I need help. I am from the UK and use British sections. I have exported from QSE to Staad successfully every time for many years but this time when I analyse the model it reports that every member is missing its section properties. It is a large space frame with beam elements only. The...
I am perplexed by the way the classic Wood and Armer equations are applied. Assuming the Z axis is pointing upwards and a typical case where positive values of Mx and My create tension in the top surface (i.e. the element is hogging) and Mxy is added to My on one edge and deducted from My on...
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I'm from the UK and there is little guidance on this here. In the case where you have an opening corner, the rebar on the inside face will be resisting the bending and all of the tension. Therefore it is reasonable to assume the support is being provided at that location (not...
