OpenSees User Workshop

Monday, 8 September 2008

9:00am – 5:00pm

Welcome and Introduction to OpenSees & NEESit Simulation – Gregory L. Fenves

NEESit Services – Steve McCabe

Getting Started with OpenSees – Frank McKenna

Introduction to the OpenSees User Resources – Silvia Mazzoni

Structural Models (Parameter Definition, Nodes, Constraints, Materials, Sections & Elements, Geometric Transformation, Recorders, Loads) – Silvia Mazzoni

Introduction to Analysis Commands (System, Integrator, Algorithm, Numberer Analyze) -- Frank McKenna

When Things Go Wrong: Modifying the Script in the Event of Non-Convergence -- Frank McKenna

Geotechnical and Solids in OpenSees – Pedro Arduino

Structural Example –Building the Model -- Silvia Mazzoni

Structural Example –Static, Cyclic and Dynamic Analyses, Multiple-Support Excitation -- Frank McKenna

Geotechnical and Solids Examples – Pedro Arduino

OpenSees Modeling Workshop

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

9:00am – 5:00pm

Session 1. Modeling & Analysis

Nonlinear Modeling & Analysis -- Prof. Filip Filippou, UC Berkeley

Session 2. OpenSees Applications

Parallel OpenSees -- Frank McKenna, UC Berkeley

Advanced Modeling Techniques in OpenSees -- Silvia Mazzoni, UC Berkeley

Session 3. Structural Modeling & Analysis

Numerical Simulation of Bridge Model -- Matthew Dryden, UC Berkeley

Numerical Simulation of Building Model -- Colleen McQuoid, UC Berkeley

Structural Example – Performance-Based Seismic Evaluation of Cantilevered Reinforced-Concrete Structure -- Sigmund Freeman, Marie Verdoux and Mahmoud Hachem, WJE

Session 4. Geotechnical Modeling & Analysis

Lateral Spreading Models -- Prof. Pedro Arduino, U of Washington

PEER Testbed: Nonlinear Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Transverse and Longitudinal Response -- Prof. Ahmed Elgamal, UC San Diego