Force Table

Check the member forces of inelastic hinges (Lumped, Distributed, Spring, and Truss Type) resulting from the time history analysis with the time step, in a spreadsheet format table.

Table Tool in MIDAS/Gen offers a variety of powerful built-in functions. Refer to Usage of Table Tool for detail directions:

From the Main Menu select Results > Result Tables > Inelastic Hinges > Force

select Result Tables > Inelastic Hinges > Force in the Tables tab of the Tree Menu

Upon executing the Inelastic Hinge > Force Table function, Records Activation Dialog prompts. Click   after selecting time history loading conditions for output. Clicking    will display the forces for all the loading conditions, and it may take long depending upon cases.

Note

Refer to Results Table of "Usage of Table Tool" for the usage of Records Activation Dialog.

 

Refer to  Usage of Table Tool and check the following data:

 

Force Table (Lumped)

 

Force Table (Distributed)

 

Elem: Element number

 

Hinge Location: Locations where inelastic hinges are assigned. For Lumped Type, it displays as i, j, i & j, FX. For Distributed Type, it displays according to the number of hinges.

 

Inelastic Hinge Prop: Inelastic hinge property number

 

Load: Time history load case       

 

Force: Maximum force until the analysis time elapses

 

Time: Time at which the maximum member force occurs

 Force Table (Truss)

Elem: Element number

 

Hinge Location: Locations where inelastic hinges are assigned. For Lumped Type, it displays as i, j, i & j, FX. For Distributed Type, it displays according to the number of hinges.

 

Inelastic Hinge Prop: Inelastic hinge property number

 

Load: Time history load case       

 

Force: Maximum force until the analysis time elapses

 

Time: Time at which the maximum member force occurs

 

 

Force Table (Spring)

 

General Link

 

Prop. : General Link Property

 

Node1, 2 : Node numbers connecting a General Link

 

Inelastic Hinge Prop: Inelastic hinge property number

 

Load: Time history load case

 

Force: Maximum force until the analysis time elapses

 

Time: Time at which the maximum member force has occurs