Analysis Control - Consolidation
<Consolidation Analysis Control> Scheme Constant Stiffness Method Secant Method Newton Raphson Method Modified Newton Raphson Method Time Increment, Steps and Iteration Time Increment Enter the time increment used in the Analysis. Number of Load Steps Divide the total load into a number of Load Steps and apply the loads at each step. Maximum Number of Iterations/Load Step Maximum number of iterations of analysis per Load Step. Convergence Criteria Specify the basis on which to assess the convergence. If multiple criteria are chosen, then all of them must be satisfied to establish the convergence. Energy Norm Assess the convergence on the basis of Energy (Member force x displacement) Norm. Displacement Norm Assess the convergence on the basis of Displacement Norm. Force Norm Assess the convergence on the basis of Member Force Norm. User Defined Time Step Click to manually define time steps used in the analysis. <Consolidation Analysis Control-Time Step> Time steps will be generated uniformly using specified Duration and Step Number. Duration Enter the total duration of analysis. Step Number Enter the number of steps to be defined. Save Step This option saves all the time steps in the result file. Click button to generate time steps defined in either Auto or User.

Analysis Control - Consolidation

Scheme

Constant Stiffness Method

Secant Method

Newton Raphson Method

Modified Newton Raphson Method

Time Increment, Steps and Iteration

Time Increment

Enter the time increment used in the Analysis.

Number of Load Steps

Divide the total load into a number of Load Steps and apply the loads at each step.
Maximum Number of Iterations/Load Step

Maximum number of iterations of analysis per Load Step.

Convergence Criteria

Specify the basis on which to assess the convergence. If multiple criteria are chosen, then all of them must be satisfied to establish the convergence.

Energy Norm

Assess the convergence on the basis of Energy (Member force x displacement) Norm.
Displacement Norm

Assess the convergence on the basis of Displacement Norm.
Force Norm

Assess the convergence on the basis of Member Force Norm.

User Defined Time Step

Click to manually define time steps used in the analysis.

Time steps will be generated uniformly using specified Duration and Step Number.

Duration

Enter the total duration of analysis.

Step Number

Enter the number of steps to be defined.

Save Step

This option saves all the time steps in the result file.

Click button to generate time steps defined in either Auto or User.