The initial pretension force in the SMA was achieved using the initial strain material in OpenSees with an automated process to compensate for elastic shortening of the tubes. The tubes and BRB elements outside the core region were created using elastic truss elements. Figure 5b shows a comparison of the computational model results to experimental results for the SC-BRB shown in Figure 3. Figure 5b demonstrates that the computational model is capable of capturing the strength and unloading / reloading behavior of the SC-BRB.