NONPRISMATIC

nima · Post by **nima** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:23 am

Hello,
how can i model a nonprismatic column in lenght direction ?

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:18 am

you define different sections along the length by assigning the integration points:

element beamType? eleTag? iNode? jNode? transfTag? UserDefined nIP? secTag1? secTag2? .. secTagN pt1? pt2? .. ptN? wt1? wt2? .. wtN?

where beamType is forceBeamColumn or dispBeamColumn, the others being self explanatory.

nima · Post by **nima** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:39 pm

Thank you very much, dear Silvia.