how to output this section force

ocean2000 · Post by **ocean2000** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:09 pm

i want to output the force and deformation of a section which is at the base of a column. the column has 5 integer points. in the EXAMPLE 3.3 of opensees example primer, it's use the script follow:

# Create recorders to monitor section forces and deformations
# at the base of the left column
recorder Element -time -file ele1secForce.out -ele 1 section 1 force
recorder Element -time -file ele1secDef.out -ele 1 section 1 deformation

i know the ele1 stand for the left column, and the section 1 is the column section id, the aim of the script is to output the base section.but i can't understand that the script how to tell the base and the top section?

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:56 pm

the section number corresponds to the integration point, starting with i=1 at node i, and i=n at node j.

hope this helps.

ocean2000 · Post by **ocean2000** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:48 pm

thank you silva.