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by RobertoPhd
Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:52 pm
Forum: Reliability Analysis
Topic: Impact and Viscous Damper Material in Series
Replies: 1
Views: 20660

Impact and Viscous Damper Material in Series

Hi all
I'm trying to put an Impact material and a Viscous Damper material in series in a two node-link but without success (the force stays 0).
Is it possible to put these two materials in series? Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thank you
Roberto
by RobertoPhd
Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:15 am
Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
Topic: OpenSees Matlab Interaction
Replies: 1
Views: 1529

OpenSees Matlab Interaction

Dear OpenSees Community I know about the possibility to run an OpenSees analysis from Matlab by simply using the command "!OpenSees.exe ANALYSIS.tcl". My question is: is there any way to make Matlab and OpenSees interact step by step during an analysis? To better explain: is it possible to...
by RobertoPhd
Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:15 am
Forum: OpenSees.exe Users
Topic: Modified Ibarra-Medina-Krawinkler convergence problem
Replies: 0
Views: 1379

Modified Ibarra-Medina-Krawinkler convergence problem

Hello I’m modelling a 2D simple frame (2 columns and one beam), fixed at the bases. In order to perform a pushover analysis I put two plastic hinges at the beam ends (30 cm from the end) and a plastic hinge at the column base (20 cm from the base). The hinges are given as follows: - Beam’s hinge: fi...