CVISC

Bulk Data Entry Defines a viscous damper element.

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
CVISC EID PID G1 G2

Example

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
CVISC 2 64 12 63

Definitions

Field Contents SI Unit Example
EID Unique element identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)
PID A PVISC entry identification number.

Default = EID (Integer > 0)
G1, G2 Geometric grid point identification numbers of connection points.

No default (Integer > 0)

Comments

  1. G1 ≠ G2.
  2. Only one viscous damper element may be defined on a single entry.
  3. Viscous damper elements are ignored in heat transfer analysis.
  4. This card is represented as a spring element in HyperMesh.