Pushover analysis error help

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CHANJAESEONG
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Pushover analysis error help

Post by CHANJAESEONG »

I'm trying to run pushover analysis and having this error
what is problem?

WARNING: CTestNormUnbalance::test() - failed to converge
after: 25 iterations current Norm: 9.47915e-05 (max: 1e-06, Norm deltaX: 6.65849e-14)
NewtnRaphson::solveCurrentStep() -the ConvergenceTest object failed in test()
StaticAnalysis::analyze() - the Algorithm failed at iteration: 0 with domain at load factor -45554.8
OpenSees > analyze failed, returned: -3 error flag
regular newton failed .. lets try an initial stiffness for this step
that worked .. back to regular newton
WARNING: CTestNormDispIncr::test() - failed to converge
after: 10 iterations current Norm: 0.000159008 (max: 1e-06, Norm deltaR: 102080)
NewtnRaphson::solveCurrentStep() -the ConvergenceTest object failed in test()
StaticAnalysis::analyze() - the Algorithm failed at iteration: 0 with domain at load factor -68896.4
OpenSees > analyze failed, returned: -3 error flag
regular newton failed .. lets try an initial stiffness for this step
that worked .. back to regular newton
WARNING - ForceBeamColumn3d::update - failed to get compatible element forces & deformations for element: 277(dW: << 1.49495e+15, dW0: -385923)
WARNING - ForceBeamColumn3d::update - failed to get compatible element forces & deformations for element: 278(dW: << 1.97258e+15, dW0: -2.15925e+06)
WARNING - ForceBeamColumn3d::update - failed to get compatible element forces & deformations for element: 306(dW: << 7.90123e+13, dW0: -1.56567e+06)
Domain::update - domain failed in update
DisplacementControl::update - model failed to update for new dU
WARNING NewtonRaphson::solveCurrentStep() -the Integrator failed in update()
StaticAnalysis::analyze() - the Algorithm failed at iteration: 0 with domain at load factor -37194.9
OpenSees > analyze failed, returned: -3 error flag
regular newton failed .. lets try an initial stiffness for this step
selimgunay
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Re: Pushover analysis error help

Post by selimgunay »

This means that you are experiencing convergence problems and analysis fails because it cannot satisfy the convergence test. From the messages, it looks like it happens post-peak at the descending portion of the pushover. Could you plot the pushover curve and see if the analysis continued until a reasonable displacement that is good for your purposes?
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