A Cyclic Explicit Dynamic (CED) procedure is devised for inelastic analysis of braced frame systems.
Buckling and post-buckling responses via monotonic and cyclic loadings are accurately captured.
CED is validated/verified against experimental data and numerical results.
Yield mechanisms and formation of failure modes are recovered accurately by CED.
CED can be used to assess nonlinear performance and to seek the optimum design criteria.