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Add Sequential Construction Cases
Add Sequential Construction Cases
1. Before defining the automatic sequential construction cases, define the Load
pattern(s) that will be used to define the Load Pattern (see below) for the active
structure.
2. Click the Define menu > Auto Construction Sequence Cases command to display
the Auto Construction Sequence Load Case form.
Case Is Active check box. If this check box is unchecked, the auto construction
sequence is inactive. No construction sequence case is defined. Use this option to
disable the existing construction sequence.
Auto Construction Sequence Load Case Name edit box. Use the name for the load
case suggested in the associated edit box or type a new name in the box.
Construction Sequence
o Exclude this Group Until the Last Step check box and drop-down list. Check
this check box to specify that a Group be excluded from the construction
sequence until the last step. Use the drop-down list to select the Group.
Loads Applied area. Use the edit boxes, buttons, and display lists in this area to
specify the Load Pattern. The distribution of load applied on the structure for a
given construction sequence case is defined as a scaled combination of one or
more of the following:
o A uniform acceleration acting in any of the three global directions. The force
at each joint is proportional to the mass tributary to that joint and acts in the
specified direction.
o A modal load for any eigen or Ritz mode. The force at each joint is
proportional to the product of the modal displacement, the modal circular
frequency squared (2), and the mass tributary to that joint, and it acts in the
direction of the modal displacement.
The load combination for each construction case is incremental, i.e., it acts in addition to
the load already on the structure if starting from a previous static nonlinear case.
Add button.
Delete button.
Design Combinations - Replace Dead Type Cases with this Case in All Default Design
Combinations check box. When this check box is checked, the Construction Sequence
Case being defined will replace the default Dead case used in all default design
combinations created by the program.