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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Type of Beam Element in SACS</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/193169/type-of-beam-element-in-sacs</link><description>Dear all, 
 I have a question that relates to the type of beam element in SACS. 
 As I know SACS uses the Finite Element Method and thus it should have a library of Finite elements. Where can I find the FE library of SACS? For example, as in many other</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Type of Beam Element in SACS</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/634489?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:23:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a2f83bc0-9811-414e-8fb0-8baa2e712d9c</guid><dc:creator>George Soman</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Please could confirm if Timoshenko beam effects could also be included for the piles as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Type of Beam Element in SACS</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/575581?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:be3f6c39-c656-45f7-9df6-fcf1bcb7f51d</guid><dc:creator>Geoff McDonald</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Beam elements are linear for axial, shear, torsion behavior and cubic for moment. By default, SACS uses Euler-Bernoulli beams, but Timoshenko beams may be enabled using the &lt;strong&gt;Include member shear effects&lt;/strong&gt; option in the SACS Analysis options. That is really the only option you have with the behavior of the beam elements in SACS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SACS does not automatically subdivide beam elements into multiple finite elements. We do provided some tools to subdivide the elements, like Member &amp;gt; Divide &amp;gt; Equal Parts, to facilitate this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Geoff&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>