Total Displacements Script

[jpereirasan]

Good morning STKO Team.
I am performing a dynamic analysis of a soil slope. To perform the analysis I am using the UniformExcitation command, I understand that this command delivers the results of relative displacements (Ux) and not of total displacements.
Is there any python script with which it is possible to obtain the total displacement of the figure at the end of the analysis ? (the sum of the Ux displacements)
I attach my model if it is possible to help me with the visualization of the results. (and with the Python script).

[kesavapraba]

Hi, you can extract the relative displacement from the node where you want to get total displacement and then add to ground motion displacement - this can be achieved using simple tools, like spreadsheet. For automating many things, you can go ahead with Python script.

[jpereirasan]

Is it possible to visualize the total displacement (or the cumulative displacement) at the end of the motion in the post processor ?

[kesavapraba]

Hi, Currently, the STKO postprocessor doesn't support adding the complete time series of earthquake displacement to the virtual graph. You can be hopeful that this feature is in development for an upcoming release. In the meantime, you can effectively utilize the postprocessor by adding scalar values to the virtual result.