units

talebian.s.e · Post by **talebian.s.e** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:27 am

hi,
I want to know how to define units in opensees.my basic units are KN,mm,sec .
would u please tell me the exact command for my basic units?

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:18 am

please look at the units file in the examples manual.
replace the basic units with yours and modify the rest to match based on your basic units.
make sure you make a distinction with kg-mass and kg-weight in SI units, and lb-mass and lb-weight in Imperial units.

talebian.s.e · Post by **talebian.s.e** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:53 am

Thank you.
you are really kind to all opensees users.