STAAD Beam End Forces
STAAD Beam End Forces
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Good Day All,
I am a Naval Architect working in the Offshore Oil and Gas industry.
I am very pleased to have joined your forum that I have always found very useful during my career.
I wish one of you could clarify my doubt:
I need to design the bolted connections in a steel structure composed by a top frame installed on vertical pillars. When I verify the connection between the pillars and the existing structure on which the new structure will be installed, I can use the reactions in the support points to design the connection. But when I have to verify the connection between beams, as there is no support I should use the beam end forces.
The problem is that I have almost a hundred of connections that I need to verify with 4-5 beams intersecting in each node.
Referring to the figures attached, if I have to design the connection in the node 6, which forces shall I take into account? Is it correct taking into account only the beam end forces of beam number 5 or should I consider in some way the contribution of all the beams in a node?
Many thanks.
I am a Naval Architect working in the Offshore Oil and Gas industry.
I am very pleased to have joined your forum that I have always found very useful during my career.
I wish one of you could clarify my doubt:
I need to design the bolted connections in a steel structure composed by a top frame installed on vertical pillars. When I verify the connection between the pillars and the existing structure on which the new structure will be installed, I can use the reactions in the support points to design the connection. But when I have to verify the connection between beams, as there is no support I should use the beam end forces.
The problem is that I have almost a hundred of connections that I need to verify with 4-5 beams intersecting in each node.
Referring to the figures attached, if I have to design the connection in the node 6, which forces shall I take into account? Is it correct taking into account only the beam end forces of beam number 5 or should I consider in some way the contribution of all the beams in a node?
Many thanks.





RE: STAAD Beam End Forces
Now the attached have been correctly uploaded.
RE: STAAD Beam End Forces
Ram Connection can be used in conjunction with STAAD.pro to help, assuming this is based on US or British standards.
RE: STAAD Beam End Forces
Actually we have just started to use RAM Connection in our company but we need to get used to it. For the brace, I would assume that you meant the maximum beam end force between beams 36, 41 and 103, is that correct?
RE: STAAD Beam End Forces