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brace deformed shape

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:51 pm
by zhangs
In the STKO post-processing process, the support of the deformation diagram is disconnected. where problem went wrong?

Re: brace deformed shape

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:32 pm
by Lucy2012
You probably did nor merge the geometry, please check it.

Re: brace deformed shape

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:45 am
by zhangs
I merged geometry from the beginning

Re: brace deformed shape

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 12:53 pm
by STKO Team
It's a single Wire, but the edges on top do not pass through the brace-end-node (as you can see here, it is a single edge, not physically intersecting the brace-end-node):
WrongEdge.png
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What You should do is to delete those edges, draw them again as a 3-point, 2-edge lines passing through the brace end-node, and make the wire again:
NewEdges.png
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Finally, you re-assign material and element properties.
Here is the modified file
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Re: brace deformed shape

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:59 am
by zhangs
Thank you for your detailed explanation. But the deformation pattern is still abnormal.It's not the same as the metamorphosis I had in ETabs.It's been going on for a long time. I can't get the right results.

Re: brace deformed shape

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:37 am
by STKO Team
There were some mistakes in the analysis settings:
  • You put both gravity and lateral loads during the gravity analysis. The pushover load should be added after the gravity!
  • After the gravity you should use -loadConst (too keep the gravity load constant) and reset the pseudoTime to 0! this is very important in disp-control analysis
  • Minor improvement: you are using a single Finite Element per structural member. In this case you need the Force-Based beam element, not the Displacement-Based (which needs a refined mesh)
  • You forgot to put the GJ value to the fiber section (it can be singular in torsion)
I also added a monitor to monitor in real-time the pushover curve
Check this:
0010.zip
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