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openseespy.basicForce(eleTag) #144

Open to8yr opened 1 month ago

to8yr commented 1 month ago

Currently, basicForce(eleTag) is returning [axial, moment1, moment2], should it be returning [axial, shear, moment]?

mhscott commented 1 month ago

The axial force and end moments are the basic forces for frame elements. https://portwooddigital.com/2022/09/18/the-basic-natural-kernel-in-a-corotating-frame-of-reference/

For section forces (P,M,V), you should use the sectionForce command.

to8yr commented 1 month ago

Thank you for your help.

Could you give me some guidance on how to use it? I've looked through the docs and finding it confusing. All I'm looking for is the shear values in local element coordinates of a particular element.

sectionForce(1, 1, 1) is returning none.