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- Title
- Gap-Friction Element (Type 5) for the ANSR-II Program.
- File
- PB81122285.pdf
- Author(s)
- Mondkar, D. P.; Powell, G. H.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1980, 40 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-80/23
- Abstract
- This report describes a 3D gap-friction element developed for the ANSR-II program. The report contains a description of the element properties, the element theory, and a computer program user's guide.
- Keywords
- Structures; Deformation; Stiffness methods; User needs; ANSR 2 computer program; Bearing yield strength; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Soil dynamics; Earthquakes