The Element Properties form appears when the Element Properties toggle, located on the Patran main form, is chosen.There are several option menus available when creating element properties. The selections made on the Element Properties menu will determine which element property form appears, and ultimately, which Dytran element will be created.

The following pages give an introduction to the Element Properties form, and details of all the element property definitions supported by the Patran Dytran Preference.

This form appears when Element Properties is selected on the main form. There are four option menus on this form, each will determine which Dytran element type will be created, and which property forms will appear. The individual property forms are documented later in this section. For a full description of this form, see Element Properties Forms (p. 61) in the Patran Reference Manual.

The following table outlines the option menus when Analysis Type is set to Structural.

This subordinate form appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create a CONM2 Bulk Data entry. This defines a lumped mass at a geometric point of the structural model.

One of three subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above. The contents of the form will depend upon the selection made on the element properties form.

This subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above. The contents of the form will depend upon the selection made on the element properties form.

One of five subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above. The contents of the form will depend upon the selection made on the element properties form. The most general description of a beam is provided by the Hughes-Liu, which permits definition of standard sections.

This subordinate form appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create PROD and CROD Bulk Data entries. This defines a tension-compression-torsion element of the structural model.

One of six subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above. The contents of the form will depend upon the selection made on the element properties form.

One of 4 subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above. The contents of the form will depend upon the selection made on the element properties form.

One of two subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above.

This subordinate form appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above.

One of five subordinate forms appear when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above. The contents of the form will depend upon the selection made on the element properties form.

One of eight subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above.

This subordinate form appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above.

This subordinate form appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

No data is required for the dummy shells.

This subordinate form appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

Use this form to create the Bulk Data entries indicated above.

One of eight subordinate forms appears when the Input Properties button is selected on the Element Properties form when the following options are chosen.

In contrast with traditional Lagrangian solids, Eulerian elements can contain multiple materials in one volume element. Therefore no materials have to be assigned on the Input Properties form, when the general initial condition generation using the PEULER1 option is used. Material and initial condition for Eulerian element property sets are then assigned by selecting Object: Init. Cond. Euler under Loads/BCs.

Use this form to create Eulerian properties, according to the Lagrangian approach. Each Eulerian element contains only one material. The material is selected on the Input Properties form.