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nima
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BRACE ELEMENT

Post by nima » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:58 pm

Hello,

I want to model bracing system. What element should be used?

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Post by silvia » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:01 am

depends on what kind of behavior you want to model in the brace.
i'd start with a truss element.
Silvia Mazzoni, PhD
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