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Plastic hinge location

Posted: 06 Oct 2015, 17:22
by mr cracker
In seismostruct how can we find the plastic hinges . if I define the yielding of reinforcement yield in performance criteria then after analysis the members which yielded have plastic hinges ?

Re: Plastic hinge location

Posted: 07 Oct 2015, 10:23
by z.gronti
Dear mr cracker,

You will find a number of posts on this matter if you carry out a search on this forum for the term "plastic hinge".