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selimgunay wrote:
> You can upload to a dropbox or google drive folder.
Hi selimgunay
Thank you very much.
This is the link of the output file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1yfa ... 3ZPR0NYNGs.
Please help me to check this problem. Look forward to your reply.

selimgunay wrote: > It should not happen. It could be due to a problem with your text editor. > Please shear the output file itself if possible. Hi selimgunay Thanks for your reply. The text editor I used is the notepad come with the win10 system. Could you tell me how to shear the output file in th...

Hi all I use the commond "recorder Node -file $dataDir/P2Tdisp.txt -time -node 65 -dof 1 2 disp;" to get the node displacement. the result should be displayed in the form of 3 column, but at some time point, there will be 4 or 5 column as follow： 13.135 0.0648855 -0.0108434 13.14 0.0648572...

Dear Dr. Frank
Thank you very much. I learn a lot from you.

Dear Dr. Frank Thanks for your reply. I have another question about the Zerolength Element. What is the exact meaning of “zerolength”？ According to the  instruction of this element，the zeroLength element object is defined by two nodes at the same location. But for the pounding in my model, the two n...

thanks very much!

Hi everyone!
I used Impact Material to model pounding and I found that the parameter such as Keff, δy, K1 and K2 are all depend on the δm (the maximum penetration during the pounding event). But I don't know how to determine the value of δm. Could you please tell me how to get the value of δm?

Hi everyone: Could you tell me the difference between the Zero-length Element and the Two Node Link Element in modeling bearings and impact ? I am a little confuse about the two element, especially for modeling impact effect between two beams. Can I use the Two Node Link Element to model the impact ...