time stamp for envelopeNode recorder

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denizutkutug
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time stamp for envelopeNode recorder

Post by denizutkutug »

Hi,
I cannot read the time stamp for envelopeNode and envelopeElement recorder objects. It only gives max., min and absolute max. values for required responses, and corresponding time stamps are omitted even if I use -time flag. Is there any way to read time stamps? I am trying to read the max and min displacement between two nodes (in the same direction), therefore, I have to parse the whole time history output, which is a waste of time for my nonlinear dynamic runs.
Here is a sample from my script concerning the problem:
recorder EnvelopeNode -file "_OUT/dynDispTemp.txt" -time -node 2 -dof 1 disp; # Str top disp
and the output...
-0.000812871
0.00152715
0.00152715 -> no time column!

Thanks in advance.

Deniz Utkutug
CE Dept. METU
Res. Asst. Deniz Utkutug
dutkutug@metu.edu.tr

Middle East Technical University
Civil Engineering Department
Ankara, TURKEY
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Post by erol kalkan »

Why dont you record the displacement with their time step at every node you want, then with simple script in matlab you can compute the displacement difference bw each node at each time step.

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Post by fmk »

there is no time stamp output for the min max recorder. all people want from this recorder is the absolute max and min values. if you want to see the time
you have to use a regular recorder.
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Post by silvia »

i'll update the manual!
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