Hi,
I'm running a simple structural model to understand the issue I'm facing in a bigger model with Master-slave specification in STAAD.
I defined a master node at elevation Y1 and slave nodes at elevation Y1 and Y2. After running the calculation the X displacements of the node at the elevation Y1 and Y2 are completely different even it is the same at the same elevation . Also, I'm not able to find out a possible relation within the X(Y1) and the X(Y2)
Could you please help to understand the result?
Following is the input file:
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 25-May-23END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT METER KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 1 0 0; 3 0 2 0; 4 1 2 0; 5 0 3 0; 6 1 3 0;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 3; 2 3 4; 3 4 2; 4 5 6; 5 3 5; 6 4 6;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 2.05e+08POISSON 0.3DENSITY 76.8195ALPHA 1.2e-05DAMP 0.03G 7.88462e+07TYPE STEELSTRENGTH RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 TO 6 TABLE ST W14X873CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS1 2 FIXEDDEPENDENT FX CONTROL 3 JOINT 4 TO 6LOAD 1 LOADTYPE None TITLE LOAD CASE 1JOINT LOAD3 5 FX 200PERFORM ANALYSISFINISH
thanks in anycase
Sorry, I am not aware of such method.
Thank you, I have also already found this reply on my own before and now I'm trying to find a method to apply the same horizzontal displacement to nodes at different elevation. May you suggest a way to overcome this software limitation? Regards
As stated in the STAAD.Pro Help, the displacement of the dependent node in the specific direction will be equal to the displacement of the control node plus the rigid rotation:
That is the deformation. Master node is n.3 slave node 4 to 6