measurement units

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lorenzino
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measurement units

Post by lorenzino »

Hello, is it possible to use european measurement units (metre, Pascal, Newton...) in OpenSees? I mean, can I just use them in the mean file (the file in which I define the geometry and materials properties) and run it or should I change some settings also in the other files (dispControl file, gravity file, LibAnalysisStaticParameters and LibGeneratePeaks)?

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selimgunay
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Re: measurement units

Post by selimgunay »

There are no default units in OpenSees. You can use any set of units as long as they are consistent.
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Re: measurement units

Post by selimgunay »

Please follow some of the examples below as reference to the use of units

http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index ... _W-Section
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