a simple probem about section and element?

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cjwxslw
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a simple probem about section and element?

Post by cjwxslw »

Hi,
now , a simple example about a cantilever beam , applied vertical concentrated load at the beam end in 2D, i want to consider the flexure only at section, after debug, no results can't be gained, others commands were debugged sucessfully, i think the problem exsist at definition of section and element , the pertinent commands as follows:

uniaxialMaterial ElasticPP $BeamMatTagFlex $EIzBeam $epsyP;
section Uniaxial $SectionBeam $BeamMatTagFlex Mz;
set numIntgrPts 5;
element dispBeamColumn 1 1 2 $numIntgrPts $SectionBeam $BeamTransfTag;

is right? can you give some advice?
thank you!
chen
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Post by vesna »

Chen,

To define dispBeamColumn element the section that you assign to it needs to have defined at least axial force-deformation relationship and moment-curvature relationship.
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