Deformation Scale for buckling analysis

[alexander.griffiths]

Hi Clemens,
Thanks for the clarification. I also found the following post on the discussion forum helpful for scaling the maximum displacement to an initial imperfection.

Initial deformed model for Non-Linear analysis

Dear experts, Is there an easy way to apply an initial controlled deformation to the Non-Linear analysis component? Note that I don´t refer to “Imperfection Load” (Karamba´s manual page 41), since this loads do not add directly to the beam displacements and they act indirectly and only in the presence of a normal force NII. So far, I´ve plugged the Deformed Model from a previous linear buckling analysis, but it is difficult to control the maximum amplitude of the initial deformation. For exam…

Regards,
Alex