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Earthquake loads @ FE codes and software: How are they applied?
Hi Buggar. I did not see your reply earlier because I had a problem with my account. For example, SAP2000 documentation mentions that: "Acceleration loads are used to simulate the ground motion of a time-history acceleration record. CSI software assumes complete fixity for all supports, then...- Jonathan29
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Earthquake loads @ FE codes and software: How are they applied?
Hi to everyone, I am struggling to understand the actual way the earthquake loads are applied to a FE model when either a commercial structural analysis software (like SAP2000, Abaqus or Ansys) or a FE code, like OpenSees, is used. Especially, I am wondering if the earthquake loads (being in...- Jonathan29
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