01 Pushover Global Control

Define, modify or delete the initial load cases, which will be applied prior to pushover analysis.

Perform Nonlinear Static Analysis for Initial Load

Import Static Analysis / Construction Stage Analysis Results

1. When the boundary conditions are different between the initial load and the pushover load.

When using the result from the final construction stage as the initial load for the pushover analysis, the member forces from the construction stage analysis will be imported and nonlinear analysis will not be performed for the initial load.

For the following cases, nonlinear analysis will not be performed for the initial load but the result from the static analysis will be imported for the pushover analysis.

- When the boundary conditions/section stiffness scale factors are different between the initial load and the pushover load

- When using the member forces from the final construction stage as the initial load for the pushover analysis Type your drop-down text here.

Load Case

Select the load cases, which are to be defined as the initial load for pushover analysis, among the load cases applied to static analysis.

Scale Factor

Enter the magnification/reduction factors to be applied to each selected load case for the initial load.

If the following temperature loads are entered as an Initial Load, pushover analysis cannot be performed.

The member forces caused by the initial load (in general, the gravity load) are added to the resulting member forces due to pushover analysis. However, the displacements caused by the initial load are not considered in the pushover analysis.

If P-M interaction is considered in the hinge properties, it is recommended to apply the initial load.

In order to check the results due to initial load in the pushover analysis, a linear static analysis for the load cases which are defined as initial load should be performed.

Beam/Column: Select this option to automatically terminate pushover analysis if a shear hinge in a beam or a column member occurs.

Wall: Select this option to automatically terminate pushover analysis if a shear hinge in a wall occurs.

If the analysis is automatically terminated due to yielding of shear hinge, analysis results can be examined up to the last pushover step.

Specify the maximum number of sub-iterations and a tolerance limit for convergence criterion.

By increasing the number of steps in an iterative nonlinear analysis, the rate of convergence can be improved. However if the number of steps is large, the analysis could be very time-consuming.

When this option is checked on and if the analysis results do not converge, midas automatically subdivides the step at which divergence occurs. Therefore analysis can be converged without increasing the number of steps. When this option is checked off and if the analysis results do not converge, the analysis will be terminated.

Maximum Iteration

Enter the maximum number of sub-iterations in an increment step for repetitive analyses to satisfy an equilibrium condition of the structure.

The difference between internal and external loads acting on the structure is called unbalanced force. In pushover analysis the equilibrium is achieved by reducing the unbalanced force through an iterative solver such as Newton-Raphson method.

Procedure of Newton-Raphon method

1. When the iteration is performed:

The iterative procedure is continued until the unbalanced force becomes less than or equal to the specified tolerance and as a result, convergence criterion is satisfied.

2. When the iteration is not performed (when the maximum number of iterations is entered as 1):

The unbalanced force is added to the external load in the subsequent step.

Convergence Criteria

Specify a tolerance limit for convergence. If the incremental error falls within the tolerance, the iteration stops within the corresponding analysis step prior to reaching the maximum number of iterations and subsequent steps ensue.

There are three convergence criteria (displacement norm, force norm and energy norm) to check the convergence for an iterative process. The user can select more than one norm to be reflected in the iteration process.

In general, applying displacement norm is enough. In a very special case, an exact solution is not obtained because of remaining unbalanced force is not negligible although they converge by the displacement norm. In that case, the user may solve the problem by considering additional criteria (force norm and energy norm)

When multiple norms are applied, the number of iterations in each increment step increases.

When the convergence tolerance is not satisfied, the remaining unbalanced force is added to the external load in the subsequent step. Therefore, if the analysis results are converged in the current step, the failure of convergence in the previous step does not affect analysis results.

Define the default stiffness reduction ratio of the skeleton curve. Also specify the reference location for calculating yield strength of beam element when the pushover hinge property is defined as distributed type.

Default Stiffness Reduction Ratio of Skeleton Curve

Specify the stiffness reduction ratios after the 1st and 2nd yielding points (1st yielding for bilinear curve, 1st and 2nd yielding for trilinear curve) relative to the elastic stiffness when the skeleton curve is Bilinear, Slip Bilinear, Trilinear type or Slip Trilinear type.

Trilinear / Slip Trilinear Type : Specify the stiffness reduction ratios after the 1st and 2nd yielding points for Trilinear curve.

α2：Stiffness reduction ratio after the 2nd yielding point (α2 ≤ α1 ≤ 1.0)

Bilinear / Slip Bilinear Type : Specify the stiffness reduction ratios after yielding point for Bilinear curve.

If the user changes the value of 'Default Stiffness Reduction Ratio of Skeleton Curve' and click [OK] button, Stiffness Reduction Ratio is selected as 'Use Value of Global Control Data' option in the Directional Properties of Pushover Hinge dialog.

Nonlinear properties of Point Spring Support (Comp.-only, Tens.-only, Multi-linear type) can be considered in the pushover analysis.

Reference Location only for Distributed Hinges

Specify the reference location (i-end, j-end, center) for calculating yield strength of beam element when the pushover hinge property is defined as distributed type.

Reference Design Code (Eurocode 8: 2004)

Specify scale factors for ultimate rotation and identify secondary seismic elements. (Eurocode 8 only)

Scale Factor for Ultimate Rotation : When calculating the total chord rotation capacity at ultimate of concrete members, following conditions can be considered as per A.3.1.1, ANNEX A, Eurocode 8-3.

Secondary Seismic Elements: Identify secondary seismic elements, if any, by selecting predefined Structure Group.

Pushover Global Control

Pushover Global Control dialog box