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Hello, I tried to install MPI according to the instruction given in http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index ... Processing. I installed MPICH2 and it was done successfully. I have encountered the following issues: - When I open command window and type "smpd -status" and it returns that thi...

Hello, I tried to install MPI according to the instruction given in http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index.php/Parallel_Processing. I installed MPICH2 and it was done successfully. I have encountered the following issues: - I am not sure how I should run "wmpiconfig to store username/password&...

Thank you for reply. I was wondering if I can use the remove ele eleTag + add ele commands in the analysis section of my model? As I need to update properties of 16 zerolength elements based on the axial force value of one of the elements and the axial load is varying at every step of the time histo...

Hi,

I was wondering if I can remove and add (update) the material properties (Fy for steel02) of a zero length element while dynamic analysis is running. If it is possible, which command I should use to proceed.

Any advice would be really appreciated.

Thank you.
Akbar

Hello, I was wondering what is difference between localForce and globalForce recorders for a forcebeamcolumn element? I am recording localForce and globalForce for an element part of a single steel column loaded under lateral displacement (with large P-Delta effect). When I comparing the recorder re...

I am running OpenSees on OS X 10.6.8 and am having some difficulty setting everything up, how I can change the path that OpenSees runs through? When I run Opensees and try to source 1.tcl file it returns saying that there is no such file or directory. I have the OpenSees executable file in the same ...