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<t>I experienced numerical instability when using a very fine element mesh, while with a coarser mesh numerical instability improved and delivered satisfactory pushover results. I investigated the results of the coarser mesh and found that the results were accurate.<br/>
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What could be the ...

Dear SeismoSoft Team

Thank you for your quick effort to fix the problem! Everything is working well now.

Regards
Johann van der Merwe

Is there any way that the older version can be used until such a time that the new version is available?

Regards
Johann van der Merwe

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I can not find any information in the help file on how SeismoStruct computes the confined concrete area. Is this area simply calculated as the area inclosed by the stirrups? The true confined area is less than this area depending on the distance between ...

<r>Thank you very much! It is probally only a mistake on my behalf, but I just cannot figure it out. Any help will be appreciated. I do not expect a full investigation into the problem.<br/>
I will be sending the file to the e-mail adress <EMAIL email="info@seismosoft.com">info@seismosoft.com</EMAIL ...

<t>I am having trouble performing a pushover analysis on a structural frame consisting of a shear wall, flat slab and column elements. I have made sure that the rigid links between the centre line of the shear wall element and the adjacent slab elements are correctly modelled, but the analysis stops ...

<t>Hallo. Thank you very much. The analysis ran when I lowered the E value of the lever arms. I have connected concrete elements (material con_cc) with a lever arm with an elastic material (el_mat) chosen. No E value is assigned to the concrete material but is assigned to the reinforcing steel in ...

<t>To model a frame with columns, slabs and a shear wall I understand that one will have to model rigid lever arms from the centre line of the shear wall being modelled and the slab elements on both sides of the shear wall to obtain the correct displacement of the slab next to the shear wall. These ...