1. User defined element

1.1. Data group identifier, one input line

USERdefined ELEMents

1.2. Specification of elastic contact surface(s), NUSREL lines

NUSREL

  • NUSREL : integer: Number of subsequent input lines for specification of user defined elements.

1.3. User defined element type, three input lines per element type, i.e. NUSREL*3 input lines

One line

USRELNAME

  • USRELNAME: character(): Character string giving path and filename to the dll

One line

USERINPFILE

  • USERINPFILE: character() : Character string giving path and filename to the dll input file

One line

ELTYPE    LINE-ID    ISEG   IEL   USERID    VERSION

  • ELTYPE: character(8): Element type

    • = EARTH : earth element type spring

  • LINE-ID: character(8): Reference to a line identifier

  • ISEG: integer/character: Local segment number within line LINE-ID

    • = ALL: All segments in specified line

  • IEL: integer/character: Local element number within segment ISEG

    • = ALL: All elements in specified segment

  • USERID: character() : User defined id. The ID can be used in the dll to differ among the element types

  • VERSION: integer : Version number

    • = 1: implemented

Description of the input and the interface for the external userdefined element is given in External dll.