i did a portal frame model with tie beam. There are 0 errors, but 20 warnings. 13 warnings are regarding "Zero Stiffness in Direction at Joint... Eqn. No..." and 7 warnings are due to instability at joint.
How can these warnings be resolved?The model does has member releases
Hereby is my code for staad pro:
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 01-Apr-20END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT METER KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0.521001 3.80001 0; 2 13.19 5.15001 0; 3 0.521001 0 0; 4 13.19 0 0;5 0 3.73001 0; 6 2.352 3.80001 7.80002; 7 15.021 5.15001 7.80002;8 2.352 0 7.80002; 9 15.021 0 7.80002; 10 1.831 3.73001 7.80002;11 0.521001 3.00001 0; 12 2.352 3.00001 7.80002; 13 13.19 3.00001 0;14 15.021 3.00001 7.80002;MEMBER INCIDENCES2 1 3; 3 2 4; 4 2 1; 5 1 5; 6 6 8; 7 7 9; 8 7 6; 9 6 10; 10 1 6; 11 11 12;12 13 14;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 1.99947e+008POISSON 0.3DENSITY 76.8191ALPHA 6e-006DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 248210 FU 399894 RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY BRITISH4 5 8 TO 10 TABLE ST UB406X178X742 3 6 7 TABLE ST UC254X254X89MEMBER PROPERTY EUROPEAN11 12 TABLE ST 60X6.3SHSCONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS3 4 8 9 PINNEDMEMBER RELEASE11 START MX MY MZ11 END MX MY MZ12 START MX MY MZ12 END MX MY MZLOAD 1 LOADTYPE None TITLE DLSELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI GY -3.28 9 UNI GY -4LOAD 2 LOADTYPE None TITLE LLMEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI GY -4.88 9 UNI GY -6LOAD 3 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (P)MEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI Y -4.58 9 UNI Y -5.6LOAD 4 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (S)MEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI Y 4.58 9 UNI Y 5.6LOAD 5 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (Z)MEMBER LOAD10 UNI GX 2.7LOAD 6 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (X)MEMBER LOAD2 6 UNI GX 4.5LOAD COMB 7 1.35DL+1.5LL1 1.35 2 1.5 LOAD COMB 8 1.35DL+1.5WL(P)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 1.35 3 1.5 6 1.5 5 1.5 LOAD COMB 9 0.9DL+1.5WL(P)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 0.9 3 1.5 5 1.5 6 1.5 LOAD COMB 10 1.35DL+1.5WL(S)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 1.35 4 1.5 5 1.5 6 1.5 LOAD COMB 11 0.9DL+1.5WL(S)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 0.9 4 1.5 5 1.5 6 1.5 LOAD COMB 12 1.0 (DL+LL)1 1.0 2 1.0 LOAD COMB 13 1.0 (DL+WL(P)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 3 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 LOAD COMB 14 1.0 (DL+WL(S)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 4 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 LOAD COMB 15 1.0 (DL+LL+WL(P)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 2 1.0 3 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 LOAD COMB 16 1.0 (DL+LL+WL(S)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 2 1.0 4 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT STATICS CHECKPARAMETER 1CODE EN 1993-1-1:2005TRACK 2 MEMB 2 TO 9SGR 1 MEMB 2 TO 9UNL 1.3 MEMB 4 5 8 9CHECK CODE MEMB 2 TO 9PRINT MEMBER FORCES LIST 2 TO 9PRINT SUPPORT REACTION LIST 1 TO 5 8 9FINISH
1) Some columns are not intersected at the beams, so this leads to improper connectivity between the members. Select all structure and go to Geometry -> Intersecting Beams -> Intersect Selected Beams.
2) Don't release MX which allows the member to rotate along its longitudinal axis. MY and MZ releases should be enough.
Please go through following code,
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 01-Apr-20END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT METER KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0.521001 3.80001 0; 2 13.19 5.15001 0; 3 0.521001 0 0; 4 13.19 0 0;5 0 3.73001 0; 6 2.352 3.80001 7.80002; 7 15.021 5.15001 7.80002;8 2.352 0 7.80002; 9 15.021 0 7.80002; 10 1.831 3.73001 7.80002;11 0.521001 3.00001 0; 12 2.352 3.00001 7.80002; 13 13.19 3.00001 0;14 15.021 3.00001 7.80002;MEMBER INCIDENCES2 1 11; 3 2 13; 4 2 1; 5 1 5; 6 6 12; 7 7 14; 8 7 6; 9 6 10; 10 1 6; 11 11 12;12 13 14; 13 11 3; 14 12 8; 15 13 4; 16 14 9;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 1.99947e+008POISSON 0.3DENSITY 76.8191ALPHA 6e-006DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 248210 FU 399894 RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY BRITISH4 5 8 TO 10 TABLE ST UB406X178X742 3 6 7 13 TO 16 TABLE ST UC254X254X89MEMBER PROPERTY EUROPEAN11 12 TABLE ST 60X6.3SHSCONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS3 4 8 9 PINNEDMEMBER RELEASE11 START MP 0.9511 END MP 0.9512 START MP 0.9512 END MP 0.95LOAD 1 LOADTYPE None TITLE DLSELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI GY -3.28 9 UNI GY -4LOAD 2 LOADTYPE None TITLE LLMEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI GY -4.88 9 UNI GY -6LOAD 3 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (P)MEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI Y -4.58 9 UNI Y -5.6LOAD 4 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (S)MEMBER LOAD4 5 UNI Y 4.58 9 UNI Y 5.6LOAD 5 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (Z)MEMBER LOAD10 UNI GX 2.7LOAD 6 LOADTYPE None TITLE WL (X)MEMBER LOAD2 6 13 14 UNI GX 4.5LOAD COMB 7 1.35DL+1.5LL1 1.35 2 1.5 LOAD COMB 8 1.35DL+1.5WL(P)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 1.35 3 1.5 6 1.5 5 1.5 LOAD COMB 9 0.9DL+1.5WL(P)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 0.9 3 1.5 5 1.5 6 1.5 LOAD COMB 10 1.35DL+1.5WL(S)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 1.35 4 1.5 5 1.5 6 1.5 LOAD COMB 11 0.9DL+1.5WL(S)+1.5WL(Z)+1.5WL(X)1 0.9 4 1.5 5 1.5 6 1.5 LOAD COMB 12 1.0 (DL+LL)1 1.0 2 1.0 LOAD COMB 13 1.0 (DL+WL(P)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 3 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 LOAD COMB 14 1.0 (DL+WL(S)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 4 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 LOAD COMB 15 1.0 (DL+LL+WL(P)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 2 1.0 3 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 LOAD COMB 16 1.0 (DL+LL+WL(S)+WL(Z)+WL(X))1 1.0 2 1.0 4 1.0 5 1.0 6 1.0 PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT STATICS CHECKPARAMETER 1CODE EN 1993-1-1:2005TRACK 2 MEMB 2 TO 9 13 TO 16SGR 1 MEMB 2 TO 9 13 TO 16UNL 1.3 MEMB 4 5 8 9CHECK CODE MEMB 2 TO 9 13 TO 16PRINT MEMBER FORCES LIST 2 TO 9 13 TO 16PRINT SUPPORT REACTION LIST 1 TO 5 8 9FINISH
What's the issue with this code?