Structural Dynamics

Structural Dynamics

In a response spectrum analysis (RSA), are the combined results automatically written to the results files (file.rst)?

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      No. Combining the modal results is a post-processing operation that is performed by inputting the modal combination file (/INPUT,file,mcom). The modal combination file contains a series of MAPDL load case commands. After issuing those commands, the combined results are stored in memory. RAPPND can be used to append the results in memory to the results file.