Infill wall material is not running (error using beamwithhinges)

[ragopesa]

Dear STKO Team,

I hope you are doing great.

I'm using the infill material that you showed in your previous webinars. Despite I followed the steps, the terminal showed me the following message:

"element beamWithHinges 17 10 3 7 [expr 5656.85424949238*0.1] 19 [expr 5656.85424949238*0.05] 300.0 1386.4017265312752 167375.06803104692 0.001 [exp..."

I also run the model provided in your website, and actually it has the same error. Please, could you giveme guidance on this topic?

I also attached a simple model (one frame) using gravity analysis. I only use this for testing.

All the best,
Salvador

[STKO Team]

it looks like in the current version of OpenSees the beamWithHinges cannot be used anymore (it was used internally by the infill wall element).

It's not a problem, since the beamWithHinges is actually a force-beam-element with a special integration scheme. We just updated the Python file to use the new format.

Unzip this:

MasonryInfillWallElement.zip

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and place it in C:\Program Files\STKO\external_solvers\opensees\element_properties\special_purpose, replacing the existing one. It will be available for all users in the next STKO version.
Let us know if it works

[ragopesa]

Dear STKO,

Its now running. Thank you! I will keep you posted if it works for my model.

Best,
Sal

[STKO Team]

You're welcome