Hello,
I am trying to use floor load command for applying wind load on a cladded building. I see that the graphically displayed values of the floor load distribution are not correct for the end members. The correct values here should have been 1.04kpa*7.2m/2 = 3.744kn/m.
For vertical loads, the values are displayed correctly for the end members.
Am I missing something here?
Can you please upload the STAAD file for a quick check? Also please mention the version number you are using.
Also, is there a reason you are trying to use Floor Load to generate wind load on the structure. We have some other methods to generate wind load and can be found in below videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCYJxSZVHyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmZvVHpFybA&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpS_5fDSTQ
Thanks Abhishek.
I am afraid, I am not allowed to share the model. The reason I am using floor load utility for application of wind load, is the distribution. We have channel girts running at regular intervals between the columns, similar to below snippet. Does that make sense?
I am using following version as of now,
Dhiraj