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Pseudo-dynamic Test
Posted: 18 May 2011, 08:37
by florin
Hello
I'd like to ask if it is possible to model a pseudo-dynamic test on a RC frame building in the current version of SeismoStruct?
Re: Pseudo-dynamic Test
Posted: 18 May 2011, 13:31
by seismosoft
Yes, this has always been possible, from the very first version of the program.
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Re: Pseudo-dynamic Test
Posted: 18 May 2011, 15:33
by florin
OK. Thank you for your answer. Could you expain how this type of analysis can be conducted because in the Help menu I didn't find too much information?
Re: Pseudo-dynamic Test
Posted: 19 May 2011, 17:22
by seismosoft
Simply get the program to do what is done in a pseudo-dynamic experimental test, i.e. apply the loading displacement time-history at the loaded nodes.
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Re: Pseudo-dynamic Test
Posted: 19 May 2011, 18:44
by florin
So. if I understand correctly this type of analysis is done by apllying the displacement time-history of the record (of the accelerogram) in the nodal points of the strucutre?
I assume that the displacement are applied according to a triangular pattern.
Re: Pseudo-dynamic Test
Posted: 21 May 2011, 00:32
by seismosoft
No, if you wish to reproduce a pseudo-dynamic test, you should apply the displacement time-history that was applied during the test itself.
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