4.13.5.25. Viscous Material

uniaxialMaterial('Viscous', matTag, C, alpha)

This command is used to construct a uniaxial viscous material object. stress =C(strain-rate)^alpha

matTag (int)	integer tag identifying material
C (float)	damping coeficient
alpha (float)	power factor (=1 means linear damping)

Note

1. This material can only be assigned to truss and zeroLength elements.
2. This material can not be combined in parallel/series with other materials. When defined in parallel with other materials it is ignored.

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