How to use

This page is dedicated to providing information on how to use the NonLinear Structural Analysis tool as a PyPi module. For website, it is self-explanatory.

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General

1. Create and Assemble the Structural Model

2. Create Responses

3. Perform the Individual Response

The package contains following Modules:

1. StructuralElements - With this you can create Node, Member

2. Loads - With this you can create NeumanBC

3. main - with this you can assembale the model

4. FirstOrderResponse - With this you can create FirstOrderGLobalResponse and FirstOrderMemberResponse

5. SecondOrderResponse - With this you can create SecondOrderGLobalResponse and SecondOrderMemberResponse

6. DynamicResponse - With this you can create DynamicGlobalResponse

7. FiniteElementDivisor and Comparision

How to create Strucutural Model

Node:
- Node_Number – Give the node number as an integer.
- xcoordinate – Specify the x-coordinate as a float.
- ycoordinate – Specify the y-coordinate as a float.
- Support_Condition – Define the type of support as a string from the given options- "Hinged Support", "Fixed Support", "Rigid Joint", "Roller in X-plane", "Roller in Y-plane", "Hinge Joint", "Glided Support", "Roller in X-plane-Hinge"
Member:
- Beam_Number – Assign a unique beam number as an integer.
- Start_Node – Specify the starting node number as an integer.
- End_Node – Specify the ending node number as an integer.
- Area – Define the cross-sectional area as a float.
- Youngs_Modulus – Specify Young’s modulus as a float.
- Moment_of_Inertia – Provide the moment of inertia as a float.
NeumanBC:
- type – Define the Load type as a string.
  "UDL" - Uniformly Distributed Load, "PL" - Point Load
- Magnitude – Specify the magnitude of the Load as a float.
- Distance1 – Provide the distance at which the Load is starts as a float.
- Distance2 – Provide the distance at which the Load end as a float. ( Not needed if you use "PL")
- AssignedTo – Indicate the member to which the load is applied as a string.
- Members – List the member numbers assigned to this boundary condition as integers.

How to create responses

Response is created based on the Structure. Example of creating each response is given

Model1 = main.Model(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

GlobalRes1 = FirstOrderResponse.FirstOrderGlobalResponse(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

NodalRes1 = NodalResponse(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

MemberRes1 = FirstOrderResponse.FirstOrderMemberResponse(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

SecondOrderResponse1 = SecondOrderResponse.SecondOrderGlobalResponse(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

SecondOrderMemberResponse1 = SecondOrderResponse.SecondOrderMemberResponse(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

Comparision1 = Comparision.Comparision(MainModel = MemberRes1, Model2 = SecondOrderMemberResponse1)

DynamicResponse1 = DynamicResponse.DynamicGlobalResponse(Points = Points, Members = Members, Loads = Loads)

Instead of Model1, GlobalResponse1 you can use anyother name. Based on this model Structural results can be obtained as shown below

Follwing Structural results are availabe for each response:

1. FirstOrderGlobalResponse - SupportForcesVector, DisplacementVectorDict

2. FirstOrderNodalResponse - NodeForce, NodeDisplacement

3. FirstOrderMemberResponse - MemberForceLocal, MemberBMD, MemberSFD PlotMemberBMD, PlotMemberSFD, PlotGlobalBMD, PlotGlobalSFD, PlotGlobalDeflection

4. SecondOrderGlobalResponse - SupportForcesVector, DisplacementVectorDict, BucklingEigenLoad, PlotEigenMode

5. SecondOrderMemberResponse - MemberForceLocal, MemberBMD, MemberSFD PlotMemberBMD, PlotMemberSFD, PlotGlobalBMD, PlotGlobalSFD, PlotGlobalDeflection

6. Comparision - PlotGlobalBMDComparison, PlotGlobalSFDComparison, PlotGlobalDeflectionComparison