How would I create a response spectrum for a time-history? I have run a transient analysis and am trying to use the RESP command to generate the equivalent response spectrum. The input is a sine wave with an amplitude of 0.025 inches. In POST26, the node where the loading was input has the correct displacement versus time, a sine wave with an amplitude of 0.025. I then use the RESP command to generate a displacement response spectrum. When I plot displacement versus frequency, I would expect to see one vertical line with an amplitude of 0.025 at a value of 1 Hz, but I do not see anything at all on the graph.


No, other frequencies will be excited by the 1 hz excitation. I have written below how you would create a response spectrum for this case. The response spectrum created shows that a structure with a 1-Hz natural frequency will have a peak displacement of 6.8e-2 in response to the transient input. This corresponds to a dynamic load factor of 2.75 and seems reasonable.

fini
/clear

resume
damprat=.05
f1=1

/post26
numvar,40
nsol,16,fix_nd_mn,u,y,y-disp_at_base_(in)
filldata,13,1,10,1,f1/4,.25
resp,33,13,16,1,damprat,dt
xvar,13
/xrange,0,2
plvar,33 ! response spectrum





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