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Hi All,

How SeismoStruct calculates the relative displacement? I specified two node to calculate the relative displacement to get the response maxima of relative displacements vs incremental time steps. However, when I subtract the displacements of Node1 from the displacements of Node 2, I dont get the same values.
Thank you in advance for you kind help and cooperation.

Dear pop4ti,

Please note that the maximum interstorey drift is not equal to the subtraction of the two maximum node displacements.

Dear Z.gronti,

Thank you very much for your kind reply. Could you please guide me on how to calculate the maximum inter-storey drifts?

Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

Dear pop4ti,

You should calculate the interstorey drift at every step output and then find the larger value of them.