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Total Displacements Script

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 3:37 am
by 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).

Re: Total Displacements Script

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:27 am
by 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.

Re: Total Displacements Script

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:30 am
by jpereirasan
Is it possible to visualize the total displacement (or the cumulative displacement) at the end of the motion in the post processor ?

Re: Total Displacements Script

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:49 am
by 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.