Dear Silvia,
I just found this thread and I do not understand your Beta term for the Rayleigh damping. It WAS correct to have Beta=2*Xi/Omega, no? I refer to user Yoshi's comment, May 15 2005.
Cheers!
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- Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:02 pm
- Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
- Topic: Elastic Response Spectra Script
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- Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:53 pm
- Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
- Topic: Opensees bug with SNAP materials in build 1.6
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Opensees bug with SNAP materials in build 1.6
Frank, The title says it all. The models can't be generated when it contains snap materials. I needed an Unix version of Opensees and I only found the files for version 1.6. On Windows, I use an older version (1.5) and everything works fine. I will hunt for the 1.5 files to rebuild for Unix. But in ...
- Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:36 am
- Forum: Documentation
- Topic: Dashpot element (viscous damping device) in Opensees?
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Dashpot element (viscous damping device) in Opensees?
Hello Group! I am trying to do something really simple but I just don't know how. Here's the goal: :arrow: I want to model the frictional resistance at the soil/foundation interface and I would like to be able to include viscous damping. I have used the procedures defined by Gazetas 1991 (ATC-40 rec...