Axisymmetric Analysis

vladtepesch · Post by **vladtepesch** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:21 pm

Hello there !

I'm new to openSees, and i've just read the manual.
My question:
The Quad elements only allow PlaneStrain or PlainStress as type, but is there an axisymmetric element available ?
Or is there some other trick to avoid a full 3d analysis ?
I'd like to perform some simulations of pull-out tests of adhesive anchors in uncracked concrete, so a 2d analysis would be convenient.

Thanks in advance,
Tom

perou · Post by **perou** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:29 am

Tom,

As far as I know there are no quad axisymmetric elements in OpenSees. In another posting I requested G. Wang to install the quad element he developed for axisymmetric analysis but I do not know when or if the element will be added to OpenSees.

Regards,