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"* * WARNING * * The analysis cannot find the solution at step 5 for the case:pushover subsequent results will not be available" This has shown up and I have no idea how to fix it. I would like to show the steps and where the hinges form in the structure. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks

I am trying to create a 5 storey steel framed structure with self-centering braced frames. I am currently using a linear link and a plastic(wen) link overlay on top of one another. Both are fixed in the U1 direction and the non-linear box has been checked for the plastic link. Is it possible...

Thanks for the advice. The loss of stiffness and change in period was because of the lateral loads applied to the system

Also curious with how you would go about displaying a hysteretic response diagram from a conventional braced system. I can only find out how using links

I am defining the mass source with the mass source as you said, but it doesn't seem to be making a difference, do I need to assign the mass to members?

I am trying to construct a 6-storey concentrically steel framed model on SAP2000 v16. The frame is 18m high and made from S275 steel. From the formula in EC8, I know that T is supposed to be around 0.5s. The model my supervisor has provided me with confirms this with his at 5 storeys. Yet when...