Dynamic Event Options

Description of Dynamic loadcase options.

Below are the options available for dynamic loadcase setup.

Load Curve

Load Curve

Sine Sweep: Sinusoidal or Sine sweep is a sine function that gradually changes frequency over time.; Only Displacement load type is supported.
From File: Use this option to import a file containing the load time history. SnRD supports loading either one, two, or three directions.
Refer From File Options.; Note: When more than one load direction is created at the same time, SnRD will automatically create one Loadcase for each direction and one with all directions combined. Example: Applying a load on one node in three directions at the same time will create four loadcases.

Figure 1.
From PSD: PSD: Power Spectral Density; An Input PSD curve (Acceleration vs Freq) is converted into a signal in timedomain depending on the selection of loadtype and Time length.
From Curve: Use already existing curves (TABLED1) in session as load curves. You will be prompted to select which curve is used for which direction.

Undo Dynamic Event ()

Reverts the recently created dynamic event.

You can revert the creation only if Curve Editor (

) is chosen.

Curve Editor ()

Launches the Curve Editor after creation of loadcase which allows for preview of the imported load curve(s).

Modes

Defines data for Eigenvalue analysis (EIGRL/EIGRA)

Method: Select Eigenvalue method, Lancos or Amses.; Defines data required to perform real eigenvalue analysis (vibration or buckling) with the Lanczos Method.
Frequency Range: Define which frequency range to consider in evaluation.
No of Modes to Extract: Set the number of modes to extract. If set to blank all modes in Frequency range are extracted.

Damping

Defines damping parameters (TABDMP1)

Damping: Define damping factor as constant over all frequencies or through a table.
Method: Set damping method.

Time Step

Defines Time Step Parameters (TSTEP)

Auto Time Step: Automatically extracts Time Step based on load curve.
Auto No of Time Steps: Automatically extracts number of time steps based on load curve.
Output frequency: Defines the output frequency of the results at the respective time steps.

Output

The Supported format for loadcurve data is CSV and TXT and columns in file should be organized depending on your selection as shown below:

Note: Supported format for loadcurve data is CSV and TXT and columns in file should be organized depending on your selection as shown below:

One direction-: TIME, DIR1; One direction sample file is shown below-; Figure 2.
Three Directions-: TIME, X, Y, Z; Three directions sample file is shown below-
Figure 3.
Two Directions XY-: TIME, X, Y; X,Y direction loading sample file is shown below-; Figure 4.
Two Directions XZ-: TIME, X, Z; X,Z direction loading sample file is shown below-; Figure 5.