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by marcellosabene
Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:35 pm
Forum: Reliability Analysis
Topic: Plastic hinge length in Beam with hinge element
Replies: 1
Views: 8623

Plastic hinge length in Beam with hinge element

Hy to everyone, I have a problem with Scott and Fenves' finite element, which i am using to model beams/columns members in a 2D Frame in OpenSees. I've evaluated the Plastic Hinge Length "Lp" using Paulay and Priestley (1992) formulation, but in this way i found a high axial deformability of the ele...
by marcellosabene
Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:23 am
Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
Topic: Beam with hinges elements - Scott and Fenves
Replies: 0
Views: 5429

Beam with hinges elements - Scott and Fenves

Hy to everyone, I have a problem with Scott and Fenves' finite element, which i am using to model beams/columns members in a 2D Frame in OpenSees. I've evaluated the Plastic Hinge Length "Lp" using Paulay and Priestley (1992) formulation, but in this way i found a high axial deformability of the ele...
by marcellosabene
Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:45 am
Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
Topic: How To assign Joint 2D element in OpenSees Navigator
Replies: 0
Views: 4794

How To assign Joint 2D element in OpenSees Navigator

Hi to everyone, How can I assign Joint2D in OpenSees Navigator? In the Tcl command, I should define 4 external nodes, a central node, and the material behavior at each node. but in OpenSees Navigator, when I define a joint2D element, the software ask just for the material behavior at the external an...