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Thanks Vesna!

I'm modeling some PTFE slider bearings and working with some of the friction models built into OpenSees. There is a friction model for velocity and pressure dependent friction (http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index.php/Velocity_and_Pressure_Dependent_Friction) that I'd like to try out . I'm not su...

I have been modeling wood-framed shear walls in OpenSees using elasticBeamColumn elements for the framing and quad elements for the sheathing. So far, my models have been able to run with some success. I am looking to changing these quad sheathing elements to ShellMITC4 elements because I need to go...

I am a brand new user of OpenSees (less than 1 week). Before I move on to more extensive models, I'm trying to model a 16" x 16" framed wall with sheathing that uses 4 sheathing-to-framing fasteners (one at each corner). I'm modeling the framing as beam elements with the "elasticBeamC...