plastic rotation

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talebian.s.e
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plastic rotation

Post by talebian.s.e »

Hi,

How can I calculate plastic rotation of a node?
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Post by fmk »

you cannot .. from a finite element point of view it makes no sense .. you can ask the elements framing into the node for their plastic deformations if the elements are beam column elements.
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