I cant record rotation and stiffness for beamwithhinges

[aminmirzaee]

Hi Silvia and other perfessional OpenSeeser
i have modeled a one-story one bay steel moment frame. I've used beamwith hinges element for beams. But i cannot record rotation and stiffness for this element.
may you please help me?

regards

[vesna]

If you look at the command manual for beamWithHinges element (http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index ... es_Element) you will see that there is no recorder for stiffness. The rotation is recorded at the nodes. Use node recorder to record it.

[aminmirzaee]

hi vesna
what about plastic rotation?
I hope there exists another way except from curvature!

[vesna]

beamWithHinges element does not have recorder for plastic deformation. You will have to use curvature for this.