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Drain-2DX element description and user guide for element type 01, type 02, type 04, type 06, type 09, and type 15: version 1.10

Powell, Graham H.

UCB/SEMM-1993/18, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1993-12, 68 pages (500/C23/93/18)

This report provides element descriptions and user guides for type 01, type 02, type 04, type 06, type 09, and type 15. The descriptions include purpose, element model, viscous damping, overshoot tolerance, and element loads.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-93-18.pdf (3 MB)