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Hello Mohsen, I am dealing with a similar issue and I am not sure why i am getting more displacement for the "one element" frame rather than the frame with 2 elements. Did you manage to solve the problem, would you mind if we can share some code to overcome this problem? Thank you. Regards...

Hello and thank you for your reply, I will try your method soon, but theoretically will that cause a stress concentration at that rigid link point ? Comparing this to ABAQUS, one full element/column is modeled, then it is partitioned into 2 parts and each assigned a material without having any stres...

Hello Frank, I have a similar issue of a SHORT COLUMN, and i need to get the shear behavior as we are experimentally failing it in shear and not flexure. (1 bay 1 storey) Fiber Model NonlinearbeamColumn elements Beams has elastic material Confined and Concrete02 and steel01 materials I was looking i...

Apologies for posting in the wrong Forum, I was not aware of that.
(but still if you have an answer for my question, it would be much appreciated).

Hello, I am trying to model a Frame with its columns made up of 2 different materials. I am using a FiberSection to define the cross-section of the column; the column material and steel detailing changes at the top. So my question is: how do I split the column into 2 elements but keep the behavior a...