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      <h4 class="refClassification">Beam Cross-Section Property </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines the properties of a beam element by cross-sectional dimensions. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format:  (Note:  n = number of dimensions and m = number of intermediate stations) </div>
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                     <p class="para_td">PBEAML </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GROUP </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TYPE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM1(A) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM2(A) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMn(A) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NSM(A) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SO(1) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">X(1)/XB </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM1(1) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM2(1) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMn(1) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NSM(1) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SO(2) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">X(2)/XB </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM1(2) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM2(2) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMn(2) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM1(m) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMn(m) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NSM(m) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SO(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM1(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIM2(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMn(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Example: </div>
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                     <p class="para_td">99 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">21 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">T </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">12. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">14.8 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2.5 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2.6 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NO </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">PID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Property identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Material identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GROUP </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Cross-section group.  (Character; Default = &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo;) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TYPE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Cross-section shape.  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_21.html#ref28024');return(false);">29-4. </a> (Character: &ldquo;ROD&rdquo;, &ldquo;TUBE&rdquo;, &ldquo;L&rdquo;, &ldquo;I&rdquo;, &ldquo;CHAN&rdquo;, &ldquo;T&rdquo;, &ldquo;BOX&rdquo;, &ldquo;BAR&rdquo;, &ldquo;CROSS&rdquo;, &ldquo;H&rdquo;, &ldquo;T1&rdquo;, &ldquo;I1&rdquo;, &ldquo;CHAN1&rdquo;, &ldquo;Z&rdquo;, &ldquo;CHAN2&rdquo;, &ldquo;T2&rdquo;, &ldquo;BOX1&rdquo;, &ldquo;HEXA&rdquo;, &ldquo;HAT&rdquo;, &ldquo;HAT1&rdquo; for GROUP = &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo;) 
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMi(A), DIMi(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Cross-section dimensions at end A and B.  (Real &gt; 0.0 for GROUP = &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo;) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NSM(A), NSM(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Nonstructural mass per unit length.  (Real &ge; 0.0; Default = 0.0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SO(j),SO(B) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Stress output request option for intermediate station j and end B.  (Character; Default = &ldquo;YES&rdquo;) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">YES: </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Stresses recovered at all points on next continuation and shown in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_21.html#ref57247');return(false);">Figure 17-</a> as C, D, E, and F. 
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                     <p class="para_td">NO: </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">No stresses or forces are recovered. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">X(j)/XB </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Distance from end A to intermediate station j in the element coordinate system divided by the length of the element.  (Real &gt; 0.0; Default = 1.0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NSM(j) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Nonstructural mass per unit length at intermediate station j.  (Real &ge; 0.0; Default = 0.0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DIMi(j) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Cross-section dimensions at intermediate station j.  (Real &gt; 0.0 for GROUP = &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo;) </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">For structural problems, PBEAML entries must reference a MAT1 material entry. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">PID must be unique with respect to all other PBEAM and PBEAML property identification numbers. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">For heat-transfer problems, the MID must reference a MAT4 or MAT5 material entry. </p>
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            <li><a name="ref28024"></a><p class="para_item">See the PBEAM entry description for a discussion of beam-element geometry. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">If any of the fields NSM(B), DIMi(B) are blank on the continuation entry for End B, the values are set to the values given for end A.  For the continuation entries that have values of X(j)/XB between 0.0 and 1.0 and use the default option (blank field), a linear interpolation between the values at ends A and B is performed to obtain the missing field. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The GROUP is associated with a FMS CONNECT statement, which specifies the evaluator.  A reserved GROUP name is &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo;.  Users may create their own cross-section types.  Each of the types will require a one or more subroutines to convert DIMi information to geometric property information contained on a PBEAM entry. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">For GROUP = &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo;, the cross-sectional properties, shear flexibility factors and stress recovery points are computed using the TYPE and DIMi as shown in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/18topic_21.html#ref57247');return(false);">Figure 17-</a>.  The element coordinate system is located at the shear center. 
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               <p class="para_item">A function of this entry is to derive an equivalent PBEAM entry. Any sorted echo request will also cause printout and/or punch of the derived PBEAM. The equivalent PBEAM does not include warping coefficients. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The cross-section dimensions, DIMi, cannot be used directly as design variables in SOL 200.  DEQATN entries may be used to indirectly specify cross-section dimensions as design variables. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The generated PBEAM entries will not contain warping coefficients. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Beams can have no more than 14 dimensions per station. The total number of dimensions at all stations must be less than 200. The transfer of data with the beam server is limited to 4000 words. </p>
               <p class="para_item">None of these limits are exceeded with the NX Nastran beam library, but a user defined beam library could. </p>
               <p class="para_item">There is a further limit that the NSM values input on the PBARL and PBEAML must be &ge; 0. No other property types have this limit. </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks related to SOLs 601 and 701: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">Tapered beams are not supported. Hence, only the dimensions at end A are used and a constant cross section is assumed, i.e., only DIM1(A), DIM2(A), to DIMn(A) are used for the properties of the beam element. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">GROUP, NSM(A), and all fields for intermediate stations and end B are ignored. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">TYPE = &ldquo;L&rdquo;, &ldquo;Z&rdquo;, &ldquo;BOX1&rdquo;, &ldquo;CROSS&rdquo;, &ldquo;HEXA&rdquo;, &ldquo;HAT&rdquo;, and &ldquo;HAT1&rdquo; are not supported. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">No shear stiffness correction is used. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The neutral axis and shear center are assumed to be coincident with the element x-axis. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The behavior of a CBEAM element is the same as a CBAR element in SOLs 601 and 701. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Offsets defined between the neutral axis and the shear center are ignored. </p><a name="ref57247"></a><div class="figure">
                  <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkp-fig07a.gif"></p>
                  <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkp-fig07b.gif"></p>
                  <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkp-fig07c.gif"></p>
                  <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkp-fig07d.gif"></p>
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               <div class="title_figure">Figure. Definition of Cross-Section Geometry and Stress Recovery Points for GROUP = &ldquo;MSCBML0&rdquo; </div>
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