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I want to know the process of hinge development , so , how can I record hinge ?
The element I used is beam With Hinges!

Is this right?
recorder Element -file $dataDir/PlasticDeform.out -time -ele 1 plasticDeformation;

the deformation just means the hinge rotation?

In my 3-story 2-bay frame, the rotation of every element are the same, what may the reason be ? Is it abnormal ? my recorder string: recorder Element -file $dataDir/ele111rotation.out -time -ele 111 rotation; recorder Element -file $dataDir/ele112rotation.out -time -ele 112 rotation; recorder Elemen...

[quote="vesna"]First three columns of data are forces of element at node i, next three columns are forces at node j.[/quote]

Thank you .

My model is 2D, 3dof: As the command-language-manual showed, the output of recorder element are expected to be FX FY MZ seperately, in another way, I should get three teams of data. However, the output I got is six teams of data! What may the reason be? what are the surplus three teams? Part of data...

[quote="vesna"]I looked at your file, made few changes and now it works fine. There were two reasons for your code not running properly: 1. The plastic hinge lengths of all elements were extremely small (at least 10 times smaller then any reasonable value of a plastic hinge) 2. The displacement incr...

[quote="vesna"]Would you mind sending me your model? I can take a look and let you know what is causing the problem. Send it to vesna AT berkeley DOT edu.[/quote]

Thank you for your answering, I have sent it to you.

[quote="vesna"]This message means that the element 111 has probably failed at the load factor of 253.29. Look at the pushover curve to see how far did your structure go. If your structure is in the elastic range when the element 111 fails, your model requires modifications. If your structure experie...

[quote="vesna"]This message means that the element 111 has probably failed at the load factor of 253.29. Look at the pushover curve to see how far did your structure go. If your structure is in the elastic range when the element 111 fails, your model requires modifications. If your structure experie...

Running Pushover... WARNING - ForceBeamColumn2d::update - failed to get compatible element forces & deformations for element: 111(dW: << 0.0144669) Domain::update - domain failed in update DisplacementControl::newStep - model failed to update for new dU StaticAnalysis::analyze() - the Integrator fai...

when i make column used element beamwithhinges, the result is unrealistic, therefore, I wonder, whether the element beamwithhinges is not considered used in column? Besides, if I take no consideration of gravity load, the result I got is reasonable. So, when the element beamwithhinges was usd, there...

[quote="evd561"]I'm getting this as well. Very confused [/quote]
I am still in trouble, what about you?

Now I am doing somework with beamWithHinges, but there's always some errors. Therefore, is there example including beamwithhinges ?

# SET UP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- wipe; model BasicBuilder -ndm 2 -ndf 3; set dataDir Data; file mkdir $dataDir; set GMdir "../GMfiles/"; source LibUnits.tcl; source BuildRCrectSection.tcl; source LibMaterialsRC.tcl; set LCol [expr 3*$m]; set LBeam...

ArpackSolver::Error with _saupd info = -9999 Could not build an Arnoldi factorization.IPARAM(5) the size of the current Arnol di factorization: is 4factorization. The user is advised to check thatenough wor kspace and array storage has been allocated. WARNING DirectIntegrationAnalysis::eigen() - Eig...

I checked the part about the define of the Mass, however, there is still something wrong.
Could someone tell me what's the problem?