VERSION HISTORY
LIRA-FEM
- Mass redistribution
- Damping ratio
- Seismic isolators
- Pushover Analysis
- Finite element "Joint"
- New types of perfectly rigid body (PRB)
- Nonlinear behaviour of soil
- New type of force
- Nonlinear custom cross-sections
- Accounting for orthotropy
- Analysis parameters
- Analysis of reactions
- Stresses and forces
- Dynamics
- Nonlinearity
- Finite elements
- Calculation and Performance
Nonlinear hinges
The analysis results can be used to generate "force-displacement" and "moment-rotation" graphs for two-node and one-node FEs of nonlinear elastic springs with an account of unloading with initial stiffness (FEs 295, 296). These graphs make it possible to see how nonlinear supports and nonlinear hinges behave based on loading history, which greatly enhances comprehension and evaluation of the structure's behaviour.
"Moment-rotation" graph for FE 296