buckling analysis

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adelm
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buckling analysis

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Hi everyone,
Does opensees have the option of buckling analysis?
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Re: buckling analysis

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you can model buckling in OpenSees by creating a number of elements for the buckling member and giving the nodes some initial imperfection.
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adelm
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Re: buckling analysis

Post by adelm »

Thanks Frank. Yes, that's what I did. But as a back of an envelope, I was hoping to see opensees has this solver added to the source code!
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