Rohit Sinha

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How are iso-frequency contours plotted?

Let's say we have a standard, regular hexagonal honeycomb with a 3-arm primitive unit cell (something like the figure attached; the figure is only representative and not drawn to scale). The...

08 August 2024 1,803 1 View

What could be a probable answer to "validate your model"?

I have performed a certain set of nonlinear dynamic analyses on an RC (Reinforced Concrete) frame that I designed on SAP2000 using the Indian Standard Codes. Since the numerical model is not based...

20 April 2023 5,627 3 View

Is it important to mention reinforcement details for all members of a building structure in figures for research papers?

Hi! I am a little confused about mentioning the reinforcement details in the figure showing the skeleton of my 2D RC frame. It has 32 columns (in which case I can show half the structure since...

07 December 2022 7,005 1 View

How to simulate ageing in SAP2000?

I wish to model an RCC building in SAP2000 that's supposed to have aged, let us say my model has to show a building that has existed for 10 years upon which I wish to perform a certain set of...

30 August 2022 1,798 2 View

What is the scale factor that PEER Strong Groundmotion Database provides and how to use it?

When we upload a target spectrum on PEER database, the search results show a scale factor which when I dug deeper in the Search Results csv file, certainly means the factor multiplied by the SRSS...

10 August 2022 9,922 0 View

While designing a structure on SAP2000, what colour should the members be for a safe design?

While designing a model on SAP2000, post analysis when we perform the design check, there's a colour bar to the right hand side of the window with some values. I'm assuming that these may be the...

05 August 2022 6,485 2 View

How to choose "alpha" for Hilber-Hughes-Taylor integration in Non-Linear Time History Analysis in SAP2000?

I am trying to perform a non linear time history analysis on an 8-storey 3-bay RCC frame using 14 seismic records obtained from PEER database and scaled as per Eurocode 8. The problem is that at...

15 July 2022 1,754 0 View

How to get maximum acceleration of Fault Normal and Fault Parallel components in Time Series record obtained from PEER databse?

I downloaded some specific ground motion records used in a paper. They have mentioned the values of the maximum acceleration of the FN and FP components, but I want to know how do I extract these...

14 June 2022 1,949 0 View

What are the limitations of the software Drain 2Dx over the newer ones like SAP2000 or ETABS?

I wanted to understand how these softwares are different in terms of the complexity of analyses and accuracy of results. I'm looking at performing Time History Analyses over a set of ground motion...

13 June 2022 8,072 5 View

How to scale ground motion to a desired PGA in SAP2000?

I need to perform a nonlinear Time History analysis on 7 ground motions. How do I apply the scale factor so that these ground motions are scaled to PGA like 0.1g, 0.2g. I am using PEER ground...

03 January 2022 842 4 View