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ST7-1.50.50.2 Beam End Releases
Beam end releases are provided as a beam element attribute in Strand7. These attributes can be applied to one or both ends of a beam element. Both translations and rotations can be independently released to model a variety of joint configurations. Where no end release is applied, two beam elements that share a node are modelled as being welded together.
Using end release attributes, ends of beam elements can be fixed (no end release), partially released (where a connection stiffness is specified),...
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