 Analytical Options
- Static linear analysis
- Static nonlinear analysis
- Force or displacement control
- Staged construction (construction sequence loading), including multiple scenarios
- For the special case of pushover analysis includes effective damping
computations, capacity spectrum and demand spectrum comparisons are also
performed
- Nonlinear frame, cable and link elements
- P-delta analysis
- Large displacement analysis
 
- Modal analysis
- Eigen analysis with an accelerated subspace iteration algorithm
- Ritz analysis for optimal mode superposition basis
- Modes can include P-delta, large displacement and construction effects
- Dynamic response spectrum analysis
- Modal combination by SRSS, CQC and GMC(Gupta) methods
- Directional combination by the SRSS or factored absolute sum method
- Dynamic liner and nonlinear time history analysis
- Wilson FNA method
- Ground acceleration excitation
- Multiple base excitation
- Load forcing functions
- Transient or steady state
- Nonlinear link elements
- Graphics and tabular display of nodal and element time history records
- Function versus time or function versus function displays
- Generation of response spectrum curves for any joint acceleration component
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