Stiffness

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nicola27
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Stiffness

Post by nicola27 »

I want to understand the meaning of kinti - kcomm - kcurrent in dynamic analysis with rayleigh.
When I want to do an analysis without damping I put in all zeros, OpenSees which uses initial stiffness?
vesna
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Re: Stiffness

Post by vesna »

there are several post on the board that discuss Rayleigh arguments. if you search the message board you will be able to find the answer to your question.
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