ModelMembrane Class

Membrane super-element that lives in a statical model.

Definition

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

[SerializableAttribute]
public class ModelMembrane : ModelElement, 
	ISerializable

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Class ModelMembrane
	Inherits ModelElement
	Implements ISerializable

C++

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class ModelMembrane : public ModelElement, 
	ISerializable

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type ModelMembrane = 
    class
        inherit ModelElement
        interface ISerializable
    end

Inheritance: Object ModelElement ModelMembrane

Derived: Karamba.ElementsModelShell

Implements: ISerializable

Constructors

ModelMembrane(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)	Initializes a new instance of the ModelMembrane class. Deserialization ModelMembrane.
ModelMembrane(Int32, BuilderShell, CroSec, IReadOnlyListInt32, ListNode)	Initializes a new instance of the ModelMembrane class. construct fem-shell from grasshopper-shell.

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. (Overrides ModelElementfe_ind_begin)
fe_ind_end	Gets the index of element in femodel that lies one entry beyond the last finite element of the model element. (Overrides ModelElementfe_ind_end)
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. (Overrides ModelElementIsActive)
mesh	Gets the mesh which underlies the membrane.
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)
partialVisibility	Gets a value indicating whether only parts of the shell are visible.
visibleSubelementIds	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is visible. (Overrides ModelElementvisibleSubelementIds)
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. (Overrides ModelElementAddFebLoads(Model, LoadCaseActivation))
addTo	create feb-element and add it to the feb-model. (Overrides ModelElementaddTo(Model, LoadCaseActivation, Int32))
area	Returns the area of the element.
area(Int32)	Returns area of the sub-element.
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. (Overrides ModelElementcog(Model))
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. (Overrides ModelElementdeformationEnergy(Model, EnergyVisitor, ListDouble, ListDouble))
dispLocalCoordinateSystem	return displaced local coordinate system and its origin.
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)
feMesh(Model)	Returns the shell mesh of the membrane.
feMesh(Model)	Gets the underlying feb-mesh of the membrane.
Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetObjectData	Serialize ModelElement. (Inherited from ModelElement)
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
is_inside	checks whether an Element lies partly inside a given Brep. (Inherited from ModelElement)
localCoSys(Element)	create local coo-sys of undeformed element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
localCoSys(PointState)	create local coo-sys of deformed element. (Inherited from ModelElement)
meanDisp	Calculates the mean displacement of an element.
MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
minmaxEpsX	determine extreme axial strains in model for the currently visible loadcase. Add result of element if necessary. (Overrides ModelElementminmaxEpsX(Double, Double, Model, LoadCase))
normalVectors	Returns the shell normal vector for each node of the membrane.
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 ModelElement)
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. (Overrides ModelElementset_is_active(Model, Boolean))
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 ModelElementsnapElement(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 the surface area of the element in [m2]. (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. (Overrides ModelElementtotalEccentricity(Model))
UpdatePosition	Update the position of the element in place. (Overrides ModelElementUpdatePosition(ListNode))
utilization	return utilization of shell patch for given loadcase lc.
Volume	Get volume of the element in [m3?]. (Overrides ModelElementVolume(IReadOnlyListNode))
weight(IReadOnlyListNode)	return weight of the element in kN. (Overrides ModelElementweight(IReadOnlyListNode))
weight(Int32, IReadOnlyListNode)	Weight of a sub-element.
weightAndCOG	determine center of gravity and weight of the membrane. (Overrides ModelElementweightAndCOG(Model, Point3, Double))

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_ind_begin_	index of the first membrane element in the fe-model.
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)