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 forceBeamColumn
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.. function:: element('forceBeamColumn',eleTag,*eleNodes,transfTag,integrationTag,'-iter',maxIter=10,tol=1e-12,'-mass',mass=0.0)
   :noindex:

   Create a ForceBeamColumn element.

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   ``eleTag`` |int|           tag of the element
   ``eleNodes`` |listi|       a list of two element nodes
   ``transfTag`` |int|        tag of transformation
   ``integrationTag`` |int|   tag of :func:`beamIntegration`
   ``maxIter`` |int|          maximum number of iterations to undertake to satisfy element compatibility (optional)
   ``tol`` |float|            tolerance for satisfaction of element compatibility (optional)
   ``mass`` |float|           element mass density (per unit length), from which a lumped-mass matrix is formed (optional)
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