Varying gravity load

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jjeon34
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Varying gravity load

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The cyclic testing specimen was subjected to varying axial load porportional to horizontal force.
In gravity analysis, I want to consider varying axial load (not constant value) in static cyclic analysis.

How do I impose the varying axial load?
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Re: Varying gravity load

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put it inside a loadpattern with the appropriate TimeSeries, i.e. Path.
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