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Hello, I would like to ask that if I use in the zero-Length element the -orient part of the command and I give -dir according to the local axes is it the same like if I do not give -orient and I give the -dir according to the global axes? Because in the manual it says that <-orient> is optional and ...

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When I use the mass command and the load command I was said to put in the load command the same kind and amount of loads that I have put in the mass command (like a source of loads:dead loads).Is it correct like this or it will be counted two times?

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So, if I am right according to my model in which I use fibers and torsion as aggregator the repeated four columns will be P,Mz,My and T.What deformations do I get from M and T?What results do I get from the rest of the sections?(section2-section6).What are so many sections needed for? Thank you very...

Hello The building that I have to model was tested till a moment when it was stopped because of the imminent collapse of the structure. About the same moment of the earthquake my model in OpenSees fails as well(i run the whole earthquake on it).Is the result of the program that fails like that corre...

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My model is 3D

Hello. I m a student and I would like to ask about the results that come out from these two orders.Both of the output files contain 16 columns of results and they refer to a column that is separated by nodes in 4 elements that create the region 121. What is each of the column?-What do they mean? I w...