Wind Load

[elna]

Hi,
How do I apply the timehistory wind load on the nodes?
thanks

[vesna]

I never did wind timehistory analysis but if you tell me what is the input that you assign to your nodes I can tell you what is the possible way of applying it. Please provide enough details.

[elna]

I simulated wind timehistory in MATLAB and I have the wind force in notepad file. I need to define this timehistory load and assign them to the story nodes.
I don't know how I should define this series and which pattern should I use?

[vesna]

Use time series Path to define your force histories and then use plain patter with "load" to assign these time series to your nodes. For analysis type use Transient.

[Wangzj]

timeSeries Path 1 -dT 0.1 -filePath w1-10.txt -factor $wfact
pattern plain 2 1 {
load 86914 ......
}
Dear vesna，Here I have a question，how should I add the wind load（w1-10.txt） to the node（86914） and define the direction in plain patter

[fmk]

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