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i need to calculate the damage index for a 4 story rc frame.
For that i need the amount of energy dissipated.
is there any way to calculate using seismostruct

Hi nikhilnbr,

Have you not tried to carry out a search in this Forum on the expression "energy" or "energy dissipation"?

If you do, you will find tens of past posts and discussions on this matter.

Please do always search the Forum before opening up a new discussion thread.

Thank you,

Rui

i couldnt find any useful information on this when i searched the forum.i kindly request you to send the link of those topic.

nikhilnbr, hi again.

It really is impossible for you not find information on the computation of dissipated energy in this Forum; you have used the 'Search' facility (http://www.seismosoft.com/forum/search.asp), right?

Anyway, I carried out a search on your behalf, using the expression "energy dissipation", and found the two following relevant past posts:

- http://www.seismosoft.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=448

- http://www.seismosoft.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1165


Rui