Hi everyone,
It is very weird that I am getting different utilization factors every time I run the analysis (The software picks different forces values at the tapered element) and for some reason, all sections have the same utilization value. Could you check my code, please?
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONEND JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT METER KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 0 6.9 0; 3 14.75 10.525 0; 4 29.5 0 0; 5 29.5 6.9 0; 6 8 0 0;8 14.75 0 0; 9 8 8.8661 0; 10 26.5867 7.61598 0; 11 17.8468 9.76393 0;12 13.2925 10.1668 0; 13 16.2068 10.167 0;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 2; 2 2 9; 3 4 5; 4 5 10; 5 6 9; 6 8 3; 7 9 12; 8 10 11; 9 11 13; 10 12 3;11 13 3;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 2.05e+008POISSON 0.3DENSITY 76.8195ALPHA 1.2e-005DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 253200 FU 407800 RY 1.5 RT 1.2ISOTROPIC STAINLESSSTEELE 1.9793e+008POISSON 0.3DENSITY 76.8195ALPHA 1.8e-005DAMP 0.03END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 3 TAPERED 0.216 0.004 0.366 0.15 0.008 0.15 0.0085 6 TAPERED 0.266 0.005 0.266 0.15 0.008 0.15 0.0082 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN8 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.0064 TAPERED 0.562 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.0069 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.00610 TAPERED 0.262 0.005 0.645 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.0067 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.00611 TAPERED 0.262 0.005 0.645 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS1 4 6 8 PINNED2 3 5 FIXED BUT FX FY MX MY MZ KFZ 1LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DLSELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD1 TO 4 7 TO 11 UNI GY -1.3LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live TITLE LLMEMBER LOAD2 4 7 TO 11 UNI GY -3.6LOAD 3 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W+XMEMBER LOAD1 UNI GX 4.22 UNI Y 3.57 10 UNI Y 2.14 8 9 11 UNI Y 1.33 UNI GX 0.9LOAD 4 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W-XMEMBER LOAD1 UNI GX -0.92 UNI Y 1.37 10 UNI Y 2.14 8 9 11 UNI Y 3.53 UNI GX -4.2LOAD COMB 5 1.4DL1 1.4 LOAD COMB 6 1.2DL+1.6LL1 1.2 2 1.6 LOAD COMB 7 0.9DL+W+X1 0.9 3 1.0 LOAD COMB 8 DL+W-X1 0.9 4 1.0 PERFORM ANALYSISPARAMETER 1CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010BEAM 0 ALLCB 1 MEMB 1 TO 4 7 TO 11FLX 1 ALLFU 413688 ALLFYLD 345000 ALLKZ 1.5 MEMB 1 3 5 6KY 1 MEMB 1 3 5 6METHOD LRFDMTY 1 MEMB 1 3 5 6MTY 2 MEMB 2 4 7 TO 11LY 2 MEMB 2 4 7 TO 11TRACK 2 ALLUNB 1.5 MEMB 1 TO 4 7 TO 11UNT 1.5 MEMB 1 TO 4 7 TO 11INT 3 ALLCHECK CODE ALLPARAMETER 2CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010STEEL TAKE OFF ALLFINISH
V8i is very old version and we do not recommend using the same. I would recommend to upgrade to the latest version and check the issue.
Answer Verified By: Khawaldah
I'm getting different values every time I run the analysis.
I'm using STAAD Pro v8i (series 6)
Hello,
Which version of STAAD.Pro you are using?
I have run the file twice in latest version 22.07.00.160 and got same result as shown below.
If you are using any older version, please upgrade to the latest version and check.