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- Suitable for Pushover analysis - you can graphically display state of the hinge for each pushover increment.
- You can either enter the hinge properties (such as moment curvature curve) yourself or have the program calculate the hinge properties based on the member cross-section using on FEMA or Caltrans guidelines.
- Multiple hinges can be define along the length of the element to simulate progression of yielding along the member.
- Only selected hysteretic models are available for single degree of freedom hinges .As as of SAP2000 V14.1.0.
- Hinges can drop load, but the curve describing link behavior should be monotonically increasing.
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