STAAD SPACE EXAMPLE PROBLEM FOR Multiple time history
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 16-May-17
END JOB INFORMATION
UNIT FEET KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 10 0 0; 3 20 0 0; 4 30 0 0; 5 0 0 10; 6 10 0 10; 7 20 0 10;
8 30 0 10; 9 0 0 20; 10 10 0 20; 11 20 0 20; 12 30 0 20; 13 0 0 30;
14 10 0 30; 15 20 0 30; 16 30 0 30; 17 0 10 0; 18 10 10 0; 19 20 10 0;
20 30 10 0; 21 0 10 10; 22 10 10 10; 23 20 10 10; 24 30 10 10;
25 0 10 20; 26 10 10 20; 27 20 10 20; 28 30 10 20; 29 0 10 30;
30 10 10 30; 31 20 10 30; 32 30 10 30; 33 0 20 0; 34 10 20 0;
35 20 20 0; 36 30 20 0; 37 0 20 10; 38 10 20 10; 39 20 20 10;
40 30 20 10; 41 0 20 20; 42 10 20 20; 43 20 20 20; 44 30 20 20;
45 0 20 30; 46 10 20 30; 47 20 20 30; 48 30 20 30; 49 0 30 0;
50 10 30 0; 51 20 30 0; 52 30 30 0; 53 0 30 10; 54 10 30 10;
55 20 30 10; 56 30 30 10; 57 0 30 20; 58 10 30 20; 59 20 30 20;
60 30 30 20; 61 0 30 30; 62 10 30 30; 63 20 30 30; 64 30 30 30;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
101 17 18; 102 18 19; 103 19 20; 104 21 22; 105 22 23; 106 23 24;
107 25 26; 108 26 27; 109 27 28; 110 29 30; 111 30 31; 112 31 32;
113 33 34; 114 34 35; 115 35 36; 116 37 38; 117 38 39; 118 39 40;
119 41 42; 120 42 43; 121 43 44; 122 45 46; 123 46 47; 124 47 48;
125 49 50; 126 50 51; 127 51 52; 128 53 54; 129 54 55; 130 55 56;
131 57 58; 132 58 59; 133 59 60; 134 61 62; 135 62 63; 136 63 64;
201 17 21; 202 18 22; 203 19 23; 204 20 24; 205 21 25; 206 22 26;
207 23 27; 208 24 28; 209 25 29; 210 26 30; 211 27 31; 212 28 32;
213 33 37; 214 34 38; 215 35 39; 216 36 40; 217 37 41; 218 38 42;
219 39 43; 220 40 44; 221 41 45; 222 42 46; 223 43 47; 224 44 48;
225 49 53; 226 50 54; 227 51 55; 228 52 56; 229 53 57; 230 54 58;
231 55 59; 232 56 60; 233 57 61; 234 58 62; 235 59 63; 236 60 64;
301 1 17; 302 2 18; 303 3 19; 304 4 20; 305 5 21; 306 6 22; 307 7 23;
308 8 24; 309 9 25; 310 10 26; 311 11 27; 312 12 28; 313 13 29;
314 14 30; 315 15 31; 316 16 32; 317 17 33; 318 18 34; 319 19 35;
320 20 36; 321 21 37; 322 22 38; 323 23 39; 324 24 40; 325 25 41;
326 26 42; 327 27 43; 328 28 44; 329 29 45; 330 30 46; 331 31 47;
332 32 48; 333 33 49; 334 34 50; 335 35 51; 336 36 52; 337 37 53;
338 38 54; 339 39 55; 340 40 56; 341 41 57; 342 42 58; 343 43 59;
344 44 60; 345 45 61; 346 46 62; 347 47 63; 348 48 64;
UNIT INCHES KIP
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
101 TO 136 201 TO 236 PRIS YD 15 ZD 15
301 TO 348 TABLE ST W18X35
UNIT FEET KIP
DEFINE MATERIAL START
ISOTROPIC MATERIAL1
E 453600
POISSON 0.17
DENSITY 0.14999
ISOTROPIC STEEL
E 4.176e+006
POISSON 0.3
DENSITY 0.489024
ALPHA 6e-006
DAMP 0.03
TYPE STEEL
STRENGTH FY 5184 FU 8352 RY 1.5 RT 1.2
END DEFINE MATERIAL
UNIT INCHES KIP
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL MATERIAL1 MEMB 101 TO 136 201 TO 236
MATERIAL STEEL MEMB 301 TO 348
SUPPORTS
1 TO 16 FIXED
UNIT FEET KIP
DEFINE TIME HISTORY
TYPE 1 ACCELERATION
0.1 16 1 17 2 19 3 26 4 32 5 20
ARRIVAL TIME
0
DAMPING 0.05
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*
CUT OFF MODE SHAPE 20
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE None  TITLE TIME HISTORY LOAD
SELFWEIGHT X 1 
SELFWEIGHT Y 1 
SELFWEIGHT Z 1 
JOINT LOAD
17 TO 48 FX 2.5 FY 2.5 FZ 2.5
GROUND MOTION X 1 1 1.000000
GROUND MOTION Z 1 1 1.000000
PERFORM ANALYSIS
FINISH
