The beam or frame members may allow for shear deformations and rigid end-blocks within nodes K and L.

• They may be pinned to the joint at either end or at both ends.
• A choice of almost any of the hysteresis rules available.
• Strength degradation is permitted for most hysteresis rules.
• Damage indices for the member may be computed for most hysteresis rules.
• The shear in the frame members may be inelastic, using a SINA hysteresis to model the inelastic shear behaviour and the model also allows the shear strength to degrade with the shear deformations as well as with the plastic rotations at the ends of the members.
• There is an option to allow inelastic slip rotation to occur at the ends of the members due to variations in the connection shear forces. This may be important in modeling shear link members in eccentrically braced frames etc.

Ruaumoko:

1: Giberson One-component beam member. If the second moment of area I = 0.0 it acts as a truss member
2: Reinforced concrete beam-column member (Giberson)
3: Steel beam-column member (Giberson)
4: General beam-column member (Giberson)
5: Two-component beam member.
6: Variable flexibility beam member. (This model has a quadratic variation of flexibility along the in-elastic member length)
7: Four hinge beam member (Giberson)

Ruaumoko3D:
1: Giberson One-component beam member.
2: Reinforced concrete beam-column member (Giberson)
3: Steel beam-column member (Giberson)
4: General beam-column member (Giberson)
5: Two-component beam member.
6: Variable flexibility beam member. (This model has a quadratic variation of flexibility along the in-elastic member length)
7: Reinforced concrete beam-column member with an alternative yield surface. (Giberson)