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This page describes how to plot link hysteresis using SAP2000.

Similar functionality is available to CSiBridge in that the plot menu is available through Home > Display > More > Show Plot Functions.

 

Users should first run nonlinear analysis to generate the data necessary for plotting link hysteresis.

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  • Select the defined plot function, then select Modify/Show Plot Function to assign such custom names as DEFORMATION for link deformation and FORCE for link force, as shown in Figure 1:

 

 

  • Select deformation as the horizontal plot function and force as the vertical plot function, as shown in Figure 2:

 

 

  • Finally, select Display to display the hysteresis curve, as shown in Figure 3: