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Hi, 1-Could u please tell me whether it is important to define i node as a master node and j node as a slave node in zero lenght element or not? 2-How can Opensees recognize that two nodes become close to eachother or far in zero lenght element? 3-Is positive local axes in zero lenght element in dir...

Hi, I want to know whether opensees recent released version can analyze nonlinear shell elements or not. I've already modeled a bridge deck with shell MITC4 but the program can't converge but when I change shell elements to beam column elements, It works!!! Could u please tell me if opensees has any...

Hi,
I want to define a zero length element with angle of 39.
Is it correct to define it's vector orientaion like 1 .81 0 -1 .81 0?
Thanks