Earthquake Analysis by Uniform Exciattion Pattern

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SINHA
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Earthquake Analysis by Uniform Exciattion Pattern

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Hello,

I am trying to analyze a frame model with foundation at different level or height (i.e., foundations are on a slope) with 'Uniform Excitation Pattern'. Is it applying same ground motion to the foundation irrespective of their location or height (i.e., as same as frames on a plane ground or foundations are on the same height), or it works differently in case of foundation at a different height? :roll: :?:

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Re: Earthquake Analysis by Uniform Exciattion Pattern

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if you using uniform excitation, the code just adds the force -mAg to the applied forces at all nodes that are not fixed.
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Re: Earthquake Analysis by Uniform Exciattion Pattern

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so, is there any way (other than Multi Support Excitation) I can only apply ground acceleration to the support of a 3D structural model just like in practical condition.
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Re: Earthquake Analysis by Uniform Exciattion Pattern

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in actuality the motion is oming into the structure in a physical manner that the multi-support motion provides .. other than uniform or multi-support no (unless you want to define some set of your own nodal loads)
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