ModelSpring Class

Spring element that lives in a statical model. is defined by its six spring stiffnesses and orientation.

Definition

Namespace: Karamba.Elements
Assembly: KarambaCommon (in KarambaCommon.dll) Version: 3.0.8.0+eb23a7103f0eca0b6d808121e15fec6899194e15

[SerializableAttribute]
public class ModelSpring : ModelElementStraightLine, 
	ISerializable

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Class ModelSpring
	Inherits ModelElementStraightLine
	Implements ISerializable

C++

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class ModelSpring : public ModelElementStraightLine, 
	ISerializable

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type ModelSpring = 
    class
        inherit ModelElementStraightLine
        interface ISerializable
    end

Inheritance: Object ModelElement ModelElementStraightLine ModelSpring

Implements: ISerializable

Constructors

ModelSpring(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)	Initializes a new instance of the ModelSpring class. Deserialize ModelSpring.
ModelSpring(Int32, BuilderBeam, IReadOnlyListInt32, ListNode)	Initializes a new instance of the ModelSpring class. construct spring from a raw element.

Properties

builder_element	Gets the raw element from where the base data comes. (Inherited from ModelElement)
canBuckle	Gets a value indicating whether buckling is considered when doing cross section optimization or calculating the utilization. (Inherited from ModelElement)
color	Gets or sets the color of the element for some types of rendering. Can be set with a ElemSets-component. (Inherited from ModelElement)
colorIsSet	Gets a value indicating whether the element has a color attached. (Inherited from ModelElement)
crosec	Gets or sets the cross section of the model element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
ecce	Gets the elements eccentricity. (Inherited from ModelElement)
ecce_glo	Gets the vector of global cross section eccentricity. (Inherited from ModelElement)
ecce_loc	Gets the vector of local cross section eccentricity. (Inherited from ModelElement)
Elem_loads	Gets the elements loads. (Inherited from ModelElement)
fe_id	Gets the first element index in fe-model. In case of shells there may be more than one finite element connected to a model element and fe_id points to the shells TriMesh-object. (Inherited from ModelElement)
fe_ind_begin	Gets the first element index in fe-model. in case of shells there may be more than one finite element connected to a model element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
fe_ind_end	Gets the index of element in femodel that lies one entry beyond the last finite element of the model element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
fe_node_ind	Gets the index of fe-nodes of fe-elements in fe-model. Can differ from node_ind in case of joints. (Inherited from ModelElement)
hasEccent	Gets a value indicating whether a cross section has an eccentricity. (Inherited from ModelElement)
id	Gets the identifier (name) of element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
ind	Gets the zero-based index of element in model. The indexes are consecutively numbered from 0 to number of elements. (Inherited from ModelElement)
is_visible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is visible. (Inherited from ModelElement)
IsActive	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is active. If inactive the element is removed from the statical model using the soft-kill approach. The FE-model needs to be rebuilt after manipulating this flag. (Inherited from ModelElement)
nII	Gets or sets the normal force that induces ThII effects. (Inherited from ModelElement)
node_inds	Gets the index of nodes of elements after assembly. (Inherited from ModelElement)
res_alpha	Gets set/get resulting angle [radians] of rotation of the cross section about the longitudinal element axis relative to the initial local coordinate system. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
visibleSubelementIds	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is visible. (Inherited from ModelElement)
x_ori	Gets the user defined local x-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha). (Inherited from ModelElement)
x_ori_given	Gets a value indicating whether a user defined local x-axis is given. (Inherited from ModelElement)
x_ori_list	Gets the user defined local x-axes of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha). (Inherited from ModelElement)
y_ori	Gets the user defined local y-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha). (Inherited from ModelElement)
y_ori_given	Gets a value indicating whether a user defined local z-axis is given. (Inherited from ModelElement)
z_ori	Gets the user defined local z-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha). (Inherited from ModelElement)
z_ori_given	Gets a value indicating whether a user defined local z-axis is given. (Inherited from ModelElement)
z_ori_list	Gets the user defined local z-axes of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha). (Inherited from ModelElement)

Methods

Accept(ModelElementVisitor)	accept an element visitor. (Overrides ModelElementAccept(ModelElementVisitor))
AcceptT(IModelElementVisitorT, T)	accept an element visitor. (Inherited from ModelElement)
AcceptT(IModelElementVisitorT, T)	accept an element visitor. (Overrides ModelElementAcceptT(IModelElementVisitorT, T))
AcceptR, T(IModelElementVisitorR, T, T)	accept an element visitor. (Inherited from ModelElement)
AcceptR, T(IModelElementVisitorR, T, T)	accept an element visitor. (Overrides ModelElementAcceptR, T(IModelElementVisitorR, T, T))
add	add an element load to the element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
AddFebLoads	Add element feb loads. By default add nothing. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
addTo	create feb-element and add it to the feb-model. (Overrides ModelElementaddTo(Model, LoadCaseActivation, Int32))
buckling_length	return buckling length in local y-direction or a small negative number if not set. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
BuilderElement	Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to. (Inherited from ModelElement)
characteristic_length	calculate characteristic length of the element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
clearLoads	clears the loads of the element. Make sure to clone it before clearing the loads in order to avoid side effects. (Inherited from ModelElement)
Clone	Clone the model element. (Overrides ModelElementClone)
cloneBuilderElement	Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to. (Inherited from ModelElement)
clonedBuilderElement	return the cloned grass-element on which this model-element is based or null. (Inherited from ModelElement)
cog	calculate the center of gravity of the element. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
copyFEModelNodeIndexes	update the elements node indexes with those of the underlying finite element. This is necessary when topology of the feb-model changed. (Inherited from ModelElement)
deformationEnergy	calculates axial deformation- and bending energy stored in the element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
elementLength(Element)	calculates the length of the element in the karamba-model. Does not correspond to the real length in case of springs. (Overrides ModelElementStraightLineelementLength(Element))
elementLength(Model)	calculates the length of the element in the karamba-model. Does not correspond to the real length in case of springs. (Overrides ModelElementStraightLineelementLength(Model))
elementState	Determine the element state for the given model state index. (Inherited from ModelElement)
Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object)
finite_element	Create an element for FE-analysis. (Overrides ModelElementStraightLinefinite_element(Model, ListNode, LoadCaseActivation, Int32))
GetCrossSectionsPositions	Gets positions of cross sections for this ModelElementStraightLine. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetObjectData	Serialize ModelElementStraightLine. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
GetState1D	Gets the StateElement1D from a given position on this ModelElementStraightLine. The position's value has to be in between [0.0; L], where L is the element's length. If you want the position to be in between [0.0; 1.0], please set isCurveReparametrized == . (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
has_zero_length	return true if the beam has zero length. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
is_inside	checks whether a straight line element lies partly inside a given Brep. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
is_vertical	Gets true if element is vertical. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
localCoSys(Element)	create local coo-sys of undeformed element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
localCoSys(IReadOnlyListPoint3)	create local coordinate system with resultant beam rotation about the axis given by the two positions in pos. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
localCoSys(IReadOnlyListNode)	create local coordinate system with the resultant axial rotation applied. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
localCoSys(PointState)	create local coo-sys of deformed element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
localCoSys(IReadOnlyListPoint3, Double)	create local coordinate system with rotation alpha about the axis given by the two positions in pos. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
localCoSys(IReadOnlyListNode, Double)	create local coordinate system and rotate it about longitudinal axis by an angle alpha. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
minmaxEpsX	determine extreme axial strains in model for the currently visible load-case. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
nCroSec(Model)	return number of sections for visual display. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
nCroSec(Model, Element)	return number of sections for visual display. It depends on the user setting for maximum section length. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
pointOnAxis	Return point at specific position. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
pointsOnAxis	creates point at given maximum distance along the axis. (Overrides ModelElementStraightLinepointsOnAxis(ListNode, Double, Double))
referencePointOnZAxis	return reference point on local z-axis for local coordinate system being situated at first element node. (Inherited from ModelElement)
resultantCroSecForces	calculates resultant normal force (N), shear force (V) and moment (M) in an element. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
scaledState	return scaled state at given element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
scaledStateAtT	return scaled state at given element, location; superimpose loadcases if lc_num is smaller than 0; unscaled load-case for lc_num % model.numLC if lc_num >= model.numLC (is used for retrieval of beam results). (Inherited from ModelElement)
set_fe_and_model_index	set the element and fe_element index. (Inherited from ModelElement)
set_is_active	set activation state of element and synchronize it with fe-model. An extra fe-model-generation step is not necessary. Is therefore fast. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
SetNodeInds	set the node indexes of the element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
snapElement	change the element if nodes snap together according to the given list of node indexes. returns true if the element was completely snapped. (Overrides ModelElementStraightLinesnapElement(ListNode, Double))
split_elem	The element with index ind is the seed of an element split. Make all splits in the model that are necessary so that feb-model and model are synchronized. (Inherited from ModelElement)
SurfaceArea	Gets surface area of a spring which is zero. (Overrides ModelElementSurfaceArea(IReadOnlyListNode))
ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)
totalEccentricity	returns the eccentricity of the element in global coordinates. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
UpdatePosition	Update the position of the element in place. (Inherited from ModelElement)
Volume	Gets the volume of a spring which is zero. (Overrides ModelElementVolume(IReadOnlyListNode))
weight	Gets mass of a spring which is zero. (Overrides ModelElementweight(IReadOnlyListNode))
weightAndCOG	determine center of gravity and weight of the membrane. (Overrides ModelElementweightAndCOG(Model, Point3, Double))
x_direction(Node, Node)	Calculate the axial direction vector of the element. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
x_direction(Point3, Point3)	Calculate the axial direction vector of the element. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)
x_unit_vector	Generates unit vector in axial direction. (Inherited from ModelElementStraightLine)

Fields

_eloads	the elements loads. (Inherited from ModelElement)
_fe_id	index of element in fe-model, in case of shells it is the index oh the trimesh. (Inherited from ModelElement)
_ind	zero-based index of element in model. The indexes are consecutively numbered from 0 to number of elements. (Inherited from ModelElement)
fe_node_ind_	index of fe-nodes of fe-elements in fe-model. Can differ from node_ind in case of joints. (Inherited from ModelElement)
node_inds_	index of nodes of elements after assembly. (Inherited from ModelElement)

Extension Methods

ContainerType

test if object is (a container like) a list or an array.
(Defined by MiniUtil)