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civil2011
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buckling

Post by civil2011 »

Hello
Is it possible to model buckling of brace with considering inelastic behavior
Thanks
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gor
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Location: Pavia, Italy

Re: buckling

Post by gor »

Yes, you need use a minimum of 2 elements for the brace and impose an initial displacement at the midpoint to make it buckle in compression. Patxi Uriz's PEER report explains it in detail
http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/p ... ZMahin.pdf
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