REGARDING PUSHOVER ANALYSIS

[mangesh shendkar]

Hi, I have done the pushover analysis in seismostruct but can I use ATC , fema code. Accoding to that code can I get bilinearisation curve???WOULD YOU HELP ME ANYONE??

[huffte]

Hi mangesh shendkar. You should be able to plot displacement versus load and get a curve which will not be bilinear if you used inelastic frame elements. I suppose it could be very close to bilinear if you used plastic hinge inelastic elements. In either case, you could manually derive a bilinear curve from the results, requiring some judgment. There are rules in some codes for deriving bilinear curves from smooth curves.

[mangesh shendkar]

THANK YOU SIR

[mangesh shendkar]

hi, can I use ATC 40 AND FEMA 356 in seismostruct for bilinearisation of capacity curve???

[seismosoft]

No, American Regulations are not supported in the 2016 version. They will be supported in SeismoStruct 2017, though.
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[mangesh shendkar]

ok. can I use seismostruct 2017 because I have to refer ATC OR FEMA code so what will be the best solution??

[seismosoft]

Unfeortunately, SeismoStruct 2017 is still under development. It will be published in 5-6 months.

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[mangesh shendkar]

Actually, sir I have to do the idealisation of pushover curve from that I have to calculate yield displacement but how to proceed in seismostruct .WOULD YOU HELP ME??

[seismosoft]

The idealisation in SeismoStruct 2016 is done with the Eurocodes the Italian or the Greek Code. Unfortunately, FEMA or ASCE regulations are not corrently supported.
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[mangesh shendkar]

thank you sir