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Hysteretic Material

This command is used to construct a uniaxial bilinear hysteretic material object with pinching of force and deformation, damage due to ductility and energy, and degraded unloading stiffness based on ductility.

uniaxialMaterial Hysteretic $matTag $s1p $e1p $s2p $e2p <$s3p $e3p> $s1n $e1n $s2n $e2n <$s3n $e3n> $pinchX $pinchY $damage1 $damage2 <$beta>

$matTag

unique material object integer tag

$s1p

$e1p

stress and strain (or force & deformation) at first point of the envelope in the positive direction

$s2p

$e2p

stress and strain (or force & deformation) at second point of the envelope in the positive direction

$s3p

$e3p

stress and strain (or force & deformation) at third point of the envelope in the positive direction (optional)

$s1n

$e1n

stress and strain (or force & deformation) at first point of the envelope in the negative direction*

$s2n

$e2n

stress and strain (or force & deformation) at second point of the envelope in the negative direction*

$s3n

$e3n

stress and strain (or force & deformation) at third point of the envelope in the negative direction (optional)*

$pinchX

pinching factor for strain (or deformation) during reloading

$pinchY

pinching factor for stress (or force) during reloading

$damage1

damage due to ductility: D1(mu-1)

$damage2

damage due to energy: D2(Eii/Eult)

$beta

power used to determine the degraded unloading stiffness based on ductility, mu-beta (optional, default=0.0)

*NOTE: negative backbone points should be entered as negative numeric values

Hysteretic Material Model

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Hysteretic -- Material Behavior

Effects of Hysteretic-Material Parameters

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