Maximum Node Displacement

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Alshaebi
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Maximum Node Displacement

Post by Alshaebi » Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:14 am

Hello dear all,

please help. I need to record the maximum node displacement value. for some reason, I want only the maximum value, not envelope values. I tried to use this command but it doesn't work.

recorder MaxNodeDisp -file ND16.out -dof 1 -node 16

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Re: Maximum Node Displacement

Post by fmk » Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:23 pm

you either have to look after the variable in your script, i.e. monitor the nodal displacements and write to a file when done, or use the EnvelopeRecorder. What is wrong with using the EnvelopeRecorder?

you could also use the Envelope recorder, isssue a remove recorders command when analysis is done, then open the output file, parse the values and write aopther file as another option.

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