Good day.
I am trying to analyse an H frame structure and would like to replace my W8x18 beams with tubular sections that can compensate for the flanges' width. However when I try to simply replace the section and rerun my analysis an ERROR occurs and the program doesn't proceed with the calculations. Here is the input for the structure.
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 28-Jun-16END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT MMS KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 0 2273 0; 3 0 2478 0; 4 0 5818 0; 5 0 8298 0; 6 0 10774 0;7 0 11000 0; 8 0 11608 0; 9 6000 0 0; 10 6000 2273 0; 11 6000 2478 0;12 6000 5818 0; 13 6000 8298 0; 14 6000 10774 0; 15 6000 11000 0;16 6000 11608 0; 17 0 0 3000; 18 0 2273 3000; 19 0 2478 3000; 20 0 5818 3000;21 0 8298 3000; 22 0 8650 3000; 23 6000 0 3000; 24 6000 2273 3000;25 6000 2478 3000; 26 6000 5818 3000; 27 6000 8298 3000; 28 6000 8650 3000;29 0 5818 1219; 30 0 5818 1781; 31 6000 5818 1219; 32 6000 5818 1781;33 0 8298 1500; 34 6000 8298 1500;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 2; 2 2 3; 3 3 4; 4 4 5; 5 5 6; 6 6 7; 7 7 8; 8 9 10; 9 10 11; 10 11 12;11 12 13; 12 13 14; 13 14 15; 14 15 16; 15 3 11; 16 4 12; 17 6 14; 18 17 18;19 18 19; 20 19 20; 21 20 21; 22 21 22; 23 23 24; 24 24 25; 25 25 26; 26 26 27;27 27 28; 28 19 25; 30 2 18; 31 4 29; 32 5 33; 33 10 24; 34 12 31; 35 13 34;36 21 27; 37 29 30; 38 30 20; 39 31 32; 40 32 26; 41 29 31; 42 30 32; 43 33 21;44 34 27; 45 33 34; 46 3 11; 47 19 25;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 205POISSON 0.3DENSITY 7.68195e-008ALPHA 1.2e-005DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 0.2532 FU 0.4078 RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN7 14 17 30 31 33 34 37 TO 42 45 TABLE ST W6X1515 28 46 47 TABLE ST W8X181 TO 6 8 TO 13 18 TO 27 32 35 43 44 TABLE ST W10X2616 36 TABLE ST W12X40CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS1 9 17 23 FIXEDMEMBER OFFSET15 START 0 0 -197.86915 END 0 0 -197.86946 START 0 0 197.86946 END 0 0 197.86947 START 0 0 197.86947 END 0 0 197.86928 START 0 0 -197.86528 END 0 0 -197.865DEFINE WIND LOADTYPE 1 WIND 1<! STAAD PRO GENERATED DATA DO NOT MODIFY !!!ASCE-7-2010:PARAMS 200.000 KMPH 4 2 1 0 0.000 FT 0.000 FT 0.000 FT 1 -0 12.000 M 3.000 M 0.500 FT 0.600 2.000 0.010 -0 0 0 0 1.040 1.000 1.000 0.850 0 -0 0 0 0.885 1.600 -0.550!> END GENERATED DATA BLOCKINT 1.93496e-006 1.93496e-006 1.98353e-006 2.02801e-006 2.06911e-006 - 2.10735e-006 2.14316e-006 2.17685e-006 2.2087e-006 2.23891e-006 2.26767e-006 - 2.29512e-006 2.32139e-006 2.34659e-006 2.37082e-006 2.37082e-006 HEIG 0 4572 - 5143.38 5714.77 6286.15 6857.54 7428.92 8000.31 8571.69 9143.08 - 9714.46 10285.8 10857.2 11428.6 12000 12000EXP 1 JOINT 1 TO 34DEFINE UBC LOADZONE 0.04 I 1 RWX 4.5 RWZ 4.5 STYP 3 NA 0.5 NV 0.5SELFWEIGHT 1 MEMBER WEIGHT28 47 CON 2.85 119828 47 CON 2.85 269828 47 CON 2.85 419815 46 CON 2.5 150015 46 CON 2.5 300015 46 CON 2.5 450041 42 CON 3.39 50041 42 CON 3.39 300041 42 CON 3.39 550045 CON 0.5 3000LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQXUBC LOAD X 1PERFORM ANALYSISCHANGELOAD 2 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQZPERFORM ANALYSISCHANGELOAD 3 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD LOADSELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD28 47 CON GY -2.85 119828 47 CON GY -2.85 269828 47 CON GY -2.85 419815 46 CON GY -2.5 150015 46 CON GY -2.5 300015 46 CON GY -2.5 450041 42 CON GY -3.39 50041 42 CON GY -3.39 300041 42 CON GY -3.39 550045 CON GY -0.5 300016 CON GZ -0.5 300036 CON GZ 0.5 3000CALCULATE RAYLEIGH FREQUENCYLOAD 4 LOADTYPE Live TITLE LIVE LOADLOAD 5 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE WIND LOADLOAD 6 LOADTYPE None TITLE MODAL CALCULATIONSELFWEIGHT X 1 SELFWEIGHT Y 1 SELFWEIGHT Z 1 LOAD COMB 7 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 73 1.4 LOAD COMB 8 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 83 1.2 4 1.6 LOAD COMB 9 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 93 1.2 5 0.8 LOAD COMB 10 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 101 1.0 3 1.2 4 0.5 LOAD COMB 11 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 112 1.0 3 1.2 4 0.5 LOAD COMB 12 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 121 1.0 3 0.9 LOAD COMB 13 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 132 1.0 3 0.9 PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT ALLPARAMETER 1CODE LRFDDFF 360 ALLCHECK CODE ALLPARAMETER 2CODE LRFDSELECT MEMB 1 TO 28 30 TO 45GROUP MEMB 7 14 17 30 31 33 34 37 TO 42 45 GROUP MEMB 15 28 46 47 GROUP MEMB 1 TO 6 8 TO 13 18 TO 27 32 35 43 44 GROUP MEMB 16 36 PERFORM ANALYSISSTEEL MEMBER TAKE OFF ALLCHECK CODE ALLFINISH
I thank you all in advance for any and all assistance or guidance you are willing and able to provide.
Hello Arthur,
I replaced your W8X18 beams with TUB60303 section from American Steel database and the file is running fine.
Although there are couple of points I noted:
1. You are having some Load Cases with no loads assigned to them. So, I have deleted those load cases.
2. After analyzing your model, I received two warnings
**WARNING- MEMBERS 46 & 15 ARE BETWEEN THE SAME JOINTS. **WARNING- MEMBERS 47 & 28 ARE BETWEEN THE SAME JOINTS.You can have deeper look at the 3D rendered view.
The modified file is attached for your reference.
Be 01.07.16.std