Opensees Units used

[nithinvl]

My query is regarding basic units used in OpenSees.
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eleLoad -ele 1 -type -beamPoint 11240.5 1.0
eleLoad -ele 2 -type -beamPoint 11240.5 0.0
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These are load statements on a simply supported beam, with two element beam. I applied the load at the central node.
When i consider the basic unit as pounds, the theoretical answer matches. But, using basic unit as kips, i get the correct answer divided by 1000.

Is the basic unit used in OpenSees is pounds or kips ?
If it is kips, where could i be wrong ?

I am using OpenSees version 2.4.0.

Kindly clarify the doubt.

Thank You

Nithin

[partla]

Nithin,
Opensees is unitless. You should consider a system of units (e.g. kN,m,s) and put all the parameters in that units. Certainly all the outputs will be the same.

[nithinvl]

Yes....i found out....i made some mistake in my input....anyway, thank you partla...