Low-Cyclic Loading Tests of Self-Centering Variable Friction (SCVF) Brace

Table 10

Main member variables of the SCVF material.

Name	Meaning
setTrialStrain	Calculate current stress stiffness and so forth according to the actual strain
commitStrain	Last step strain
CStress	Last step stress
getStrain	Return current strain
getStress	Return current stress
getTangent	Return tangent modulus
srialStrain	Real-time strain
TStress	Real-time stress
getmaxenvelop	Get the max envelop value
getminenvelop	Get the min envelop value