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in other words I would like to know how getDamp method takes $C from viscousMaterial? especially for a zero length element. I guess it takes it in the form of eta form getDampTangent() as follows eta = theMaterial1d[mat]->getDampTangent() is this the only place where the $C is supplied to the soluti...

Hello everyone
I would like to know how $C from following is passed to the Newmark method of solution?
uniaxialMaterial Viscous $matTag $C $alpha

Any help is greatly appreciated

thanks

thanks fmk

Actually I was asking about your computer OS. anyways the source code is available for UNIX or Win32 systems, under download section: [url]opensees.berkeley.edu/OpenSees/developer/download.php[/url] you need to provide your e-mail add before download. Please note that: "The source code is distribute...

which system do u want to compile in?

hi fmk, I would like to know version restrictions for solvers petsc and mumps for the latest stable release of OpenSees i.e. v2.1.0. I tried to compile OpenSees 2.1.0 with petsc 3.0.0-p8 and could not get success. Is pets2.3 required? similarly which verison of mumps is suitable? latest one is v4.9

which solver are you using? the error might be due to inappropriate version as well

Hello all, I am using wincvs to checkout opensees source code and getting following error: cvs -d ":pserver:anonymous@opensees.berkeley.edu:/usr/local/cvs login" login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@opensees.berkeley.edu:2401:/usr/local/cvs login cvs [login aborted]: connect to opensees.berkeley.e...

Your question is kind of fundamental question behind opensees solver. i recommend you to refer to fmk's phd dissertation.

hello everyone, i am new to opensees and would like to know something about getStrain(), getStress() methods for a uniaxial material. i just wonder how to keep tracking of commited strain at each time step and how it is passed to the recorder to report the strain in an element which the material is ...