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by soroshaghabeigi
Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:03 am
Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
Topic: Model a diagonal gap
Replies: 2
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Re: Model a diagonal gap

Dear Selimgunay:
Thank you for your response.
actually, i got better results by changing the shear and the rotational stiffness of the link and using p-delta for geomTransf
by soroshaghabeigi
Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:17 am
Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
Topic: Model a diagonal gap
Replies: 2
Views: 1885

Model a diagonal gap

Hi Engineers, I would like to model a gap inside a truss. When the truss is horizontal, OpenSEES gives correct results. But it fails when the truss is diagonal or has an angle. Consider a cantilever column and a truss, with two configurations: in Configuration 1 (Fig. 1), the truss is horizontal and...