3.1.10.5. Triangular TimeSeries

This command is used to construct a TimeSeries object in which the load factor is some triangular function of the time in the domain.

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Fig. 3.1.10.4 Triangle Time Series

timeSeries Triangle $tag $tStart $tEnd $period <-shift $shift> <-factor $cFactor>

Argument

Type

Description

$tag

integer

unique tag among TimeSeries objects

$tStart

float

starting time of non-zero load factor

$tEnd

float

ending time of non-zero load factor

$period

float

characteristic period of triangular wave

$shift

float

phase shift in seconds (optional: default = 0.0)

$cFactor

float

the load amplification factor (optional: default = 1.0)

Example:

The following code demonstrates how user would create a trigonemtric time series with a tag of 1, has a start time of 0.0, an end time of 10.0, a period of 1.0, and a max load factor of 2.0.

  1. Tcl Code

timeSeries Triangle 1 0.0 10.0 1.0 -factor 2.0
  1. Python Code

timSeries('Triangle',  1, 0.0, 10.0, 1.0, '-factor', 2.0)

Code Developed by: Andreas Schellenberg