The simulation of reinforced concrete elements due to a seismic loading brings down the
cost of physical experiments, however involves high non-linearities. Many implementation to
tackle this problems have been established through the recent years. This thesis work shows
the implementation of a flexibility-based fiber beam-column element to model the response
of a reinforced concrete element under a cyclic loading in the post-yielding phase. The the-
ory behind the element is discussed as well as the algorithm to carry on the solution. The
element has been implemented in a stand-alone Python code and in the open-source frame-
work K RATOS , which is an open-source FEM framework developed in the chair of Structural
Analysis in the Technical University of Munich, Germany, as well as in International Center
for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) in Barcelona, Spain.
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The simulation of reinforced concrete elements due to a seismic loading brings down the
cost of physical experiments, however involves high non-linearities. Many implementation to
tackle this problems have been established through the recent years. This thesis work shows
the implementation of a flexibility-based fiber beam-column element to model the response
of a reinforced concrete element under a cyclic loading in the post-yielding phase. The the-
ory behind the element is discussed as w...
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