Table 3 Summary of materials and elements used in OpenSees to simulate cable-stayed bridges.

From: Nonlinear seismic response analysis of long-span railway cable-stayed bridges crossing strike-slip faults

Component

Materials used

Units

Main beam

Concrete02

ElasticBeamColumn

Bridge piers

Concrete02

Nonlinear BeamColumn

Steel02

Bridge towers

Concrete02

Nonlinear BeamColumn

Steel02

Cable-stayed cables

Elastic

Truss Element

Initial Strain Material

MinMax Material

Bearing

Hardening

ZeroLength

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