3 D Frame & plastic rotations

sorin · Post by **sorin** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:05 am

Hi,

I trying to understand what means all the collumns from

recorder Element -file ele1Rot.out -time -ele 1 plasticRotation

for a 3 D Frame.

As I understood:

in 2 D=> load increment
plastic axial deformation
plastic rotation in 1'st node
plastic rotation in 2'nd node

As I understand:

in 3 D=> 1)load increment
2)plastic axial deformation
3)plastic rotation in 1'st node after 1 direction = for example x direction;
4)plastic rotation in 2'nd node after 1 direction = for example x direction;
5)plastic rotation in 1'st node after 2 direction = for example y direction;
6)plastic rotation in 2'nd node after 2 direction = for example y direction
7)in this last column I do not know what could be

So, please tell me if this is a good dividing of columns.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:33 am

which element is this?

sorin · Post by **sorin** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:36 pm

this is a beam with hinges element, but I am also interested about the plastic rotation of the other elements.