tension strain in extreme tensile steel fiber

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parasismique
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tension strain in extreme tensile steel fiber

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Dears friends,

How can be define 'tension strain in extreme tensile steel fiber' for column fiber FE model ?! Is it defined as follows ?!

recorder Element -file SecSteel.out -time -ele1 section1 fiber -$ro 0. $IDreinf stressStrain (ro=Diameter/2)

Please, your suggestions will be very useful for me.
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Re: tension strain in extreme tensile steel fiber

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That should work, with space between 'ele' and '1' and between 'section' and '1'.
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Re: tension strain in extreme tensile steel fiber

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If there is no fiber, the center of which exactly matches the coordinates that you specify, then it will record the closest fiber to these coordinates.
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Re: tension strain in extreme tensile steel fiber

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Also please see the syntax here under Sections

https://opensees.berkeley.edu/OpenSees/ ... al/259.htm
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