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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Kay Thi Kyin's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/b06698ff_2d00_9891_2d00_44cd_2d00_8279_2d00_b1f3577cc0f6</link><description>Kay Thi Kyin's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>unable to see SACS model when opening in Legacy Modeler</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/221787/unable-to-see-sacs-model-when-opening-in-legacy-modeler</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 10:00:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3c42a854-ed0c-4a35-83b4-308bd6bc1975</guid><dc:creator>Kay Thi Kyin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear SACS support team,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whenever I open my SACS model into Legacy Modeler, I get a single joint and am unable to see my model at all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/343374/pastedimage1636192613927v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have tried&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;going to &amp;quot;Interactive Programs&amp;quot; under &amp;quot;Settings&amp;quot; and changing the &amp;quot;Precede version&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Legacy Modeler&amp;quot;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shortening the sac input file name while still keeping the .inp extension&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;storing the sacs input file in a shorter file path&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but I still face this issue. May I know how to resolve this?&amp;nbsp; I am using version 13.2 of the SACS software.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yours Sincerely,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kay Thi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Is UNB/UNT/UNL linked to effective length factors Ky and Kz in STAADPRO?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/230330/is-unb-unt-unl-linked-to-effective-length-factors-ky-and-kz-in-staadpro</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 01:18:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:69c77088-e033-4024-9308-fab689de076b</guid><dc:creator>Kay Thi Kyin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone could provide some clarity on the use of UNL (UNB/UNT) in the case of cantilever members. What I know so far is that Ky and Kz would have some typical factor of 2 or 2.1 for cantilever members, and this impacts the Ly and Lz respectively. However, what about UNL? Would UNL be double the &lt;span&gt;Unsupported length in bending compression in the case of cantilever members?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thank you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Regards,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Kay Thi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>can we apply moving load like ILD load? on deck member.</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/186499/can-we-apply-moving-load-like-ild-load-on-deck-member</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:07:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e46aba43-10c8-4008-b5d0-aab7beca7d65</guid><dc:creator>sanjivani kamble</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;ILD LOAD&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Offsets in SACS</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/103613/offsets-in-sacs</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:59:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5060c52b-2933-456a-9ccd-da97f4716198</guid><dc:creator>aaa123</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just wondering about offsets:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. Is there an option available within SACS which automatically sets horizontal beams offset to face of the columns similar to setting to top of the steel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. What are the implications for horizontal offsets? Does SACS calculate the eccentric moments thus involved?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>PRESSURE ON PLATE IN SACS</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/157785/pressure-on-plate-in-sacs</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 05:31:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:637ff6dd-bc42-4aba-a689-6f8897c45eb0</guid><dc:creator>Rodrigo Tozzi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you all have a very nice day ahead of you!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have some questions regarding how SACS transfer the loading from plate to the beams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am familiar that in STAAD there are two method, suppose we have a 4 joints plate (un-meshed).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(a) By using plate pressure where the uniform pressure is converted &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;into equivalent nodal loads on 4 corner joints&lt;/span&gt; that were forming the plate panel. This will transfer the loads directly to the column (because the plat is not meshed), only a very small value of the loads are transferred through beam&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(b) By using floor load, where the uniform pressure is &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;distributed equivalently using tributary width (or envelope?) as triangular/trapezoidal line load on members&lt;/span&gt; bordering that plat panel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As far as i understand in SACS, the most common method is the (a) method where the pressure is converted into nodal loads on the corner joints.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also in SACS there is &amp;quot;member area&amp;quot; utilitiy in precede, but this method will give only uniform line load on members, not the triangular/trapezoidal line load on members.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My question is,&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is there any way in SACS to do such method of pressure loading transfer from plate to beams where in its STAAD counterpart it could be done using FLOOR LOAD command?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Thank you very much, any response would be very very appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope y&amp;#39;all have a very good day!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fervently yours,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rodrigo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>How does SACS compute the default drag coefficients for wind load computation?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/211343/how-does-sacs-compute-the-default-drag-coefficients-for-wind-load-computation</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:41:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:23b8df3f-a6b3-4b92-b713-0836f04527e6</guid><dc:creator>Kay Thi Kyin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With reference to section 3.3.1 of the Seastate manual in SACS, I would like to inquire how SACS computes the default drag coefficients for tubular and non-tubular members (example for I beams, plates, etc.)? Is it based on empirical values or a formula?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/343374/pastedimage1616117135814v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the Seastate manual states a drag coefficient of 1.5 for non-tubular members and 0.5 for tubular members (see screenshot below), may I ask if these are &amp;#39;rule-of-thumb&amp;#39; values or based on some design code?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/343374/pastedimage1616118016199v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, how is the wind load being computed with these parameters (wind velocity, drag coefficient, etc.) - what is the formula being used?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking the time to consider my query!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Significance of mesh intensity and target plate length, and the relationship between the two variables</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/205661/significance-of-mesh-intensity-and-target-plate-length-and-the-relationship-between-the-two-variables</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 06:35:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e7ff200f-9285-4cdd-a5b6-d16e131f20f5</guid><dc:creator>Kay Thi Kyin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would like to inquire what is the significance of mesh intensity in joint meshing. In the Utilities manual, section 3.2.3,&amp;nbsp;the following highlighted statements are made&amp;nbsp;(see screenshot below):&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/343374/pastedimage1604902972655v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Which lead to&amp;nbsp;these questions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the meaning of target plate length, E? I am aware it does not refer to the length of the member to be meshed, so I am in doubt as to what E means. A visual representation would be helpful.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the mesh intensity, M, would divide the target plate length, E by M, is it right to say that E/M is the number of meshed elements?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Since the higher the mesh intensity M, the finer the mesh, I infer that mesh intensity and mesh size are not the same thing. Hence,&amp;nbsp;what&amp;#39;s the relationship between mesh size and mesh intensity?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kay Thi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ask A Question I</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/460ac7df-7ccc-4c42-a204-9e05eef3be09</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 02:39:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4c83e956-3c56-4cea-93c1-7441397d850e</guid><dc:creator /><description>Ask a question in a forum.</description></item><item><title>How to get a mesh input file</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/205654/how-to-get-a-mesh-input-file</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 02:39:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4a84eac7-024d-4231-926e-554edf27d69c</guid><dc:creator>Kay Thi Kyin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My goal is to do joint meshing of brace to beam connections of a topside module, so that I can get the Stress Concentration Factor (SCF) and the Hot spot stress (TOP SP) at these connections. In order to use the joint mesher function in sacs, it appears there is a need for a mesh input file (see screenshot below). May I know how can I go about generating the mesh input file? I have noted that there are past webinars on joint meshing presented on this website but it appears inaccessible on my end, hence my posting on the forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/343374/pastedimage1604889432127v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kay Thi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Error Messages in SACS</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/103641/error-messages-in-sacs</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 20:04:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4eb1e6c4-51b5-4e50-a434-1c1fff7e5a51</guid><dc:creator>aaa123</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Would someone be able to provide a document listing the general error messages and their solution within SACS (version 5.6)...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>