Parallel

This command is used to construct a parallel material object made up of an arbitrary number of previously-constructed UniaxialMaterial objects.

uniaxialMaterial Parallel $matTag $tag1 $tag2 ...
        <-factors $fact1 $fact2 ...>

matTag

integer tag identifying material

$tag1 \(tag2 ...</strong></p></td> <td><p>identification tags of materials making up the material model</p></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><strong>\)fact1 $fact2 …

factors to create a linear combination of the specified materials. Factors can be negative to subtract one material from an other. (optional, default = 1.0)

The parallel material is represented graphically: ParallelMaterial.gif

In a parallel model, strains are equal and stresses and stiffnesses are additive: ParallelMaterialExample.gif


Code Developed by: fmk

Images Developed by: Silvia Mazzoni

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