TzSimple1Gen Command

The TzSimple1Gen command constructs TzSimple1 materials (Boulanger, 2003) for pre-defined zeroLength elements.

TzSimple1Gen $file1 $file2 $file3 $file4 $file5 <$file6>

$file1	The name of an input file containing soil and pile properties required to define the TzSimple1 materials.
$file2	The name of an input file containing information about the nodes that define the mesh in the domain.
$file3	The name of an input file containing information about the zeroLength elements that are to be assigned TzSimple1 materials (hereafter called tz elements).
$file4	The name of an input file containing information about the beam column elements that are attached to tz elements.
$file5	The name of the output file to which the TzSimple1 materials are written.
$file6	The name of the output file to which the applied patterns are written (optional).

The command has been structured such that $File2, $File3, $File4, $File5 and $File6 can be sourced directly from within a master tcl file. Hence $File2, $File3 and $File4 serve two purposes:

They provide information to TzSimple1Gen to create the TzSimple1 materials.
They can be sourced directly in a master tcl file to define the nodes, zeroLength elements for tz materials, and pile elements, respectively.

Furthermore, $File5 and $File6 serve the following purpose:

They can be sourced directly in a master tcl file to define the TzSimple1 materials and the applied patterns.

The dual use of the files is demonstrated in an example problem in the Appendix: TzSimple1GenDocumentation.pdf