Perform3D Getting Started

• Title page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Disclaimer
• Contents
• Chapter 1 Installation, Manuals, Support
  • 1.1 Installation
  • 1.2 Manuals
  • 1.3 Technical Support
    • 1.3.1 Availability
    • 1.3.2 Help Us to Help You
    • 1.3.3 Phone Support
    • 1.3.4 Email Support
• Chapter 2 Overview of PERFORM-3D
  • 2.1 Screen Layout
  • 2.2 Structures
  • 2.3 Phases
  • 2.4 Modeling Phase
  • 2.5 Analysis Phase
• Chapter 3 Quick Tour : Steel Frame Example
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 Preliminaries
  • 3.3 Open Structure
  • 3.4 Nodes
  • 3.5 Component Properties
  • 3.6 Beam Cross Sections
  • 3.7 Column Cross Sections
  • 3.8 Inelastic FEMA Beam Components
  • 3.9 Inelastic FEMA Column Components
  • 3.10 Inelastic Connection Panel Zone Components
  • 3.11 End Zone Component
  • 3.12 Elastic P/V/M Release Components
  • 3.13 Strength Section Components
  • 3.14 Frame Member Compound Components
  • 3.15 Summary for Component Properties
  • 3.16 Elements
  • 3.17 View Direction and Perspective
  • 3.18 Frames
  • 3.19 Load Patterns
    • 3.19.1 General
    • 3.19.2 Nodal Load Patterns
    • 3.19.3 Element Load Patterns
    • 3.19.4 Self Weight Loads
  • 3.20 Import/Export Structure Data
  • 3.21 Drifts
  • 3.22 Structure Sections
  • 3.23 Limit States
  • 3.24 Delete Elements for Gravity Loads
  • 3.25 Analysis Phase
  • 3.26 Load Cases
    • 3.26.1 General
    • 3.26.2 Gravity Load Case
    • 3.26.3 Static Push-Over Load Cases
    • 3.26.4 Dynamic Earthquake Load Cases
  • 3.27 Analysis Series
    • 3.27.1 General
    • 3.27.2 Series 1
    • 3.27.3 Series 2
    • 3.27.4 Run Analyses
  • 3.28 Run Analyses
  • 3.29 Mode Shapes
  • 3.30 Energy
  • 3.31 Limit State Groups
  • 3.32 Deflected Shapes
  • 3.33 Time Histories
  • 3.34 Hysteresis Loops
  • 3.35 Moment and Shear Diagrams, and Detailed Deflections
  • 3.36 Behavior vs. Performance Assessment
  • 3.37 Push-Over Plot
  • 3.38 Usage Ratio Graphs
  • 3.39 Combinations and Envelopes
  • 3.40 Conclusion