About dynamic time-history curve

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cicilixiaoran
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About dynamic time-history curve

Post by cicilixiaoran »

Hello everybody!
when I conduct dynamic time-history of cantilever column, the maximum analysis time is defined 10 second,but when the time is 2.48 second, the dynamic time-history curve calculated is a straight line parallel to X axis up to the tenth seconds. Why is this? Thank you!
vesna
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Re: About dynamic time-history curve

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What do you mean by dynamic time-history curve? What is the value after 2.48 sec?
cicilixiaoran
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Re: About dynamic time-history curve

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Dear vesna, Thank you very much for your reply.
Yes, after 2.48 sec the value(displacement) is constant. And the dynamic time-history curve(displacement-time) is a straight line parallel to time axis from 2.48 sec to 10 sec.
I don't know how to upload pictures of dynamic time-history curve. Thank you!
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Re: About dynamic time-history curve

Post by vesna »

Sorry for the late reply. We had winter a break.

I've never seen something like that. Would you post your code so I can test it?
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