only-compression material

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ssami
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only-compression material

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Hi everyone,

Is there any multi-linear material in OpenSees that only considers the compression behavior? if no, is there any way to model such a material?

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mhscott
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Re: only-compression material

Post by mhscott »

Use Hysteretic or MultiLinear material and set the strength values on the tension side to be very low. It's not elegant, but it should work.
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