Hello,
I have 3 moving loads. I want to combine type 1 with type 2 and then type 1 with type 3. Is there a way I can do it in one model.
Thanks
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 09-Apr-19END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT FEET KIPJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 8.05 0 0; 3 16.1 0 0;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 2; 2 2 3;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 4.176e+006POISSON 0.3DENSITY 0.489024ALPHA 6e-006DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 5184 FU 8352 RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 2 TABLE ST W12X40CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS1 TO 3 PINNEDDEFINE MOVING LOADTYPE 1 LOAD 63 63 63 63DIST -5 -6 -5TYPE 2 LOAD 10.851 4.069 4.069 10.851DIST -5 -6 -5TYPE 3 LOAD 6.345 2.379 2.379 6.345DIST -5 -6 -5LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DLMEMBER LOAD1 2 UNI GY -0.2LOAD GENERATION 34TYPE 1 0 0 0 XINC 1LOAD GENERATION 34TYPE 2 0 0 0 XINC 1LOAD GENERATION 34TYPE 3 0 0 0 XINC 1PERFORM ANALYSISFINISH
Thank You Sye.
You may create Load Combinations and as part of that, you may combine the generated load cases with appropriate combination factors. For example to combine the first generated case from each of the 3 moving load generations you may create a combination as shown below
LOAD COMB 200
2 1.1 36 1.2 70 1.3
Here I have used a LOAD COMB 200 and combined the generated cases 2, 36 and 70 with some arbitrary combination factors.
You would need to use the editor to type in these commands.
The reason to do this is that type 1 is going to have different strength multipliers compared to type 2 and 3.