# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Performance Based Earthquake Engineering Laboratory (PBEE Lab) # Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering # University of California, Irvine # Irvine, CA 92617 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Modeled by Peyman Kaviani. Date: Aug 29th, 2010. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # UNITS AND CONSTANTS #################### ########### US UNITS #################### set kip 1.0; # Kips set in 1.0; # inch set sec 1.0; # second ########################### ########### DEPENDENT UNITS ########################### set ft [expr $in*12]; set lb [expr $kip/1000]; set ksi [expr $kip/pow($in,2)]; set psi [expr $lb/pow($in,2)]; set ksi_psi [expr $ksi/$psi]; ##################################################### ########### UNITS (Converting "US" Unit to "SI" Unit) ##################################################### set ksi_kPa 6894.76; set kip_kN 4.448; set in_m 0.0254; set in2_m2 [expr $in_m*$in_m]; set kli_kNl [expr $kip_kN/$in_m]; #################### ########## CONSTANTS #################### set g [expr 386.2*$in/pow($sec,2)]; set pi [expr acos(-1.0)];