plastic hinge length

02-Getting started with the modelling
Post Reply
nedved33
Posts: 12
Joined: 08 Jan 2014, 03:50

plastic hinge length

Post by nedved33 »

Hi
I have modeled a steel moment frame with Inelastic plastic hinge frame element - infrmFBPH and bilinear steel model.
Unfortunately i cant Compute the plastic hinge length [V][V]
can you help me to compute plastic hinge length for W18x50 section with fy=50ksi and L=25ft??[?]
nedved33
Posts: 12
Joined: 08 Jan 2014, 03:50

Re: plastic hinge length

Post by nedved33 »

and is this the plastic hinge length (Lp/L)for one side of Member or sum(total) of two side of my member???
nedved33
Posts: 12
Joined: 08 Jan 2014, 03:50

Re: plastic hinge length

Post by nedved33 »

thanks for the answer
Post Reply

Return to “02-Getting started with the modelling”