Converting PEER ground motions to Opensees format

[nyangi]

Hello everyone!
I have pass through the details on the procedure on how to convert PEER ground motions to opensees format(ReadSMDFile.tcl
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/OpenSees/m ... al/761.htm ) but could not understand.could anyone provide me with some more details and what exactly should i write for inFilename,outFilename,inFilename ID,out Filename ID.

[nyangi]

Please anyone to provide help will be much appreciated.

[selimgunay]

Basically this file converts the ground motions in the PEER database to a format that OpenSees can understand. For this purpose, it deletes the first few rows and extract the information of the time step dt and the number of time steps NPTS from these first few rows.

When the PEER ground motion format changes, the ReadSMDFile.tcl may not work and may require small adjustments, so it is best if you understand the small code in it. Feel free to let me know in case of questions figuring it out.

[nyangi]

@selimgunay thank you for your kind response,you have added another point that actually i did not know before.To be honest am not that much good in coding but i am working on it.If you wont mind could i connect with you through this email(nyangip@yahoo.com) as i still need more details on how i can accomplish this task.Will appreciate much as i am blocked as i cannot continue with analysis.Please send me you email address.

[selimgunay]

I will send you an email.

[nyangi]

Thank you!

[nyangi]

selimgunay wrote:
> I will send you an email.

Still need your help,i could not be able to figure out this.
I will appreciate.