BuildingTcl -- addSection: SectionModelLabel RCRectangularFiber

Commands

addSectionData SectionLabel $SectionLabel

addSectionData SectionModelLabel RCRectangularFiber

addSectionData B $B

addSectionData H $H

addSectionData CoverMaterialLabel $CoverMaterialLabel

addSectionData CoreMaterialLabel $CoreMaterialLabel

addSectionData ReinfMaterialLabel $ReinfMaterialLabel

<addSectionData SectionDescription $SectionDescription >

<addSectionData NBarTop $NBarTop>

<addSectionData NBarBot $NBarBot>

<addSectionData NBarInt $NBarInt>

<addSectionData BarSizeTop $BarSizeTop>

<addSectionData BarSizeBot $BarSizeBot>

<addSectionData BarSizeInt $BarSizeInt>

<addSectionData CoverTop $CoverTop>

<addSectionData CoverBot $CoverBot>

<addSectionData CoverInt $CoverInt>

<addSectionData nfCoreH $nfCoreH>

<addSectionData nfCoreB $nfCoreB>

<addSectionData nfCoverH $nfCoverH>

<addSectionData nfCoverB $nfCoverB>

<addSectionData nu $nu>

<addSectionData J$J>

<addSectionData WeightDensity $WeightDensity>;

addSection

Arguments

$SectionLabel 

Unique Section Label for reference

$B

Width along horizontal/bending axis

$H

Depth along vertical/rotated axis

$CoverMaterialLabel 

Previously-defined MaterialLabel. Used as cover material, defined outside the perimeter of the longitudinal reinforcement.

$CoreMaterialLabel 

Previously-defined MaterialLabel. Used as core material, defined inside the perimeter of the longitudinal reinforcement.

$ReinfMaterialLabel

Previously-defined MaterialLabel. Used as longitudinal-reinforcement material.

$SectionDescription 

Text. Optional, default = blank {}

$NBarTop 

Number of Reinf. Bars in Top Layer. Optional, default = 0

$NBarBot 

Number of Reinf. Bars in Bottom Layer. Optional, default = 0

$NBarInt 

Number of Reinf. Bars in Each Intermediate Layer. Optional, default = 0

$BarSizeTop 

Size Label of Reinf. Bars in TopLayer. Optional, default = #9

$BarSizeBot 

Size Label of Reinf. Bars in Bottom Layer. Optional, default = #9

$BarSizeInt 

Size Label of Reinf. Bars in Intermediate Layer. Optional, default = #9

$CoverTop 

Cover to centroid of Reinf. Bars in Top Layer. Optional, default = 2. inch

$CoverBot 

Cover to centroid of Reinf. Bars in Bottom Layer. Optional, default = 2. inch

$CoverInt 

Cover to centroid of Reinf. Bars in Intermediate Layer. Optional, default = 2. inch

$nfCoreH 

Number of core fibers along depth. Optional, default = 16

$nfCoreB 

Number of core fibers along width. Optional, default = 16

$nfCoverH 

Number of cover fibers along depth. Optional, default = 4

$nfCoverB 

Number of cover fibers along width. Optional, default = 4

$nu

Poisson's Ratio. Used to calulated G=($E/2/(1+$nu). Optional, default = 0.2

$J

Torsional Moment of Inertia. Optional, default = 1.e8

$WeightDensity 

Linear Weight Density of section. Used to calculated element weight: ElementWeight=$WeightDensity*ElementLength. Optional, default = 0.

NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CURRENT VERSION

Notes

The addSection command must be placed at the end of each Section-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addSection command and define the Section.

OpenSees Object

This SectionModel is based on the OpenSees Fiber Section

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BuildingTcl -- addSection

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