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nrojas
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unsymmetric section

Post by nrojas » Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:12 pm

I need to know how to model a unsymmetric section (L shape for example) in opensees (all sections in the examples are symmetric). 2) Why all sections in the examples are rotated such Y axis is vertical and Z axis is horizontal?

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Post by fmk » Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:00 am

an L shape is just 2 rectangular patches .. i trust you can figure it out for yourself.

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