Reseting displacements but not small strains

FLAC3D
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I am modeling a rockfill dam under seismic loads using the plastic hardening model with small strains. The dam is built under a given construction sequence, which generates strains and modulus degradation. I would like to be able to reset the deformations after the end of construction without reseting the modulus to G0, which appears to happend if I use

zone gridpoint ini disp (0,0,0)

as this does reset the strain increments and makes my model stiffer. Is there a way I can reset the deformations without reseting the strains or maybe just not reset the modulus to its initial values?

Thank you in advance,

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You can store displacements in an extra (or in a list) before running the dynamic analysis. When you want to post-process and plot the incremental displacements during seismic loading, you simply subtract the stored values from the current displacements.