Using the connector section editors

After you specify a connection type for a connector section, you can define connector behaviors for connection types that have one or more available components of relative motion. If you change the connection type after you have defined connector behaviors, you will have to delete the connector behaviors and redefine them for the new connection type. This section explains how to enter data related to connector behaviors in the connector section editor.

• Defining elasticity
• Defining damping
• Defining friction
• Configuring tangential behavior for connector friction
• Specifying predefined friction parameters or contact forces
• Defining plasticity
• Defining damage
• Defining damage evolution
• Defining a stop
• Defining a lock
• Defining failure
• Defining a reference length
• Defining time integration
• Specifying behavior settings for tabular data
• Specifying connector derived components
• Specifying potential terms