Elastic Surface Foundation
Glossary Term
An elastic surface foundation is used for an elastic support of surfaces. As a support or spring, you can define the spring constants Cu,x/Cu,y/Cu,z. The direction of the support refers to the local surface axes x, y and z.
The unit kip/ft³ describes the force, which — for example, in the case of Cu,z — is required to shift a surface of one square meter by one meter in the z‑direction (hence ft³).
Keywords
Elastic surface foundation Surface support Foundation Elastic support Elastic foundation Spring
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For relatively large or relatively small surfaces, it can happen that the automatically created result values do not fit the model: In case of large surfaces, there can be too much result values, in case of small surfaces, too few.
Material Model Orthotropic Masonry 2D
The material model Orthotropic Masonry 2D is an elastoplastic model that additionally allows softening of the material, which can be different in the local x- and y-direction of a surface. The material model is suitable for (unreinforced) masonry walls with in-plane loads.
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