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The described infill wall model is a model which considers the interaction of in-plane (IP) and out-of-plane (OOP) effects. Modeling of the infill wall is performed by using the available OpenSees materials, sections, elements and tcl commands. The infill wall model is comprised of two equal size diagonal beamWithhinges elements and a midspan node with OOP mass (Figure 1). The inelastic fiber section assigned to the ends of the elements connected to the midspan node is discretized as explained in the following paragraph. Elastic sections with very small moment of inertia (to simulate moment release) are assigned to the ends attached to the surrounding frame. The hinge length near the midspan node is selected as short as possible in order to produce a relatively sharp yield point for the element, while at the same time providing a numerically stable solution. 1/10 of the total length of the diagonal is a suitable value for the total hinge length (sum of the lengths of the hinges on both sides of the node). The hinge length on the other end can be selected as small as possible without losing numerical stability. | The described infill wall model is a model which considers the interaction of in-plane (IP) and out-of-plane (OOP) effects. Modeling of the infill wall is performed by using the available OpenSees materials, sections, elements and tcl commands. The infill wall model is comprised of two equal size diagonal beamWithhinges elements and a midspan node with OOP mass (Figure 1). The inelastic fiber section assigned to the ends of the elements connected to the midspan node is discretized as explained in the following paragraph. Elastic sections with very small moment of inertia (to simulate moment release) are assigned to the ends attached to the surrounding frame. The hinge length near the midspan node is selected as short as possible in order to produce a relatively sharp yield point for the element, while at the same time providing a numerically stable solution. 1/10 of the total length of the diagonal is a suitable value for the total hinge length (sum of the lengths of the hinges on both sides of the node). The hinge length on the other end can be selected as small as possible without losing numerical stability. | ||
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Revision as of 02:22, 15 April 2010
M. Selim Gunay and Khalid M. Mosalam, University of California, Berkeley
This article describes the commands for modeling an infill wall element which considers in-plane and out-of-plane interaction and for removal of the element during nonlinear time history simulation in OpenSees. In addition, the infill wall model and element removal algorithm are briefly described. Interested readers can refer to the mentioned references for more information. Questions or comments can be directed to selimgunay [at] berkeley . edu or mosalam [at] ce . berkeley . edu
Modeling of the Infill Wall
The described infill wall model is a model which considers the interaction of in-plane (IP) and out-of-plane (OOP) effects. Modeling of the infill wall is performed by using the available OpenSees materials, sections, elements and tcl commands. The infill wall model is comprised of two equal size diagonal beamWithhinges elements and a midspan node with OOP mass (Figure 1). The inelastic fiber section assigned to the ends of the elements connected to the midspan node is discretized as explained in the following paragraph. Elastic sections with very small moment of inertia (to simulate moment release) are assigned to the ends attached to the surrounding frame. The hinge length near the midspan node is selected as short as possible in order to produce a relatively sharp yield point for the element, while at the same time providing a numerically stable solution. 1/10 of the total length of the diagonal is a suitable value for the total hinge length (sum of the lengths of the hinges on both sides of the node). The hinge length on the other end can be selected as small as possible without losing numerical stability.
