Modal Time History Analysis
Modal Time History Analysis
(OP)
Hello,
I am trying to find the individual modal responses say for an N mode structure by doing a modal time history analysis for a time dependent Earthquake Loading .
The current results give me the maximum for each element after combining all the modal responses what i am looking for is the Individual Modal response for each element for this particular loading ..
Can anyone suggest if it is possible in SAP ?
Thanks
I am trying to find the individual modal responses say for an N mode structure by doing a modal time history analysis for a time dependent Earthquake Loading .
The current results give me the maximum for each element after combining all the modal responses what i am looking for is the Individual Modal response for each element for this particular loading ..
Can anyone suggest if it is possible in SAP ?
Thanks





RE: Modal Time History Analysis
If you want to verify the time-history response for your structure, then i would thing that you might compare your time-history results (from modal superpostition) to the results using direct integration.
I'm not a SAP guy, but rather someone who is interested in all things Time-History. So, perhaps I am missing something program specific here.
RE: Modal Time History Analysis
I hope I answered to why I am looking to do this .