Verifying the results

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arash1985us
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Verifying the results

Post by arash1985us »

Dear Dr. Silvia:
I did pushover analysis with SAP and OPENSEES.Should my capacity curves(Base shear vs. Displacement) be the same in both procedures?and with the same results(for example the maximum base shear)
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only if they are exactly the same model and modeled exactly the same way.
Silvia Mazzoni, PhD
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Degenkolb Engineers
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