Initializes a plastic Wen-type link property. If this function is called for an existing
link property, all items for the property are reset to their default values.
Namespace: ETABS2015Assembly: ETABS2015 (in ETABS2015.dll) Version: 15.0.0.0 (15.0.0.0)
Syntax
Parameters
- Name
- Type:
System String
The name of an existing or new link property. If this is an existing property, that property is modified; otherwise, a new property is added.
- DOF
- Type:
System Boolean
- Fixed
- Type:
System Boolean
This is a boolean array, dimensioned to 5, indicating if the specified degree of freedom is fixed (restrained).Value Fixity Fixed(0) U1 fixity if DOF(0) = True Fixed(1) U2 fixity if DOF(1) = True Fixed(2) U3 fixity if DOF(2) = True Fixed(3) R1 fixity if DOF(3) = True Fixed(4) R2 fixity if DOF(4) = True Fixed(5) R3 fixity if DOF(5) = True
- Nonlinear
- Type:
System Boolean
This is a boolean array, dimensioned to 5, indicating if nonlinear properties exist for a specified degree of freedom.Value Nonlinear Nonlinear(0) U1 has nonlinear properties Nonlinear(1) U2 has nonlinear properties Nonlinear(2) U3 has nonlinear properties Nonlinear(3) R1 has nonlinear properties Nonlinear(4) R2 has nonlinear properties Nonlinear(5) R3 has nonlinear properties The term Nonlinear(n) applies only when DOF(n) = True and Fixed(n) = False.
- Ke
- Type:
System Double
- Ce
- Type:
System Double
- K
- Type:
System Double
- Yield
- Type:
System Double
This is an array of yield force terms for the link property. The yield force applies for nonlinear analyses.Value Yield yield(0) U1 [F] yield(1) U2 [F] yield(2) U3 [F] yield(3) R1 [F/L] yield(4) R2 [F/L] yield(5) R3 [F/L] The term Yield(n) applies only when DOF(n) = True, Fixed(n) = False, and Nonlinear(n) = True.
- Ratio
- Type:
System Double
This is an array of post-yield stiffness ratio terms for the link property. The post-yield stiffness ratio applies for nonlinear analyses. It is the post-yield stiffness divided by the initial stiffness.Value Ratio Ratio(0) U1 Ratio(1) U2 Ratio(2) U3 Ratio(3) R1 Ratio(4) R2 Ratio(5) R3 The term Ratio(n) applies only when DOF(n) = True, Fixed(n) = False, and Nonlinear(n) = True.
- Exp
- Type:
System Double
- DJ2
- Type:
System Double
- DJ3
- Type:
System Double
- Notes (Optional)
- Type:
System String
- GUID (Optional)
- Type:
System String
The GUID (global unique identifier), if any, assigned to the property. If this item is input as Default, the program assigns a GUID to the property.
Return Value
Returns zero if the property is successfully initialized; otherwise it returns a nonzero value.Remarks
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