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mojtaba_khodayari
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about fiber section

Post by mojtaba_khodayari »

hi,
i use fiber section in my work, changing the number of fiber in cocncrete patch affected the pushover analysis, when i use a mesh with 2 cm my analysis done but when i change it to 3 cm , my result faild.
i want to know is there any suggestion about number of dividing patch of concrete in buildrcsection.
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Post by silvia »

you might want to research the topic.
yes, the finer the mesh, the better the results.
if you have a large model, you have to balance that with the computational expense.
Silvia Mazzoni, PhD
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