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arash1985us wrote: > Thanks Dr.Silvia; > so, you mean: > 1-I must use displacement-based nonlinear beam-column elements instead of > forced-based ones in pushover?,and > 2-how should I adjust the records?Should I record moments at each node of > elements and compare with plastic moments to see where...

Donno if it's the right place to ask but: any project concerning a MacOS compatible version of OSees (Even an OpenSees LT)? Or maybe an app running on iPAd? You know... I spend a lot of time of my days on trains (home-university) and it would be useful to have something portable. Well, just asking a...

behzad1980 wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to define a zero length element with angle of 39.
> Is it correct to define it's vector orientaion like 1 .81 0 -1 .81 0?
> Thanks

Just wondering: why do you need a zero lenght element? What kind of model are you building?

subrata wrote: > Thanks Avytin. I am using nDmaterial elastic where only modulus of > elasticity E and poisson's Ratio have to be specified. In that case what > should I do? > Thanks, > Subrata I hope I'm not wrong but I have seen a textbox where you can specify it after the poisson's ratio. Just le...

Hei Sumit Jindal. Are you using the "white loop" module? Can you give us some more infos abou your soil model? I will try to compare it with my experience and give you some feedback. Bye from Italy