This command is used to construct an eight-node zero-thickness 3D brick acoustic-structure interface element object based on a bilinear isoparametric formulation. The nodes in the acoustic domain share the same coordinates with the nodes in the solid domain.
.. function:: element('ASI3D8', eleTag, *eleNodes1, *eleNodes2) :noindex: =================================== =========================================================================== ``eleTag`` |int| unique element object tag ``*eleNodes``` |listi| four nodes defining structure domain of element boundaries ``*eleNodes2`` |listi| four nodes defining acoustic domain of element boundaries =================================== ===========================================================================
Note
Reference: ABAQUS theory manual. (2.9.1 Coupled acoustic-structural medium analysis)
.. seealso:: `Notes <http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index.php/ASI3D8>`_