Define Result Functions

 

 

Specify the types of time history analysis results, and define graphic output functions and Step functions. Output functions can be also created or changed in Results > Time History Results > Time History Graph in the post-processing.

 

 

 

From the Main Menu select Load > Seismic > Time History Analysis Data > Define Result Functions.

 

 

Define Function

Graph Function: Define a Graph Function.

Step Function: Analysis results are defined at a specific step.

Function List: It lists the defined Graph (Step) functions.

Graph Function

Define the function for which time history analysis results will be produced in graphs.

  •  Displ./Vel./Accel

Name: Enter the name of the graph function (displacement/velocity/acceleration).

Node Number: Node number for which the graph will be produced

Type of Result: Select the type of results to be produced.

Disp.: Displacement

Vel.: Velocity

Accel: Acceleration

Reference Point: Select a reference point for displacement (velocity, acceleration).

Ground: Ground is selected to produce relative response at ground (relative displacement and relative velocity). Response of the ground is assumed to be zero.

Add Ground Motion: Absolute response of the structure plus the ground motion is produced.
It can be selected for producing absolute acceleration.

Another Node: Response of the entered node relative to a reference node is produced.

Components: Specify a component direction of displacements.
The directions of displacements may be DX, DY, DZ, RX, RY or RZ.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

: Complete the data entries and click to create and store the function in the list.

: Cancel the entered data and restore the previous Menu status.

  •  Truss Force/Stress

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a truss element.

Element Number: Enter the truss element number.
Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the truss element for which analysis results are required.
I-Node or J-Node is selected.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

 

  •  Beam Force/Stress

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a beam element.

Element Number: Enter the beam element number.
Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the beam element for which analysis results are required.
I-Node or J-Node is selected.

Components

If Force is selected
the components may be selected from Axial, Shear-y, Shear-z, Torsion, Moment-y and Moment-z.

If Stress is selected
the components may be selected from Axial, Shear-y, Shear-z, Bend(+y), Bend(-y), Bend(+z) and Bend(-z).

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

  •  Plane Stress Force/Stress

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a plane stress element.

Element Number: Enter the plane stress element number. Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the plane stress element for which analysis results are required.

I-Node, J-Node, K-Node or L-Node is selected for Force Type.

Center, I-Node, J-Node, K-Node or L-Node is selected for Stress Type.

Components

If Force is selected
the components may be selected from Fx and Fy

If Stress is selected
the components may be selected from Sig-xx, Sig-yy and Sig-xy.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

  •  Plane Strain Force/Stress

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a plane strain element.

Element Number: Enter the plane strain element number. Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the plane strain element for which analysis results are required.

I-Node, J-Node, K-Node or L-Node is selected for Force Type.

Center, I-Node, J-Node, K-Node or L-Node is selected for Stress Type

Components

If Force is selected
the components may be selected from Fx and Fy.

If Stress is selected
the components may be selected from Sig-xx, Sig-yy and Sig-xy.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

 

  •  Plate Force/Stress

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a plate element.

Element Number: Enter the plate element number.
Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Forc.: Force

Strs.: Stress

Unit Forc. : Element force per unit length

Point: Assign a position of the plate element for which analysis results are required.

I-Node, J-Node, K-Node or L-Node is selected for Force Type.

Center, I-Node, J-Node, K-Node or L-Node is selected for Stress Type and Unit Force Type.

Components

If Force is selected
the components may be selected from Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My and Mz.

If Stress is selected
the components may be selected from Sig-xx (Top), Sig-yy (Top), Sig-xy (Top), Sig-xx (Bottom), Sig-yy (Bottom) and Sig-xy (Bottom).

If Unit Force is selected
the components may be selected from Fxx, Fyy, Fxy, Mxx, Myy, Mxy, Vxx, and Vyy.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

  •  Solid Force/Stress

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a solid element.

Element Number: Enter the solid element number.
Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the solid element for which analysis results are required.

I-Node, J-Node, K-Node, L-Node, M-Node, N-Node, O-Node or P-Node is selected for Force Type.

Center, I-Node, J-Node, K-Node, L-Node, M-Node, N-Node, O-Node or P-Node is selected for Stress Type.

Components

If Force is selected
the components may be selected from Fx, Fy and Fz.

If Stress is selected
the components may be selected from Sig-xx, Sig-yy, Sig-zz, Sig-xy, Sig-yz and Sig-xz.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

Include Mode Number

When Modal Superposition is used in time history analysis, Eigen modes can be selected to be reflected in the time history analysis results. One or all the modes can be used to calculate the response.

  •  General Link Deform/Force

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a general link element.

GL-Link No.: Enter the nonlinear link element number. The start and end node numbers are indicated in brackets to help you select the element number.

Type

Select one among Deformations of General link element, Member forces at the start node and Member forces at the end node.

Deformation, I-Node Force or J-Node Force

Components

Select a component out of the ECS 6 degrees of freedom of the selected Type.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

 

  •  Inelastic Hinge Deform/Force

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for an inelastic hinge.

Type of Element

          Beam element or General Link element

Element No.: Enter the element number containing the inelastic hinge.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

       Deformation or Force

Components

Select a component out of the ECS 6 degrees of freedom of the selected Type.

Location

Assign the output location of the inelastic hinge.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which time history graphs will be drawn.

 

  •  Load Increment History

In order to produce results for nonlinear static analysis, a load increment function is defined.

Name: Enter the name of a Graph Function for a load increment of nonlinear static analysis.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which nonlinear static analysis graphs will be drawn.

 

Step Function

Time step, displacement (velocity, acceleration), member force, etc. of static analysis and time history analysis results can be verified for a user-defined condition.   

  •  Time Step

Response of a structure at a time step or a construction stage can be checked

Name: Enter the name of a Time Step function.

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which Step Function results will be produced.

Time Step

Select a time step or a construction stage at which analysis results will be produced.

  •  Displ./Vel./Accel

Maximum (minimum, absolute) displacement, velocity and acceleration response at a specific node can be checked.

Name: Enter a function name.

Node Number: Node number for which the results will be produced

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Disp.: Displacement

Vel.: Velocity

Accel: Acceleration

Components: Specify a component of the results at the node. The components may be DX, DY, DZ, RX, RY or RZ.

Value

Max: Maximum value

Min: Minimum value

Abs Max: Absolute maximum value

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which Step Function results will be produced.

 

  •  Truss Force/Stress

Maximum (minimum, absolute) member force (stress) for a specific truss element can be checked.

Name: Enter a function name.

Element No.: Enter the truss element number. Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the truss element for which analysis results are required.

I-Node or J-Node is selected.

Value

Max: Maximum value

Min: Minimum value

Abs Max: Absolute maximum value

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which Step Function results will be produced.

 

  •  Beam Force/Stress

Maximum (minimum, absolute) member force (stress) for a specific beam element can be checked.   

Name: Enter a function name.

Element No.: Enter the beam element number. Use the mouse to select or directly enter the number.

Type of Result: Select the type of structural response to be produced.

Force or Stress

Point: Assign a position of the beam element for which analysis results are required. I-Node or J-Node

Components

If Force is selected
the components may be selected from Axial, Shear-y, Shear-z, Torsion, Moment-y and Moment-z.

If Stress is selected
the components may be selected from Axial, Shear-y, Shear-z, Bend(+y), Bend(-y), Bend(+z), Bend(-z), Combined1, Combined2, Combined3 and Combined4.

Value

Max: Maximum value

Min: Minimum value

Abs Max: Absolute maximum value

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which Step Function results will be produced.

 

  •  Designated Component

The time step, at which the maximum (minimum, absolute) beam element force of the designated component at the Point occurs, is found.  At that time step, the forces of the remaining elements are produced.

Name: Enter a function name.

 

Point: Assign a position of the beam element for which analysis results are required.

 

Components

The components may be selected from Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My and Mz.

 

Value: Max, Min or Abs Max

 

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which Step Function results will be produced.

 

  •  General Link Force

The time step, at which the maximum (minimum, absolute) force of the designated component at the Point of a general link element occurs, is found.  At that time step, the forces of the remaining elements are produced.

Name.: Enter a function name.

 GL-Link No: General Link element number

Point: Assign a position of the general link element for which analysis results are required.

Components

The components may be selected from Axial, Shear-y, Shear-z, Torsion,
Moment-y and Moment-z.

Value: Max, Min or Abs Max

Time History Load Case

Select a load case for which Step Function results will be produced.