-- Gregory Fenves

9:15 – 10:00 Getting Started with OpenSees:

Downloading and Installing the Software

Introduction to Tcl/Tk and OpenSees Commands

-- Frank McKenna

10:00 – 10:15 Introduction to the OpenSees User Manual and Files

-- Silvia Mazzoni

10:15 -- 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:30 Structural Models I (Parameter Definition, Nodes, Constraints, Materials, Sections & Elements, Block & Region, Geometric Transformation)

-- Silvia Mazzoni

11:30 – 12:00 Structural Models II (Recorders, Loads) -- Silvia Mazzoni

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Introduction to Analysis Commands (System, Integrator, Algorithm, Numberer Analyze)

-- Frank McKenna

2:00 – 3:00 When Things Go Wrong: Modifying the Script in the Event of Non-Convergence

-- Frank McKenna

3:00 – 3:15 Break

3:15 – 4:00 Structural Example – Reinforced-Concrete Frame: Building the Model

-- Silvia Mazzoni

4:00 – 4:30 Structural Example – Reinforced-Concrete Frame: Static, Cyclic and Dynamic Analyses, Multiple-Support Excitation

-- Frank McKenna

Day 2: Friday, September 3

8:00 – 8:15 Review and Questions from Day 1

-- Frank McKenna & Silvia Mazzoni

8:15 – 9:00 Parameter Studies Using OpenSees

-- Silvia Mazzoni

9:00 – 9:45 Geotechnical Models & Examples -- Boris Jeremic

9:45 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 11:00 OpenSees Applications:

Geotechnical Capabilities and Applications -- Zhaohui Yang

OpenSees User-Interface: Windows Tcl Editor -- Curt Haselton

A Graphical Interface Application for OpenSees

-- Tony Yang & Andreas Schellenberg

11:00 – 11:30 Introduction to NEESgrid Simulation Component

-- Frank McKenna & Gregory Fenves

11:30 – 12:00 NEESgrid Simulation Portal -- Tomasz Haupt

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 FEDEASlab, A Matlab Toolbox for Nonlinear Structural Analysis

-- Filip Filippou

3:00 – 3:30 Questions and Wrap-up Discussion

-- Frank McKenna & Gregory Fenves