I understand the difference between Combinational Load and Repeat Load.
here is the result of Beam of a small sample that i have attached.
Check Load case 4 and 5.
Huge difference in MZ for Combinational Load and Repeat Load. Which one should be used for member design?
STAAD SPACE START JOB INFORMATION ENGINEER DATE 15-Feb-23 END JOB INFORMATION INPUT WIDTH 79 UNIT METER KN JOINT COORDINATES 1 0 0 0; 2 4.00001 0 0; 3 8.00002 0 0; 4 12 0 0; 5 0 0 4.00001; 6 4.00001 0 4.00001; 7 8.00002 0 4.00001; 8 12 0 4.00001; 9 0 0 8.00002; 10 4.00001 0 8.00002; 11 8.00002 0 8.00002; 12 12 0 8.00002; 13 0 0 12; 14 4.00001 0 12; 15 8.00002 0 12; 16 12 0 12; 17 0 4.00001 0; 18 4.00001 4.00001 0; 19 8.00002 4.00001 0; 20 12 4.00001 0; 21 0 4.00001 4.00001; 22 4.00001 4.00001 4.00001; 23 8.00002 4.00001 4.00001; 24 12 4.00001 4.00001; 25 0 4.00001 8.00002; 26 4.00001 4.00001 8.00002; 27 8.00002 4.00001 8.00002; 28 12 4.00001 8.00002; 29 0 4.00001 12; 30 4.00001 4.00001 12; 31 8.00002 4.00001 12; 32 12 4.00001 12; 33 0 8.00002 0; 34 4.00001 8.00002 0; 35 8.00002 8.00002 0; 36 12 8.00002 0; 37 0 8.00002 4.00001; 38 4.00001 8.00002 4.00001; 39 8.00002 8.00002 4.00001; 40 12 8.00002 4.00001; 41 0 8.00002 8.00002; 42 4.00001 8.00002 8.00002; 43 8.00002 8.00002 8.00002; 44 12 8.00002 8.00002; 45 0 8.00002 12; 46 4.00001 8.00002 12; 47 8.00002 8.00002 12; 48 12 8.00002 12; 49 0 12 0; 50 4.00001 12 0; 51 8.00002 12 0; 52 12 12 0; 53 0 12 4.00001; 54 4.00001 12 4.00001; 55 8.00002 12 4.00001; 56 12 12 4.00001; 57 0 12 8.00002; 58 4.00001 12 8.00002; 59 8.00002 12 8.00002; 60 12 12 8.00002; 61 0 12 12; 62 4.00001 12 12; 63 8.00002 12 12; 64 12 12 12; 65 0 16 0; 66 4.00001 16 0; 67 8.00002 16 0; 68 12 16 0; 69 0 16 4.00001; 70 4.00001 16 4.00001; 71 8.00002 16 4.00001; 72 12 16 4.00001; 73 0 16 8.00002; 74 4.00001 16 8.00002; 75 8.00002 16 8.00002; 76 12 16 8.00002; 77 0 16 12; 78 4.00001 16 12; 79 8.00002 16 12; 80 12 16 12; MEMBER INCIDENCES 25 17 18; 26 18 19; 27 19 20; 28 21 22; 29 22 23; 30 23 24; 31 25 26; 32 26 27; 33 27 28; 34 29 30; 35 30 31; 36 31 32; 37 17 21; 38 18 22; 39 19 23; 40 20 24; 41 21 25; 42 22 26; 43 23 27; 44 24 28; 45 25 29; 46 26 30; 47 27 31; 48 28 32; 49 33 34; 50 34 35; 51 35 36; 52 37 38; 53 38 39; 54 39 40; 55 41 42; 56 42 43; 57 43 44; 58 45 46; 59 46 47; 60 47 48; 61 33 37; 62 34 38; 63 35 39; 64 36 40; 65 37 41; 66 38 42; 67 39 43; 68 40 44; 69 41 45; 70 42 46; 71 43 47; 72 44 48; 73 49 50; 74 50 51; 75 51 52; 76 53 54; 77 54 55; 78 55 56; 79 57 58; 80 58 59; 81 59 60; 82 61 62; 83 62 63; 84 63 64; 85 49 53; 86 50 54; 87 51 55; 88 52 56; 89 53 57; 90 54 58; 91 55 59; 92 56 60; 93 57 61; 94 58 62; 95 59 63; 96 60 64; 97 65 66; 98 66 67; 99 67 68; 100 69 70; 101 70 71; 102 71 72; 103 73 74; 104 74 75; 105 75 76; 106 77 78; 107 78 79; 108 79 80; 109 65 69; 110 66 70; 111 67 71; 112 68 72; 113 69 73; 114 70 74; 115 71 75; 116 72 76; 117 73 77; 118 74 78; 119 75 79; 120 76 80; 121 1 17; 122 2 18; 123 3 19; 124 4 20; 125 5 21; 126 6 22; 127 7 23; 128 8 24; 129 9 25; 130 10 26; 131 11 27; 132 12 28; 133 13 29; 134 14 30; 135 15 31; 136 16 32; 137 17 33; 138 18 34; 139 19 35; 140 20 36; 141 21 37; 142 22 38; 143 23 39; 144 24 40; 145 25 41; 146 26 42; 147 27 43; 148 28 44; 149 29 45; 150 30 46; 151 31 47; 152 32 48; 153 33 49; 154 34 50; 155 35 51; 156 36 52; 157 37 53; 158 38 54; 159 39 55; 160 40 56; 161 41 57; 162 42 58; 163 43 59; 164 44 60; 165 45 61; 166 46 62; 167 47 63; 168 48 64; 169 49 65; 170 50 66; 171 51 67; 172 52 68; 173 53 69; 174 54 70; 175 55 71; 176 56 72; 177 57 73; 178 58 74; 179 59 75; 180 60 76; 181 61 77; 182 62 78; 183 63 79; 184 64 80; DEFINE MATERIAL START ISOTROPIC CONCRETE E 2.17184e+07 POISSON 0.17 DENSITY 25 ALPHA 5.5e-06 DAMP 0.05 G 9.28137e+06 TYPE CONCRETE STRENGTH FCU 27578.9 END DEFINE MATERIAL MEMBER PROPERTY 25 TO 184 PRIS YD 0.6 ZD 0.6 CONSTANTS MATERIAL CONCRETE ALL SUPPORTS 1 TO 16 FIXED DEFINE IS1893 2016 LOAD ZONE 0.24 RF 2.5 I 1.5 SS 1 ST 1 DM 0.05 SELFWEIGHT 1 DEFINE WIND LOAD TYPE 1 WIND 1 <! STAAD PRO GENERATED DATA DO NOT MODIFY !!! IS875-2015:PARAMS 0 0 1 16.000 0.000 5.000 0 AGRA 47.000 0 1.000 0 5 1.050 - 1.050 1.050 1.090 1.096 1.000 2 1.000 0.002 0 0 5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 !> END GENERATED DATA BLOCK INT 2.776 2.776 2.776 2.992 3.025 HEIG 0 5 10 15 16 EXP 1 JOINT 1 TO 80 LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic-H TITLE EQX 1893 LOAD X 1 LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Seismic-H TITLE EQZ 1893 LOAD Z 1 LOAD 3 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DL SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LOAD 5 LOADTYPE None TITLE 1.5 DL +EQX REPEAT LOAD REPEAT LOAD 3 1.5 1 1.0 LOAD COMB 4 1.5 DL + EQX (Combo) 3 1.5 1 1.0 PDELTA 10 ANALYSIS PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT ALL FINISH
You need to separate the Static seismic load cases by using PERFORM ANALYSIS followed by CHAGE command as you are you are using a REPEAT LOAD case where Seismic load case woud be a prt of it.