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1. Transient response analysis is used to calculate the response of a structure to time-dependent loads.
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2. Typical applications are structures subject to earthquakes, wind, explosions, or a vehicle going through a pothole.
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3. The loads are time-dependent forces and displacements.
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4. Initial conditions define the initial displacement and initial velocities in grid points.
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5. The results of a transient response analysis are displacements, velocities, accelerations, forces, stresses, and strains.