How to model the special shaped column

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JunLi
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How to model the special shaped column

Post by JunLi » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:39 am

Hi,everyone

How to model special shaped columns such as the T-shaped one in OpenSEES?

Thanks a lot!

Regards.
Jun Li, M.S Candidate
Earthquake Engineering Research Division
School of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering
Dalian University of Technology
Dalian, 116024
China

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Post by fmk » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:51 am

you a bunch of patch commands .. similar in idea to Example3.1 .. here we have core and cover areas seperatly defined using patches.

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Post by JunLi » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:43 pm

much appreciate!
Jun Li, M.S Candidate
Earthquake Engineering Research Division
School of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering
Dalian University of Technology
Dalian, 116024
China

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