3.1.11.6. Rectangular Time Series

This command is used to construct a TimeSeries object in which the load factor is constant for a specified period and 0 otherwise, i.e. \(\lambda = f(t) = \begin{cases} \text{cFactor}, &\text{tStart} <= t <= \text{tFinish}\\ \text{0.0}, &\text{otherwise}\\ \end{cases}\)

timeSeries Rectangular $tag $tStart $tEnd <-factor $cFactor>

Fig. 3.1.11.5 Rectangular Time Series

timeSeries Rectangular $tag $tStart $tFinish $period <-shift $shift> <-factor $cFactor>

Argument	Type	Description
$tag	integer	unique tag among TimeSeries objects.
$tStart	float	starting time of non-zero load factor
$tFinish	float	ending time of non-zero load factor
$cFactor	float	the load factor applied (optional: default=1.0)

Example:

The following code demonstrates how user would create a trigonometric time series with a tag of 1, has a start time of 0.0, an end time of 10.0, and a max load factor of 2.0.

1. Tcl Code

timeSeries Rectangular 1 0.0 10.0 -factor 2.0

2. Python Code

timSeries('Rectangular',  1, 0.0, 10.0, '-factor', 2.0)

Code Developed by: fmk