Example 8. Model Building

There are two model-building files in Example 8, one for a steel W-section and one for a reinforced-concrete section:

Steel W Section

3D building frame: Steel W sections for both columns and beams. (variable elastic or fiber section)

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3D building frame: Reinforced-concrete rectangular sections for both columns and beams. (variable elastic or fiber section)

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In this example, the following items are variables:

Number of stories in Y direction
Number of bays in X direction
Number of bays in Z direction
Elastic/Fiber Section
Display: none/node numbering/deformed shape/mode shape (can choose which mode) (variable display scaling factor for both the deformed shape and the mode shape, this scaling factor is dependent on the user choice)

The following figure displays the user input interface:

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with the following Node-numbering display:

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or the following mode shape (mode 3):

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