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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>How to solve instability at join connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/213960/how-to-solve-instability-at-join-connection</link><description>Good morning, 
 I have problem with my steel truss bridge design, i&amp;#39;ve used member specification release MY;MZ and truss. Then this message came after i am running the analysis. 
 
 ***WARNING - INSTABILITY AT JOINT 490 DIRECTION = MZ 
 PROBABLE CAUSE</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: How to solve instability at join connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/650077?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 10:55:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:99700dbd-ccc0-4122-b31f-8bb30135ff6f</guid><dc:creator>Modestas</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Member releases are applied with respect to member&amp;#39;s local axis. You can turn on local axis by click Shift + O in your keyboard. Green color represents local Z, red - local Y and blue - local X.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to solve instability at join connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/650066?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 09:57:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:28befff5-e951-41b5-9859-87fc321e68da</guid><dc:creator>Muhammad Iqbal</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you!! yes its solve the problem with the warning sign. Can i have another question regarding the beta angel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if i&amp;#39;m input the beta angel 90 degree to my H profile, where its gonna change my local direcation of my H profile, thats it will effect the direction of moment release?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;like if i&amp;#39;m using 90 degree angel that will rotate the member, so if i want to release the moment Y (according to global direction) instead releasing MY, i should release the MZ. This situation if i only want to release moment at Y direction (according to global direction)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to solve instability at join connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/650042?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 08:24:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:acd902e4-2b40-4280-b90d-4ddfe4c06711</guid><dc:creator>Modestas</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;These instabilities are reported in your model due to member releases. Changing the full moment releases to partial moment releases should fix this issue. I would recommend 99% moment releases as they work well. This means that 99% of the moment is released but a small amount (1%) is retained (a reasonable assumption since no pinned connection in reality is truly moment-free.)&amp;nbsp; Your input would look like that:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MEMBER&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;RELEASE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;14&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;15&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;17&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;18&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;20&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;21&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;23&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;24&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;26&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;27&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;29&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;30&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;START&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPZ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;14&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;15&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;17&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;18&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;20&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;21&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;23&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;24&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;26&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;27&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;29&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;30&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;END&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPZ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;840&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;TO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;848&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;869&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;TO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;877&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;START&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPZ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;840&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;TO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;848&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;869&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;TO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;877&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;END&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MPZ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;0.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>