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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Input Support Stiffness and Damping</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/244679/input-support-stiffness-and-damping</link><description>Is there a way to input pile (node) stiffness and damping in Staad for a time history analysis? That means inputting support stiffness and damping values for all 6 degrees of freedom (translation and rotation)</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Input Support Stiffness and Damping</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/763754?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:59:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e876980f-63f6-4dfd-a8b8-298384d4b6cc</guid><dc:creator>Asif Sani</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The CDAMP option specified on the website is only for three translational direction and not the 3 rotational direction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a id="" href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/STAAD.Pro%20Help-v17/en/STD_SPRING_DAMPING.html"&gt;https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/STAAD.Pro%20Help-v17/en/STD_SPRING_DAMPING.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Can you please share an example of format/file for how to use CDAMP?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Input Support Stiffness and Damping</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/763692?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:46:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6ff686e2-25fb-4ab5-8dcb-ab32aa5037d6</guid><dc:creator>Modestas</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can assign Fixed But support with the required spring stiffness in each DOF. In the Time Hitsory definition, select the CDAMP (composite damping) option.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>