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Hi, As far as I know you can not use Template 3D materials in plane strain or axisymmetric problems. Since QUADS are 2D elements you can not use Template3D with QUADS. This means that all the materials in Template3D such as Von Mises, Mohr-Coulomb, Cam Clay etc. can only be used for 3D problems. At ...

Hi, In the latest OpenSees workshop there was a presentation by J. Lu, Z. Yang and Prof. Elgamal where a graphic interface for pile analysis was presented. The presentation gave a web page to download the interface, but the web page does not currently exist. Could it be possible for the authors to m...

Hello, This message is for Prof. Jeremic: Thank you for all the good work you have done with the geotechnical part of OpenSees. I have a question: are there any plans to include in the near future 2D plane strain and axisymmetric plasticity with the soil models you have developed, including reduced ...

Tom,

As far as I know there are no quad axisymmetric elements in OpenSees. In another posting I requested G. Wang to install the quad element he developed for axisymmetric analysis but I do not know when or if the element will be added to OpenSees.

Regards,

Gang, I think it would be very useful if you could include the bbarQuad element for axisymmetric problems you coded. This would be the only axisymmetric element for plasticity analysis in OpenSees. In addition, since until now we still don't have quad elements with reduced integration in OpenSees, t...

Thanks Gang for your quick answers. The example you posted works well even with the bbarQuad element. I have three questions: 1) how do you model a Multiaxial Cyclic Plasticity axisymmetric problem? in your two papers with Prof. Sitar you used axisymmetric analysis. I tried defining the material nDM...

Multiaxial Cyclic Plasticity, developed by Prof. Sitar and B. Wang, was added in version 1.6.2. It applies to plane strain and axisymmetric cases. Will you please provide some examples and the commands. I couldn't find anything in the manual or the examples.

Thank you