explode load

[ssimon]

Dear stko team：
I want to use the software to investigate the effect of ground blast load on the soil, but I will not apply the blast load, do you have any good way?

[kesavapraba]

Hi, What load do you want to apply? Transient may be suitable in your case.

[ssimon]

I want to establish a model for a surface point explosion.Since explosive waves propagate spherically in space, applying conventional dynamic loads can only be done in a specific direction。

[kesavapraba]

Ok, try to see how the explosive load can be converted into the equivalent load and idealized as any one of the types of loads available in OpenSees in the link below. In fact, any user defined series is also possible. https://opensees.github.io/OpenSeesDocu ... eries.html