Good day all.
I'm having trouble proceeding with my analysis of a particular structure. STAAD keeps giving me this error.
***ERROR - AT JOINT 34 DIRECTION = MY PROBABLE CAUSE NEGATIVE DIAGONAL =>LDLT MTX K-MATRIX DIAG= 1.8446785E-02 L-MATRIX DIAG= -3.4622283E-07 EQN NO 299
I'm currently running version 20.07.11.50 of the software.
Here is the input.
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 14-Jul-16END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT MMS KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 0 2284 0; 3 0 2284 200; 4 -200 2284 200; 5 200 2284 200;6 -200 2284 -200; 7 200 2284 -200; 8 -154.776 2284 200; 9 154.766 2284 200;10 -154.776 2284 -200; 11 154.766 2284 -200; 12 -154.776 2334.8 200;13 154.766 2334.8 200; 14 -154.776 2334.8 -200; 15 154.766 2334.8 -200;16 -154.776 2334.8 400; 17 154.766 2334.8 400; 18 -154.776 2334.8 -400;19 154.766 2334.8 -400; 20 -154.776 2334.8 320; 21 154.776 2334.8 320;22 -154.776 2334.8 -320; 23 154.776 2334.8 -320; 24 -154.776 2436.4 320;25 154.776 2436.4 320; 26 -154.776 2436.4 -320; 27 154.776 2436.4 -320;28 3100 0 0; 29 3100 2284 0; 30 3100 2284 200; 31 2945.22 2284 200;32 3254.77 2284 200; 33 2945.22 2284 -200; 34 3254.77 2284 -200;35 2945.22 2334.8 200; 36 3254.77 2334.8 200; 37 2945.22 2334.8 -200;38 3254.77 2334.8 -200; 39 2945.22 2334.8 400; 40 3254.77 2334.8 400;41 2945.22 2334.8 -400; 42 3254.77 2334.8 -400; 43 2945.22 2334.8 320;44 3254.78 2334.8 320; 45 2945.22 2334.8 -320; 46 3254.78 2334.8 -320;47 2945.22 2436.4 320; 48 3254.78 2436.4 320; 49 2945.22 2436.4 -320;50 3254.78 2436.4 -320; 51 2900 2284 200; 52 3300 2284 200; 53 2900 2284 -200;54 3300 2284 -200; 55 -570 2436.4 320; 56 -570 2436.4 -320; 57 3670 2436.4 320;58 3670 2436.4 -320;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 2; 4 8 12; 5 9 13; 6 10 14; 7 11 15; 8 18 22; 9 22 14; 10 14 12; 11 12 20;12 20 16; 13 19 23; 14 23 15; 15 15 13; 16 13 21; 17 21 17; 18 20 24; 19 21 25;20 23 27; 21 22 26; 22 28 29; 23 29 30; 24 31 35; 25 32 36; 26 33 37; 27 34 38;28 41 45; 29 45 37; 30 37 35; 31 35 43; 32 43 39; 33 42 46; 34 46 38; 35 38 36;36 36 44; 37 44 40; 38 43 47; 39 44 48; 40 46 50; 41 45 49; 43 55 24; 44 24 25;45 25 47; 46 47 48; 47 48 57; 48 56 26; 49 26 27; 50 27 49; 51 49 50; 52 50 58;53 2 3; 54 29 30;ELEMENT INCIDENCES SHELL3 6 4 5 7; 42 53 51 52 54;ELEMENT PROPERTY3 42 THICKNESS 8DEFINE 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 1.2ISOTROPIC CONCRETEE 21.7185POISSON 0.17DENSITY 2.35616e-008ALPHA 1e-005DAMP 0.05TYPE CONCRETESTRENGTH FCU 0.027579END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 22 TABLE ST W10X268 TO 17 28 TO 37 43 TO 52 TABLE ST C4X7MEMBER PROPERTY4 TO 7 18 TO 21 23 TO 27 38 TO 41 53 54 PRIS YD 3 ZD 3CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL MEMB 1 3 8 TO 17 22 28 TO 37 42 TO 52MATERIAL CONCRETE MEMB 4 TO 7 18 TO 21 23 TO 27 38 TO 41 53 54SUPPORTS1 28 FIXEDMEMBER RELEASEDEFINE 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 40.000 FT 25.000 FT 0.500 FT 0.600 2.000 0.010 -0 0 0 0 1.044 1.000 1.000 0.850 0 -0 0 0 0.879 1.600 -0.550!> END GENERATED DATA BLOCKINT 1.92027e-006 1.92027e-006 1.96966e-006 2.0148e-006 2.05644e-006 - 2.09514e-006 2.13133e-006 2.16535e-006 2.19748e-006 2.22793e-006 2.2569e-006 - 2.28454e-006 2.31098e-006 2.33634e-006 2.3607e-006 HEIG 0 4572 5158.15 - 5744.31 6330.46 6916.62 7502.77 8088.92 8675.08 9261.23 9847.38 - 10433.5 11019.7 11605.8 12192EXP 1 JOINT 1 TO 58DEFINE UBC ACCIDENTAL LOADZONE 0.04 I 1 RWX 4.5 RWZ 4.5 STYP 1 NA 1.1 NV 1.4SELFWEIGHT 1 MEMBER WEIGHT43 48 CON 6.8 12045 50 CON 6.8 1395.2247 52 CON 6.8 295.224LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQXUBC LOAD X 1PERFORM ANALYSISCHANGELOAD 2 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQZUBC LOAD Z 1PERFORM ANALYSISCHANGELOAD 3 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD LOADSELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD43 48 CON GY -6.8 12045 50 CON GY -6.8 1395.2247 52 CON GY -6.8 295.224CALCULATE RAYLEIGH FREQUENCYLOAD 4 LOADTYPE Live REDUCIBLE TITLE LIVE LOADLOAD 5 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE WIND LOADWIND LOAD X 1 TYPE 1 OPENWIND LOAD Z 1 TYPE 1 OPENLOAD 6 LOADTYPE None TITLE MODAL CALCULATIONSELFWEIGHT X 1 LIST ALLSELFWEIGHT Y 1 LIST ALLSELFWEIGHT Z 1 LIST ALLMODAL CALCULATION REQUESTEDLOAD COMB 7 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 73 1.4 LOAD COMB 8 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 83 1.2 4 1.4 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 ANALYSISPARAMETER 1CODE LRFDDFF 360 MEMB 1 22PERFORM ANALYSISGROUP MEMB 1 22 GROUP MEMB 6 8 TO 17 28 TO 37 GROUP MEMB 43 TO 52 PARAMETER 3CODE LRFDSTEEL MEMBER TAKE OFF LIST 1 22CHECK CODE MEMB 1 22FINISH
I thank you all for any assistance you may provide. All the best.
The connectivity was lost at the plate member interface. You can use the parametric modelling feature to mesh the plate retaining proper connectivity with surrounding entities.
Click on the modified model as attached which is meshed by the parametric modeling feature.
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