Plot_OpenPlasticHinges

Purpose

display plastic hinge locations in original or deformed configuration

Synopsis

Plot_OpenPlasticHinges (Model,ElemData,Post,PlotOpt)

Description

PLOT_OPENPLASTICHINGES display plastic hinge locations in original or deformed configuration
  PLOT_OPENPLASTICHINGES (MODEL,ELEMDATA,POST,PLOTOPT)
  the function displays in the current window the open plastic hinge locations;
  the data structure MODEL contains information about the structural model,
  with element property information provided in cell array ELEMDATA;
  the data structure POST contains all recorded structural response variables for one step
  PLOTOPT is a data structure for controlling the plastic hinge display
  with the following fields:
    EList: list of elements for which plastic hinges are displayed (default all elements)
    HngSF: scale factor for size of plastic hinge symbol (default = 1)
    HOfSF: factor for offset of the plastic hinge symbol from element end (default = 1)  
    FHClr: color for flexural hinges
    CHClr: color for column hinges with N-M interaction
    AHClr: color for axial hinges in truss elements

Cross-Reference Information

This function calls:

• DeformShape2dFrm deformed shape of linear elastic, uniform, prismatic 2d frame element
• DeformShape2dFrm_wDispIntp deformed shape of 2d frame element with cubic polynomials
• DeformShape2dFrm_wCurvIntp deformed shape of 2d frame element from curvatures
• Localize returns the node coordinates and id array of element
• ElmLenOr element length and x-axis orientation (direction cosines)
• TranJnt sets up transformation matrix for finite size joints
• Get_ModelScale determines maximum and minimum element length in Model

• Animate_ResponseHistory interactive or recorded animation of response history