SOME CLARIFICATION REQUIRED IN THE USE OF NOTIONAL LOAD
*PRIMARY LOAD CASES
LOAD 1 DEAD LOAD (DL)
JOINT LOAD
13 TO 16 29 TO 32 45 TO 48 61 TO 64 FY -100
LOAD 300: DEAD NOTIONAL LOAD
NOTIONAL LOAD
1 X .002
THE ABOVE NOTIONAL LOAD IS APPLIED IN THE +X DIRECTION IN FOLLOWING COMBINATION
LOAD 500: 1.4DL+NL
REPEAT LOAD
1 1.4 300 1.4
IF I WANT TO APPLY THIS NOTIONAL LOAD IN THE NEGATIVE X DIRECTION CAN I USE
1 X -0.002
LOAD 500: 1.4DL-NL
WILL THE RESULT BE SAME?
Yes you should get the same results.
However a better way of handling this is the way you mentioned in the post below
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/177175/lrfd-load-combination-with-notional-load
Thanks SYE