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Dear phildude2013, Did you get the answer for the question? If yes, pls do share the here. I wanted to know how shear walls can be modeled as equivalent beam and incorporate non-linearity in same for carrying out pushover analysis in SAP2000? If you have any relevant document pls do share that too.

Hi John, thanks for quick response. I have used Auto mesh for walls and slab with 1.8m maximum mesh size. Please let me know the reason for negative bandwidth. what does this term mean and where should I look for possible errors in model. Results appear to be fine. Thanks

Dear All, I am analysing a 28 story concrete building on ETABS v 9.7.4. Building model has shell elements (slab with rigid diaphragm and shear walls) and frame elements (beams and columns). Following are the details from LOG file. E L E M E N T F O R M A T I O N...

Dear all, I am using SAP2000 for building analysis work. Till these days I use to operate SAP2000 using GUI(Graphical User Interface). But to reduce time in modelling, I wanted to input the user-data WITHOUT using GUI nor API (Application Program Interface) instead want to use EXCEL file for...

Thank u johnbridge231 .. But still I am not clear with the details n properties assignments of different hinges..

Hello, I had few questions related to Hinges used for Non-Linear analysis in SAP2000. There are 3 types of hinges viz. Auto Hinges, Default Hinges and User defined Hinges, Q1. How does SAP calculates yield moment(My) and Yield rotation(Tita,y) for AUTO and DEFAULT hinges?? Q2. Wat is initial...