×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Displacement Report error

Displacement Report error

Displacement Report error

(OP)
I have ran a file in Caesar and passed all code compliances.  When I went back to check the displacements I noticed that several nodes had movements as high as -468056064 inches.  Obviously this can't be right.  These same nodes are anchored less than 30' away.  Has anyone ever had this issue and if so what is the cause?

RE: Displacement Report error


Code Compliance does not mean you have a good model &/or design. The input needs scrutiny, I would be surprised if this is a C2 issue.

RE: Displacement Report error

Generally the displacements are a good indicator of whether the model was build correctly. However, if you've had the model checked and you find nothing wrong, send it over to tech support at coade.

RE: Displacement Report error

This sounds like that node is on an element that experiences "rigid body motion".  CAESAR II has no way of checking for this.  If you can't find the problem, send the model to techsupport@coade.com.

Richard Ay
COADE, Inc.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources