Rocking of objects subjected to ground motions

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mfa
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Rocking of objects subjected to ground motions

Post by mfa »

Hi. Is there a way to simulate rocking behavior of an object in OpenSees?
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vesna
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Re: Rocking of objects subjected to ground motions

Post by vesna »

One of the ways of doing it would be to define springs between the two surfaces where the rocking takes place and to assign to these springs material that best describes interaction of the two surfaces.
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