dmprat

Mapdl.dmprat(ratio='', **kwargs)

Sets a constant modal damping ratio.

APDL Command: DMPRAT

Parameters:

ratio

Modal damping ratio (for example, 2% is input as 0.02).

Notes

Sets a constant damping ratio for use in the mode-superposition transient (ANTYPE,TRANS) or harmonic (ANTYPE,HARMIC) analysis and the spectrum (ANTYPE,SPECTR) analysis.

This command is also valid in PREP7.