Clarification on CorotTruss recorder

grahamo · Post by **grahamo** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:51 pm

When using the "deformations" on the element recorder for a CorotTruss element, what is the output composed of? I thought that it was strain but the values appear to be too large. Are they the same as the basic unit that one has defined?

Post by **fmk** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:08 am

it is the strain times the original length L0. if you want the strain i suggest you record the material strain
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recorder Element -file a.out -ele 1 -material strain
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