Problem in recognizing the brick8N

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kgkoktsi
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Problem in recognizing the brick8N

Post by kgkoktsi » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:15 pm

Hi!
I'd be grateful if anybody knows how the brick8N can be read by the opensees.
When I write the following script:

wipe;
model BasicBuilder -ndm 3 -ndf 3;

# nodal coordinates:

node 1 1 1 4
node 2 -1 1 4
node 3 -1 -1 4
node 4 1 -1 4
node 5 1 1 2
node 6 -1 1 2
node 7 -1 -1 2
node 8 1 -1 2
node 9 1 1 0
node 10 -1 1 0
node 11 -1 -1 0
node 12 1 -1 0

puts "Nodes Defined"

fix 9 1 1 1
fix 10 1 1 1
fix 11 1 1 1
fix 12 1 1 1

puts "Fixities Defined"

nDMaterial ElasticIsotropic3D 1 1800000 0.25 2.243

puts "Material Defined"

element Brick8N 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 0 0 0 0
element Brick8N 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 0 0 0 0

puts "Elements Defined"

I don't receive the final message "Elements Defined". But when I change the type of the brick element to SSPbrick everything is fine. Why is this happening?
Thanks!

vesna
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Re: Problem in recognizing the brick8N

Post by vesna » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:23 pm

brick8N is removed from OpenSees and that is why it is not working.

kgkoktsi
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Re: Problem in recognizing the brick8N

Post by kgkoktsi » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:30 pm

Vesna, thank you very much!

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