Translation Connector Implemented via Penalty Method
- Number of Nodes: 3
- Number of DoFs: 2 (Translation: UX, Translation: UY)
element TranslationConnector2D (1) (2) (3) (4) [5]
# (1) int, unique element tag
# (2) int, node i
# (3) int, node j
# (4) int, node k
# [5] double, penalty factor
- Number of Nodes: 3
- Number of DoFs: 3 (Translation: UX, Translation: UY, Translation: UZ)
element TranslationConnector3D (1) (2) (3) (4) [5]
# (1) int, unique element tag
# (2) int, node i
# (3) int, node j
# (4) int, node k
# [5] double, penalty factor
The schematic is shown as follows.
The initial position of node
The TranslationConnector
will pull node
The ratio