Displacement Based Assessment and Design with ProtaStructure Opensees Integration

Displacement Based Assessment and Design is always challenging issue for structural engineers. ProtaStructure-OpenSees integration provides new features for non-linear analysis of structures.

In the video that is given below, you will learn how to install opensees and how to use Pushover and Time History Analysis features of ProtaStructure.

You can download the latest of Opensees.exe from here: Opensees (You need to register an account first)

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