Hello all, I have had some issues with LEAP steel pulling reactions when using Line Girder or Grillage analysis.
These are the Service I HL-93 support reactions when running a Line Girder analysis.
I am wondering if this is a glitch in LEAP Steel, as the Service I deflections are substantially higher using Line Girder or Grillage analysis compared to FEM, and the live load reactions output in what looks like binary code.
See FEM results below for comparison.
Could this be a file related issue or a glitch in the program? Versions of LEAP below.
Thank you
In your first screenshot it shows the "Load Case" as "HL-93 (Deflection per AASHTO)". It should be set to "HL-93". The deflection Load Case only reports deflection, no other Live Load results.
Thanks for the reply Benji,
My second screenshot is from FEM analysis and is the same load case "HL-93 (Deflection per AASHTO)".
Here is another screenshot from another file using FEM. From my understanding, this is the Service I truck (25% truck + lane), so we should see reactions for it.
My biggest concern is that Service I deflections in Line Girder and Grillage are not accurate comparing to other programs' results, and are much higher than the FEM deflections. That was my concern with seeing what looks like binary code as the reactions for the Service I truck when using Line Girder and Grillage.
Thanks