Dear all,
Hope you are doing well,
I have a 3D model in OpenSees consisting of Displacement-based fiber elements. I have defined element recorders for them to capture the forces and deformations at various integration points. However, for each integration point, I get four forces and deformations while I expect three (Axial, Mx, and My). Does anyone know what is the last output? Is it the torsion of the element or soemthing else?
Best,
hi
recorder EnvelopeElement ($arg1 $arg2 ...)
The format of the output is typically dependent on the element and/or section type. In general, however, the output follows the order of the degrees of freedom.
Here are some cases:
element
globalForce
2D, 3dof: FX FY MZ
3D, 6dof: FX FY FZ MX MY MZ
localForce
2D, 3dof: Fx Fy Mz
3D, 6dof: Fx Fy Fz Mx My Mz
sincerely
Alireza Kianmehr
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