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Mass and stiffness matrices in SAP2000

Mass and stiffness matrices in SAP2000

Mass and stiffness matrices in SAP2000

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I have a 15 story concrete building modelled in SAP2000. Is it possible to get the program to tell me the mass and stiffness of each floor, i.e. I need the mass and stiffness matrices of the building. I have assigned diaphragm to each floor. Is it sufficient to tell SAP that I am looking for lumped mass at the floor and would like to get 15x15 mass and stiffness matrices? Thank you.

RE: Mass and stiffness matrices in SAP2000

As far as I know the matrices are pretty buried in SAP and I don't know a way to get the, out directly. May be worth asking CSI help if they have any methods.  

RE: Mass and stiffness matrices in SAP2000

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This information in avalable in basic Dynamic Analysis Textbook.

As future engineer, you sould be able to assemble Stiffness and Mass Matrix by hand for these kind of problem !

 

RE: Mass and stiffness matrices in SAP2000

PicoStruct -- Little harsh response don't you think?  While I agree that people should be aware of how to assemble a mass and stiffness matrices ( I know I had to do a lot of them in grad school), your response didn't really answer the question.  It's a little different assembling a mass/stiffness matrix for a 2-D frame than it is a for a large building with a significant amount of degrees of freedom.  i.e. different being there are a LOT more terms to keep track of and it requires a lot of bookkeeping.

Just my two cents...

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