Regarding help in OpenSees tcl file for a bridge model - fadi932, April 21, 2022

[JustinBonus]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hope everything is going well for you. I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Arlington, and I plan to use Hydro-UQ to research hydrodynamic loading on bridges in extreme weather scenarios. In this case, I was attempting to construct an OpenSees model for a bridge to use Hydro-UQ, and it would be greatly appreciated if you could assist me in creating the OpenSees tcl file. I have already emailed Dr. Ajay with all of the details of my research and am in contact with him.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Pervaiz, Fahad

• fadi932, April 21, 2022

[JustinBonus]

Fahad,

Ajay, as you probably know from his email and online meetings with you on the matter, has just forwarded me the details and I have promised him something by end of weekend. I am using this space as I don't have your direct email just to confirm:
(a) that you are not looking for a 3d continuum finite element model and are content with a simple beam model and that
(b) you are interested in the following outputs from the model:
(1)Maximum vertical and transverse displacement and
(2)Peak acceleration in time history of the deck given that the loads will be coming from an CFD simulation.

thanks
Frank

p.s. I might need some additional details. I have some images from Ajay on the deck, but specific details may be missing. Is it ok to contact you with email you signed up to forum with?

• fmk, April 29, 2022