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cenk tort
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load path

Post by cenk tort »

Hello,

I wonder whether it is possible to specify a force-based load path at specific node for a specific degree of freedom.

like for Node # 1 in the axial direction

0 kips at 0 sec
25 kips at 0.5 sec
-25 kips at 1.0 sec
50 kips at 1.5 sec
.
.
.



Thanks,
Cenk
Cenk Tort
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota
cenk tort
Posts: 21
Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:30 am
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load series

Post by cenk tort »

Hello,

I tried the command below and it worked.

pattern Plain 1 "Series -dt $dt -filePath $filename " {
load 1 1300.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
}
Cenk Tort
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota
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