Beam integration Command
This command is used to construct an element and add it to the Domain.
- beamIntegration $integtaionType $tag $arg1 ...
Argument |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
$integrationType |
string |
integration type |
$tag |
integer |
unique beam integration tag. |
$args |
list |
a list of arguments with number dependent on integration type |
Following are beamIntegration types available in the OpenSees:
Integration Methods for Distributed Plasticity. Distributed plasticity methods permit yielding at any integration point along the element length.
Zero-Length Elements
Plastic Hinge Integration Methods. Plastic hinge integration methods confine material yielding to regions of the element of specified length while the remainder of the element is linear elastic. A summary of plastic hinge integration methods is found in (Scott and Fenves 2006).