Pseudo-dynamic Test

[florin]

Hello
I'd like to ask if it is possible to model a pseudo-dynamic test on a RC frame building in the current version of SeismoStruct?

[seismosoft]

Yes, this has always been possible, from the very first version of the program.

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[florin]

OK. Thank you for your answer. Could you expain how this type of analysis can be conducted because in the Help menu I didn't find too much information?

[seismosoft]

Simply get the program to do what is done in a pseudo-dynamic experimental test, i.e. apply the loading displacement time-history at the loaded nodes.

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[florin]

So. if I understand correctly this type of analysis is done by apllying the displacement time-history of the record (of the accelerogram) in the nodal points of the strucutre?
I assume that the displacement are applied according to a triangular pattern.

[seismosoft]

No, if you wish to reproduce a pseudo-dynamic test, you should apply the displacement time-history that was applied during the test itself.

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