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Thanks so much Dr. McKenna for replying and your advance. my model includes both beam and truss element. as I understood, because truss element has indeed zero rotational stiffness it dose't need to fix rotational dof. in other word because truss element can't carry any moment, therefor no moment is...

Hello In my model a series of truss elements(pin-ended) should be connected to a beam-column element. should I define any hinges at the ends of each truss element? or does OpenSees always consider truss element as a pin-ended element ?. sorry I have another question too... I am expecting the truss e...

dear all hi in my model, both beams and columns carry significant amount of moment and axial loads and they are subject to formation of plastic hinges both at their ends and even in spans. corresponding to code, beams and columns should be remain elastic however only the two ends of beams allowed to...