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section Command

This command is used to construct a SectionForceDeformation object, hereto referred to as Section, which represents force-deformation (or resultant stress-strain) relationships at beam-column and plate sample points.

Elastic – defined by material and geometric constants

Resultant – general nonlinear description of force-deformation response, e.g. moment-curvature

Fiber – section is discretized into smaller regions for which the material stress-strain response is integrated to give resultant behavior, e.g. reinforced concrete

The valid queries to any section when creating an ElementRecorder are 'force' and 'deformation.'

Section Representation (Michael's)

In This Chapter

Elastic Section

Uniaxial Section

Fiber Section

Section Aggregator

Elastic Membrane Plate Section

Plate Fiber Section

Bidirectional Section

Isolator2spring Section: Model to include buckling behavior of an elastomeric bearing

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