Modelling locking Mechanism

[maheshbabu]

Dear Sir/Madam
I am new to the Seismostruct software. I am trying to model hybrid damper, which has a locking mechanism. Is there any link element to simulate such behavior. I have already seen theory manual regarding hoop/gap link element, but it doesn't suit my requirement. In my problem, once the target displacement (+/-) achieved in the simulation then locking of device will happened and then after it provides high stiffness even after displacement is less than the target displacement.

[seismosoft]

Hi maheshbabu,
Unfortunately, there is no such response curve in SeismoStruct. We will keep a note about it in our to-do list with all the future developments
Regards,
Seismosoft Support