Triple Friction Pendulum Element
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This command is used to construct a Triple Friction Pendulum Bearing element object.
| element TripleFrictionPendulum $eleTag $iNode $jNode |
| $eleTag | unique element object tag |
| $iNode $jNode | end nodes |
EXAMPLE:
element TripleFrictionPendulum 1 1 2 ;
REFERENCE:
- Dao ND, Ryan KL, … Verification of a Three-dimensional Triple Pendulum Bearing
Element with General Friction Model Using Full Scale Test Data. Submitted to Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 2012.
- Dao ND. Experimental and Analytical Studies of the Seismic Response of a Full-scale 5-
story Steel Moment Frame Building Isolated by Triple Pendulum Bearings. Dissertation, University of Nevada – Reno, 2012
Code Developed by: Nhan D. Dao, University of Nevada - Reno.