Getting value of Mx, My, Mz Zero (0) when I try to get reaction Forces in respective directions, For example If I on the Wind load on structure in Z direction then am getting Mz value '0' same for others as well like Mx and My.

1. Getting value of Mx, My, Mz Zero (0) when I try to get reaction Forces in respective directions, For example If I on the Wind load on structure in Z direction then am getting Mz value '0' same for others as well like Mx and My. 

2. The Second question is that is it the reactions we get from Reaction Summary table gives us with respect to local Axis or global Axis.

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  • For example If I on the Wind load on structure in Z direction then am getting Mz value '0'

    1) I do doubt why you get exactly zero .. may be it's pinned support, as l doubts.

    But please note that when force is in Z direction, it's expected reaction will be in Mx. that is, moment about X, which is actually moment along Z, the direction of the application of the load.

    2) Nodes does not have local axis (as far as I know)*, so the reaction is always in global axis.

    Rahul Leslie

    *nodes in STAAD have no local axes, only global axes: somebody correct me if I'm wrong. In ANSYS, the nodes do have local axis too, that can be suitably rotated. 

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  • For example If I on the Wind load on structure in Z direction then am getting Mz value '0'

    1) I do doubt why you get exactly zero .. may be it's pinned support, as l doubts.

    But please note that when force is in Z direction, it's expected reaction will be in Mx. that is, moment about X, which is actually moment along Z, the direction of the application of the load.

    2) Nodes does not have local axis (as far as I know)*, so the reaction is always in global axis.

    Rahul Leslie

    *nodes in STAAD have no local axes, only global axes: somebody correct me if I'm wrong. In ANSYS, the nodes do have local axis too, that can be suitably rotated. 

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