Pushover Analysis - Suman Dhara

Pushover Analysis is a non-linear static analysis procedure to estimate the capacity of a structure beyond its elastic limit to understand the post-elastic behaviour. Majorly, it allows us to evaluate overall structural behaviours and performance characteristics and enables us to investigate the sequential formation of plastic hinges in the individual structural elements constituting the entire structure. Displacement demand can be determined from Response Spectrum Analysis and displacement capacity can be determined from Pushover Analysis. In the pushover analysis, the hinges are predicted at the potential weak areas and the sequence of damage at these hinge locations is tracked till the collapse of the structure. Hinge represents a localized force-displacement relation of a member through its elastic and inelastic phases under lateral loads. This webinar will cover the procedure for pushover analysis using midas Civil software.