beamWithHinges

[amin0511]

Hi,
When i use steel01 to define uniaxial material for beamwithhinge element, i do converge. but when i use uniaxial Bilin i can't even get passed the first increment of static analysis. I have tried Lp from 0.05 of element length to 0.004*element length (as was coded in an opensees example). Does anyone have a suggestion for this novice?
thanks

[vesna]

Make sure that the definition of a Bilin material is OK. The problem comes from the material, not from the element. Changing plastic hinge length won't solve the problem.