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How to define stress time history instead of acceleration time history

Thread starter szleok
Start date Jun 24, 2004

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Jun 24, 2004

szleok

Civil/Environmental

Usually, when we input seismic loading, we use amplitude vs. time which is already in the Abaqus CAE. That's the relationship between acceleration and time. Can we just use the stress time history instead of that? Anyone here has idea how to input the data?