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Tag: Meshing

How to Use Block2D

Although the mesh commands outlined in previous posts (here and here) are more powerful, the block2D and block3D commands remain useful, especially if you want to use quadrilateral or brick elements. Ed C++ Love based the OpenSees block commands on the meshing functionality in FEAP. So, if you are familiar with FEAP, these commands should … Continue reading How to Use Block2D →

Michael H. Scott Linear Analysis Leave a comment January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 2 Minutes

Three-Dimensional Meshing

Two previous posts showed how to use Minjie's meshing functions to create line meshes for beam-column elements and 2D meshes for solid elements. This post will complete the trilogy by showing how to make a 3D mesh for solid elements. The bar shown below is the same model used in the post on 2D meshing. … Continue reading Three-Dimensional Meshing →

Michael H. Scott Linear Analysis 6 Comments December 19, 2021November 22, 2022 2 Minutes

Line Mesh

The DiscretizeMember function, which dates back many years, was recently superseded by the line mesh command, written by Minjie. In addition to creating boundaries for solid meshes, as shown in this post, you can use line meshes to discretize a frame member (2D or 3D) into beam-column elements--just pass the optional element type and arguments … Continue reading Line Mesh →

Michael H. Scott Linear Analysis 1 Comment November 30, 2021November 22, 2022 1 Minute

Two-Dimensional Meshing

Although the material and element models are there, OpenSees is not well known for solid finite element analysis. Creating a good mesh is key to solid FEA and there aren't many meshing tools implemented in OpenSees. The OG block2D and block3D commands work fine, but you have to manually join or tie adjacent meshes with … Continue reading Two-Dimensional Meshing →

Michael H. Scott Linear Analysis 3 Comments November 29, 2021November 22, 2022 3 Minutes


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