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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>RAM Frame - Unstable Structure Detected Instability Found At Rigid Diaphragm</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/246194/ram-frame---unstable-structure-detected-instability-found-at-rigid-diaphragm</link><description>I am modeling a 5 story steel moment frame. One of my diaphragms is failing with P-Delta. I have went through the trouble shooting process of turning off P-Delta and running dead load, which is running fine. I can run wind and seismic without P-Delta</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: RAM Frame - Unstable Structure Detected Instability Found At Rigid Diaphragm</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/768664?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:35:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:bcd82da9-657e-477d-bd84-ebca8a6f0f2e</guid><dc:creator>Seth Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The diaphragms of that level have a flimsy lateral system, especially in torsion I suspect. When we do our stiffness reduction it goes to zero.&amp;nbsp; If you can&amp;#39;t justify lumping the masses to another level then you are probably stuck with using B1 and B2 factors in the design in lieu of P-Delta, or adding additional lateral stiffness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>