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PARAM

Specifies values for parameters.

Format

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PARAM N V1 V2

Fields

Field Contents
N Parameter name. (Character)
V1 Parameter value 1. (Real, Integer, or Character)
V2 Not used.

Names and values

Name V1 Type Default Description
COUPMASS Integer -1 >0 requests the generation of coupled rather than lumped mass matrices.
K6ROT Real 100.0 Used in the calculation of the stiffness for the out-of-plane rotational DOF for CQUAD4 and CTRIA3. A value between 1.0 and 100.0 is recommended.
WTMASS Real 1.0 Scale factor used to scale the mass matrix. It's useful to set WTMAS=0.00259 for inch models that input mass data in terms of pounds mass.
POST Integer 1 <1 requests HDF5 output. The value for superelement 0 is applied to the entire model.

Remarks

  1. PARAM entries with unrecognized parameter names are ignored.