element recorder

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meopensees
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element recorder

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i use global and local force recorder in order to get element forces after pushover analysis, but the axial force of beams isn't zero.Does any body knows what goes wrong?
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Re: element recorder

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why are you expecting zero? do you have some constraints?? if constraints, are you using RC section or section which due to bending the neutral axis is going to shift up or down???
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