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50.14 RayleighDampingComponent object

A RayleighDampingComponent object is used to define Rayleigh damping over a range of modes.

Access
import step
mdb.models[name].steps[name].rayleighDamping.components[i]


50.14.1  Members

The RayleighDampingComponent object has the following members:

start

An Int specifying the mode number of the lowest mode of a range.

end

An Int specifying the mode number of the highest mode of a range.

alpha

A Float specifying the mass proportional damping, .

beta

A Float specifying the stiffness proportional damping, .