Variable Transient Analysis

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simonkey
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Variable Transient Analysis

Post by simonkey »

What exactly is the correct way to implement the "variable transient" version of the "analyze" command?

Is it the following?:

set ok [analyze 1 $dtMin $dtMax $Jd]

If so, what do $Jd, $dtMin, $dtMax represent?

~Simon
vesna
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Re: Variable Transient Analysis

Post by vesna »

It should be specified this way:

analyze $numIncr $dt $dtMin $dtMax $Jd

where:
$numIncr is number of analysis steps to perform
$dt is a time-step increment
$dtMin is minimum time step increment
$dtMax is maximum time step increment
$Jd number of iterations user would like performed at each step
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