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.