help on confinement modeling

hamedpar · Post by **hamedpar** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:09 am

hi,i had a problem,because of diffrenet confinement in section of beam and column,i want to divide for example beam or column into 3 part ,2 part at end with 2h length with more confinement effect and another length (L-4h) with less confinement because of transverse Strupps.is it true or not?????

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:42 am

there is a way in the nonlinear beacolumn element to specify different sections alon the length, it should be in the manual, or in this forum

hamedpar · Post by **hamedpar** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:23 pm

i can not find it.if it is possible plz write a sample!!

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:35 pm

element forceBeamColumn $eleTag $iNode $jNode $numIntgrPts -sections $secTag1 $secTag2 ... $transfTag