Table 3 Number of elements and number of degrees of freedom for the studied buildings for both analyses
From: Structural system yielding minimum differences between ordinary and staged analyses
Building designation | Mesh size | No. of beam elements for floor beams | No. of beam elements for columns | No. of plate elements for slabs | No. of plate elements for shear walls | No. of degrees of freedom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bd1 | Coarse | 2400 | 360 | 3840 | - | 25920 |
Fine | 4800 | 720 | 15360 | - | 100080 | |
Bd5 | Coarse | - | 640 | 7680 | 320 | 51840 |
Mesh | - | 1280 | 30720 | 1280 | 203520 |