Stress and Strain output

The material response in each of the inelastic frame elements (infrmFB, infrmFBPH, infrmDBPH, infrmDB) employed in the modelling of the structure can be obtained in this module.

Frame Element Curvatures
The curvatures of selected elements is provided, for each of the Integration Sections of the element, and with reference to local axes (2) or (3), defined in here.

Peak Strains and Stresses
The maximum/minimum values of stresses and strains observed in a particular element, as well as the local sectional coordinates where these values occurred, can be obtained. The user has the possibility of selecting the Integration Section and the material type to which these results should refer to.

Strains and Stresses in Selected Points
For each of the Stress Points defined in the Output module, a complete stress-strain history can be obtained. Plots or tabled results can refer to the variation of stress/strain quantities in time (dynamic analysis) or pseudo-time (static analysis). Alternatively, stress-strain plots can also be created. Note that the material, sectional coordinates, section type and element Integration Section to which these results refer to, are implicit to the definition of each Stress Point, created here. It is noted that a special facility of visualising the maximum, minimum and absolute maximum values in the graph is introduced in SeismoStruct 2016.