Click Display>Show tables menu or icon to view reporting options. Note that results from nonlinear time history cases not only report displacements, stresses, element forces, etc., they also report joint/point accelerations and velocities, which are often part of the dynamic analysis design criteria. Click the "Modify/Show Options" button in the Select Tables dialogue to select load cases for reporting, results sets reported, and time history reporting options.
Envelopes report only min/max values. Since min/max values in different parts of the model often occur at different time steps, the most realistic results are usually obtained using the Step-by-Step option shown below. Result sets apply different code specified design parameters including flexibility factors. In most cases you will want to select Result Set option "All Except Base". The base result set does not include flexibility factors or other design parameters that can affect analysis results.
In the B31.4 Occasional Stress summary table, right-click the top of the Combined DCR column to sort largest to smallest. Sorting the B31.4 combined stress demand-capacity ratio (DCR) quickly finds the highest combined code stress. In this example, the highest combined stress ratio is just under 66%. As the stress summary table makes clear, CSiPlant checks code stresses for each individual time step at 9 stations (default) along the length of each pipe, not just at meshed joint locations.
Results from time history load cases can be graphically displayed. Below is a deformed shape plot of an operating case combined with an earthquake time history in the X direction. Using the Apply button, users can quickly review displacements in different directions, with options to display results for Max, Min, or a specified load step.
