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Hi there, I am trying to record the damping forces in a time history analysis. Going over the source code, I realized that we can record the rayleigh forces using a node recorder using either "rayleighForces" or "rayleighDampingForces" commands. To test the recorder I tried it on...

Hi there, I have recently re-installed Windows XP and now I am trying to install the latest version of tcl/tk (8.4.6). After I download the exe file (already repeated this part), I run it and it asks for the target directory and such. when I click next, it does not do anything except creating empty ...

Tx Silvia,

The link works now...

Hi there, There is only limited data on q-z simple material in the manual together with a link to a pdf file which is claimed to be the full documentation. However the link does not work and I can not reach the file. Could you please help me get the QzSimple1_Documentation.pdf file. Thanks in advanc...

Thanks Silvia,

I found the problem. In version 1.6 the definition of hinge length (HL) had been modified. HL was used to be defined as the ratio to the total length. I had not noticed it that is why the hinge lengths were too small.

Hi there, I tried to carry out a pushover analysis for a 3 story RC frame using beamwithHinges3 element. I defined fiber sections for the inelastic regions with a hingelength of 0.15L. I had used this configuration in the past for dynamic analysis successfully. However, the pushover analysis never c...

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I also need some references for these two damage indices. Does anyone know if these indices are unit independent or not? From the manual they seem to be unitless however I could not be sure.

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I am encountering a problem in defining rigid diaphragms for a 3D model. The problem is the program gives a warning for each slave node, i, indicating that "constraint matrix not identity, ignoring the constraint for node i". Can anyone tell me what is wrong my file Thanks a lot... [/quote...