Off-diagonal elements in the mass matrix

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madanyrami1999
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Off-diagonal elements in the mass matrix

Post by madanyrami1999 » Fri Nov 07, 2025 10:44 pm

I want to perform an eige analysis in STKO for the MDOF mass-spring system shown in the attached figure. I'm using Node-to-Node links and Zero-length elements. However, the mass matrix shown in the figure contains Off-diagonal elements. How can these elements be inserted?
Thank you.
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Re: Off-diagonal elements in the mass matrix

Post by STKO Team » Thu Nov 13, 2025 9:12 am

zero length elements in opensees compute a lumped mass matrix (only with diagonal terms).
However, you can simulate such a simple model directly in python or matlab

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