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CenterColShearSpring.tcl

# Defines Shear Spring

# Units: kip, in

# KJE, Feb 2003

# slopes of shear spring backbone

set rigidSlope 1700; #Values when using zero-length spring (G*Av/L)

set negSlope -8;

# residual shear capacity

set Vr 3.0;

# strengths for initial response

set Vi1 25.0;

set Vi2 30.0;

set Vi3 45.0;

# stiffness of unloading slope for flexural component

set kf 24.7 ;# measured off hysteresis plot from analysis

# define limit surface using shear drift model

# tag eleTag

# rho f'c b h d Fsw

# Kdeg Fres defType forType nodeI nodeJ dof perpDirn

limitCurve Shear $shearCurveTag $bcTag\

0.0018 3517.0 9.0 9.0 7.75 11.87\

$kf $Vr 2 0 1 4 1 2 0.0

# define HystereticMaterial

uniaxialMaterial LimitState $shearTag\

$Vi1 [expr $Vi1/$rigidSlope] $Vi2 [expr $Vi2/$rigidSlope] $Vi3 [expr $Vi3/$rigidSlope]\

[expr -$Vi1] [expr -$Vi1/$rigidSlope] [expr -$Vi2] [expr -$Vi2/$rigidSlope] [expr -$Vi3] [expr -$Vi3/$rigidSlope]\

$pinchX $pinchY $damage1 $damage2 $beta $shearCurveTag 2 0