MosBrowning
Structural
- Mar 17, 2013
- 5
Dear Kind Members
I am supposed to make several models of steel column base connection changing different parameters (concrete & steel properties , anchor Bolt areas , ... etc) to make some sort of parametric study .
I'm using solid elements in the whole model
my problem is in changing anchor bolts area for every model (some values in my research are quite arbitrary - very large or very small values) , The process of changing anchor diameters, base plate holes diameters and nuts - then changing interaction regions is EXTREMELY time consuming process.
so my question is:
is it possible to modify the area stiffness of anchors by inputting a stiffness modifier value (larger than or smaller than 1 )?
Thank you in advance
Best Regards
I am supposed to make several models of steel column base connection changing different parameters (concrete & steel properties , anchor Bolt areas , ... etc) to make some sort of parametric study .
I'm using solid elements in the whole model
my problem is in changing anchor bolts area for every model (some values in my research are quite arbitrary - very large or very small values) , The process of changing anchor diameters, base plate holes diameters and nuts - then changing interaction regions is EXTREMELY time consuming process.
so my question is:
is it possible to modify the area stiffness of anchors by inputting a stiffness modifier value (larger than or smaller than 1 )?
Thank you in advance
Best Regards