Monorail connection to bottom of beam - STAAD
Monorail connection to bottom of beam - STAAD
(OP)
Hi,
I have an S-monorail attaching to the bottom flange of 3 perpendicular members.
How would you go about releases at these 3 intersecting points? At one of the ends, the monorail also cantilevers out several feet.
I know that these are not pinned connections, but I also cannot pin the continuous members that they attach to at those points since all members are continuous.
For right now, I have no releases on any members at these 3 points, but my gut says this isnt right.
Another option is to put some type of short "dummy" member that I can add releases to (beneath the overhead flanges).
Thanks
I have an S-monorail attaching to the bottom flange of 3 perpendicular members.
How would you go about releases at these 3 intersecting points? At one of the ends, the monorail also cantilevers out several feet.
I know that these are not pinned connections, but I also cannot pin the continuous members that they attach to at those points since all members are continuous.
For right now, I have no releases on any members at these 3 points, but my gut says this isnt right.
Another option is to put some type of short "dummy" member that I can add releases to (beneath the overhead flanges).
Thanks





RE: Monorail connection to bottom of beam - STAAD
When framing is not concentric, adding short links to tie things together and account for eccentricity is usually a good idea, but that can also lead to instability.
Another suggestion is to start with fixed-ended members and see what moments develop. If the moments are large where you really have a flexible connection then pin that location, if the moments are trivial, then just leave it all fixed.