element recorder error

[Ahm]

Hi all.............
I am trying to use {recorder Element -file ele1sec1Force.out –time -ele 3 section 3 force}to record the element 3 forces at integration point number 3 but I get nothing in that file {ele1sec1Force.out}....
what is the problem......................................................
Thanks alot................................................


# Units: KN,m
# ------------

model basic -ndm 2 -ndf 3

set width 4.000
set height 3.650

node 1 0.0 0.0
node 2 $width 0.0
node 3 0.0 $height
node 4 $width $height

fix 1 1 1 1
fix 2 1 1 1

uniaxialMaterial Concrete01 7 -35e3 -0.003 -25e3 -0.014
uniaxialMaterial Concrete01 8 -20e3 -0.002 0.0 -0.006


set fy 3.6e5
set E 2e8

uniaxialMaterial Steel01 9 $fy $E 0.01

set colWidth .250
set colDepth .700

set cover .025

set As .000201

set y1 [expr $colDepth/2.0]

set z1 [expr $colWidth/2.0]

section Fiber 1 {

patch rect 7 10 1 [expr $cover-$y1] [expr $cover-$z1] [expr $y1-$cover] [expr $z1-$cover]

patch rect 8 10 1 [expr -$y1] [expr $z1-$cover] $y1 $z1
patch rect 8 10 1 [expr -$y1] [expr -$z1] $y1 [expr $cover-$z1]
patch rect 8 2 1 [expr -$y1] [expr $cover-$z1] [expr $cover-$y1] [expr $z1-$cover]
patch rect 8 2 1 [expr $y1-$cover] [expr $cover-$z1] $y1 [expr $z1-$cover]


layer straight 9 6 $As [expr $y1-$cover] [expr $z1-$cover] [expr $cover-$y1] [expr $z1-$cover]
layer straight 9 6 $As [expr $y1-$cover] [expr $cover-$z1] [expr $cover-$y1] [expr $cover-$z1]
layer straight 9 2 $As [expr $y1-$cover] .06666 [expr $cover-$y1] .06666
layer straight 9 2 $As [expr $y1-$cover] -0.06666 [expr $cover-$y1] -0.06666
}

geomTransf Linear 1

set np 5

element nonlinearBeamColumn 1 1 3 $np 1 1
element nonlinearBeamColumn 2 2 4 $np 1 1





puts "end"
set colWidth .25
set colDepth .7
set cover .035
set As .000201

set y1 [expr $colDepth/2.0]
set z1 [expr $colWidth/2.0]
section Fiber 3 {

patch rect 7 10 1 [expr -$y1] [expr -$z1] $y1 $z1
patch rect 7 1 5 [expr $y1-.15] $z1 $y1 [expr $z1+.35]
patch rect 7 1 5 [expr $y1-.15] [expr -$z1] $y1 [expr -$z1-.35]




layer straight 9 3 $As [expr $y1-$cover] [expr $cover-$z1] [expr $cover-$y1] [expr $cover-$z1]
layer straight 9 2 $As [expr $y1-$cover] [expr $z1-$cover] [expr $cover-$y1] [expr $z1-$cover]
}

geomTransf Linear 2
element nonlinearBeamColumn 3 3 4 $np 3 2


pattern Plain 1 Linear {

eleLoad -ele 3 -type -beamUniform -25
}




system BandGeneral

constraints Transformation

numberer RCM

test NormDispIncr 1.0e-4 30 1

algorithm Newton

integrator LoadControl .1

analysis Static
recorder Element -file ele1sec1Force.out –time -ele 3 section 3 force


recorder Node -file 3-5.xls -node 1 2 -dof 1 2 reaction


analyze 10
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[silvia]

you have some strange character in front of time, which is not -

try:
recorder Element -file ele1sec1Force.out -time -ele 3 section 3 force

and it will work.

[Ahm]

Thanks alot............
it works now..................