Story Shear Graph

 

 

 

Produce story shear force graphs relative to time based on time history analysis results.

 

 

 

From the Main Menu select Results > Time History Results > Story Shear Graph.

 

Select Results > Story Shear Graph in the Menu tab of the Tree Menu.

 

 

  Story Shear (by Step) / Story Shear (Max.)

 

Produce story shear forces for each analysis step of time history analysis and the maximum story shear force for each story level.  

 

 If Story Shear (by Step) is selected

 

 

Direction

 

Specify a direction of story shear forces.

 

X-Direction

 

Y-Direction

 

 

 Story

 

Select the stories for which story shear forces will be produced.

 

: Select all stories

 

: Unselect all the selected stories.

 

 

 Type of Display

 

Enter a title of the time history graph and a format of output for axes.

 

Graph Title: Title of time history graph

 

X-Axis Deci. Pt. (Exp): Decimal points and whether to express in exponents for X-axis of the graph

 

Y-Axis Deci. Pt. (Exp): Decimal points and whether to express in exponents for Y-axis of the graph

 

 

Time History Case

 

Select a load case for which a time history graph will be produced.

 

If Story Shear (Max.) is selected

 

 

Direction

 

Specify a direction of story shear forces.

 

X-Direction

 

Y-Direction

 

 

  Min/Max

 

Min: Display the minimum story shear force for each story level.

 

Max: Display the maximum story shear force for each story level.

 

Abs. Max: Display the maximum absolute story shear force for each story level.

 

 

Type of Display

 

Enter a title of the time history graph and a format of output for axes.

 

Graph Title: Title of time history graph

 

 

Time History Case

 

Select a load case for which a time history graph will be produced.