease
B3D2H	Bernoulli beam	Beam	(R) BeamEndRelease
B2D2MH	2D Timoshenko beam	Beam	(CS) BeamCS
B3D2MH	Timoshenko beam	Beam	(SF) MCKElementScaleFactor
Spring	2-node spring/damper	MCK	(SF) MCKElementScaleFactor
EarthSpring	1-node spring/damper	MCK	(SF) MCKElementScaleFactor
PointMass	1-node mass	MCK	(SF) UCS
MovingSpring	Moving spring	MovingSpring	(P) MovingSpringInitialPosition	Speed
Tendon	Tendon	Tendon	(Host) HostElset	TendonStress, TendonStressHold
S3F	3-node flat shell	Shell
S3	3-node shell	Shell
S4F	4-node flat shell	Shell
S4	4-node shell	Shell
CS6	6-node solid shell	Shell
CS8	8-node solid shell	Shell
AC2D3	3-node triangular acoustic solid	Solid
AC2D4	4-node rectangular acoustic solid	Solid
AC3D4	4-node tetra acoustic solid	Solid
AC3D6	6-node triangular acoustic solid	Solid
AC3D8	8-node hexahedral acoustic solid	Solid
AC2D4PMDL	4-node rectangular acoustic solid(PMDL)	Solid
AC3D8PMDL	8-node hexahedral acoustic solid(PMDL)	Solid
CPS3	3-node triangular plane stress solid	Solid
CPS4	4-node rectangular plane stress solid	Solid
CPE3	3-node triangular plane strain solid	Solid
CPE4	4-node rectangular plane strain solid	Solid
CAX3	3-node triangular axisym. solid	Solid
CAX4	4-node rectangular axisym. solid	Solid
C3D4	4-node tetra solid	Solid
C3D6	6-node triangular solid	Solid
C3D8	8-node hexahedral solid	Solid
C3D8I	8-node hexahedral acoustic solid(Incompatible)	Solid
C2D4PMDL	4-node rectangular strain stress solid(PMDL)	Solid
CAX4PMDL	4-node rectangular axisym. solid(PMDL)	Solid
C3D8PMDL	8-node hexahedral solid(PMDL)	Solid