NONLINEAR TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS SAP2000 1

[prodipsarkar08]

I AM TRYING TO DO NLTH ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE BUILDING FRAME....I HAVE CHOOSEN A 2D FRAME....AND ANLYSE IT FOR A ARBITARY GROUND MOTION.....BUT BOTH LINEAR AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS GIVES EXACTLY THE SAME RESULT....I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS HAPPENING....I HAVE UPLODED THE FILES...PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTION.....

 

[kostast88]

You haven't assigned either hinges,or nonlinear Link elements to your structure.Noonlinear analysis isn't just a tick in the analysis case and done.Refer to tutorials on nonlinear analysis with sap.Info can also be found on this forum.

 

[prodipsarkar08]

thanks u kostast88 (Structural)....i am very new in SAP2000...now i understand....