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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>Bottom chord with double angle fails</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/247564/bottom-chord-with-double-angle-fails</link><description>Does anyone know why the ends of the bottom chord of my truss fails when it has double angle section L75x75x6 LD, while when I use the single angle section L75x75x6, it passes? as per the output, the members fail in flexure compression and tension (eq</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Bottom chord with double angle fails</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/773322?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 01:31:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e940f0b8-19c1-4d1d-8cd1-7f1bcb877f3a</guid><dc:creator>Lay Abaigar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;already changed it, you&amp;#39;re right, it fails now when I corrected the orientation of the single angle section. This means I need to increase the size of the section of the bottom chord.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Bottom chord with double angle fails</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/773203?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:30:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f9966470-4d50-497a-a754-15697c2c87eb</guid><dc:creator>Modestas</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I think this is due to the orientation of the single angle section. If you would assign the Beta Angle as 45 degrees to the single angle (to make its geometrical axis parallel to global axis as in double angle), then that single angle would fail as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>