how can i get the element and total stiffness matrix

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how can i get the element and total stiffness matrix

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hi:
everyone,
how can i get the total stiffness matrix and element stiffness matrix , can anybody give me some advice.
thanks .
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Re: how can i get the element and total stiffness matrix

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you can get the tangent matrix of the global system using printA
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index ... tA_Command

you cannot obtain the individual element matrices w/o going in and writing some code.
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