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3D beam-column element (type 2 - parallel element theory) for the ANSR-II program

Riahi, Ali; Powell, Graham H.; Mondkar, Digambar P.

UCB/EERC-79/31, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-12, 33 pages (555.6/M642/1979/3B)

This report describes a three-dimensional inelastic beam-column element developed for the ANSR-II program. The report contains a description of the element characteristics, the theoretical formulation, and a computer program user's guide.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-79-31.pdf (1 MB)