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problem to define steel for X-bracing system in abaqus

Thread starter maxwolf2011
Start date May 12, 2013

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May 12, 2013

maxwolf2011

Civil/Environmental

hi all freind ,

To reach the buckling behavior of the X-bracing system in cyclic loading , how it should be define steel behavior model in abaqus? Behavioral model is applied to the definition of the material or analysis step?
In fact I want to get hysteresis loops for X-bracing system.

thanks