Seismosoft | Earthquake Engineering Solutions

Hi,
The user manual states that 'If users wish their infills to resist gravity loads, then they should define the latter as non-initial loads.' May I ask how could I set the gravity loads to be non-initial loads? I can't find this setting under the Aapplied Loads tab...
Best Regards,
Aslinn

Aslinn, are you getting displacements from the "Deformed Shape Viewer" or from the "Global Response Parameters" table? At least on my computer, on which I am running SeismoStruct 2020 Release 1 Build 1, the numbers on the plot are off by the factor specified in the response spectrum definition ...

Hi,
I'm trying to run a RAS analysis on an unreinforced masonry building, but the result I got was very strange. I tried several spectra on two models, and both gave me extremely small displacements that are less than 3 mm.
What I did is the following:
- Under RAS parameters tab, Add standard to the ...

Hi,
I'm working on some comparative studies for pushover and dynamic time history analysis. I found one thing strange: when I have a short period structure (period around 0.2s), the pushover analysis shows very elastic behaviour with very small target displacement (less than 10mm). However, when I ...

Hi Zoe,
Thank you for confirming that. May I also ask if the Fy and Dy are based on MDOF or SDOF? It seems according to EC8, Fy and Dy are determined based on SDOF...so it's a bit confusing...
Best Regards,
Aslinn

Hi Seismosoft team,
EC8 gives procedure to transform an MDOF to an equivalent SDOF system. Could you please confirm if the displacement output of a pushover analysis is the SDOF system displacement or MDOF system displacement? Ie, do I need to transform it again following EC8 procedure?
Thanks!
Aslinn

Hi,
I am a bit confused about the mass and load concepts in Seismosoft. Specifically, when should I use the lumped mass and when should I use the permanent loads? I noticed that the lumped mass would affect the frequency of the structure, while the permanent loads would not. Therefore, my ...

Dear Zoi,
I have emailed you the model. Thank you for looking into it.
Best Regards,
Aslinn

Hi,
I am trying to create a simply masonry structure. I think I'm doing something wrong but I couldn't fix it. Since this is a new feature of version 2020, I couldn't find much reference. Could someone please have a look and point out where I made mistakes?
I started with a simple box of 4m x 4m x ...