Development of Pre-Processor for OpenSees Based on Patran Command Language

Abstract:

OpenSees is an object-oriented open-source finite element software platform suitable for advanced simulation of structural and geotechnical systems. Lacking of powerful pre-processor, the preparing of input scripts for OpenSees is time consuming and error-prone for large and complex models. Patran is an excellent pre-processing commercial package for finite element analysis and offers the powerful Patran Command Language (PCL) for user customization. Taking the advantage of Patran in finite element pre-processing, the finite element modeling is done in Patran and the input script for OpenSees is generated by PCL. It is an alternative approach to efficient pre-processing for OpenSees.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 409-410)
• Pages: 1615-1619
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.409-410.1615
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Yi Chao Gao, Feng Jin, Yan Jie Xu, Jian Yang
• Keywords: Finite Element, OpenSEES, PATRAN, Pre-Processing

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