Hi,
I am trying to obtain a distributed load beneath a slab for beam design using line supports. I have ran the analysis and brought up a standard reactions plan. However, I am unsure how to read the reaction values I am getting from the line supports. I have included a screenshot below.
I can see that the reactions are based on node points from the line support, but I cannot tell why there are 2 rows or what the values themselves mean / how they relate to a distributed load (kN/m). Could you please offer some explanation of how to interpret them, preferably with some annotated diagrams (as I suspect it will be hard to explain just using text)?
Thanks
Line Spring and Line Support reactions are presented in a force resistance per unit length. The reaction from end to end varies so we show both end values. Take a look at the Table of line support reactions to see the start and end reactions of each line segment.