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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??

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.

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

No, American Regulations are not supported in the 2016 version. They will be supported in SeismoStruct 2017, though.
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ok. can I use seismostruct 2017 because I have to refer ATC OR FEMA code so what will be the best solution??

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

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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??

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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thank you sir