Path Time Series

This command associates a TimeSeries object of the type PathSeries or PathTimeSeries (if the increment is not constant) to a LoadPattern object.

There are many ways to specify the load path.

For a load path where the values are specified at constant time intervals:

Series -dt $dt -values {list_of_values} <-factor $cFactor>

where the values are specified in a list included in the command

Series -dt $dt -filePath $fileName <-factor $cFactor>

where the values are taken from a file specified by $fileName

For a load path where the values are specified at non-constant time intervals:

Series -time {list_of_times} -values {list_of_values} <-factor $cFactor>

where both time and values are specified in a list included in the command

Series -fileTime $fileName1 -filePath $fileName2 <-factor $cFactor>

where both time and values are taken from a file specified by $fileName1 (for the time data) and $fileName2 (for the values data)

The load factor to be applied to the loads and constraints in the LoadPattern object is equal to $cFactor*(user-defined series)