NSML

Bulk Data Entry Defines lumped non-structural mass for a list of elements or properties.

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
NSML SID TYPE ID VALUE ID VALUE ID VALUE  

Example

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
NSML 6 PSHELL 16 0.29          

Definitions

Field Contents SI Unit Example
SID Non-structural mass set identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

 
TYPE This can be one of the properties PSOLID, PSHELL, PCOMP, PBAR, PBARL, PBEAM, PBEAML, PROD, CONROD, PSHEAR, or PTUBE, in which case the list of IDs will refer to properties of the stated type, or it can be ELEMENT, in which case the list is of individual element IDs of elements that can have NSM. It can also be of type ELSET, in which case, it is an element SET ID.

No default

 
ID Property, Element ID, or Element Set ID depending on the TYPE definition.

No default (Integer > 0)

 
VALUE A lumped mass value to be distributed over all the listed elements and elements referencing listed properties.

No default (Real)

 

Comments

  1. Refer to Non-structural Mass in the User Guide for more information on the use of this card.
  2. Non-structural mass in this format must be selected by the NSM (Subcase Information Entry) Subcase Information selector.
  3. This entry will calculate an equivalent non-structural mass per unit area or per unit length using the lumped mass values provided.
    For "area" elements, the calculation is:(1)
    NSM per unit area = VALUE i = 1 n area of element i
    and for "line" elements, the calculation is:(2)
    NSM per unit length = VALUE i = 1 n length of element i
  4. You cannot mix "area" and "line" elements on the same entry. The "area" elements are: CQUAD4, CQUAD8, CTRIA3, CTRIA6, and CSHEAR; and the "line" elements are: CBAR, CBEAM, CTUBE, CROD, and CONROD.
  5. The value of the non-structural mass does not change during Topology Optimization.