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Interface element

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 6:06 pm
by Aliyaghfoori
Dear STKO

I am working on modeling an underground reservoir.
For simulating the interface between soil and concrete beam elements, I am using the **ZerolengthContactNTs2D** element.
If I intend to manually define the interface element node by node(script) , how should the nodes of the interface element be numbered as shown in the attached diagram?

Re: Interface element

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 11:48 am
by STKO Team
Just follow the documentation in OpenSees:
https://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/inde ... ntactNTS2D

We've never used that element though