Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
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Has anyone used VJG's as a moment resisting joist girder in RISA 3D? What do you do with the DL moment if this is eliminated because the bottom chord is connected to the column after the DL is installed...well according to SJI there's no DL moment. How does RISA even perform a code check on this member? I don't know the correct way to model these elements when dealing with the effective length, boundary conditions, etc? Does it make sense to also use these as regular bar joists with pinned ends where applicable?
RE: Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
Alternatively, you may be talking about something called "staged construction" where the structure is partly built, then load is applied, then the structure is significantly changed, then more load is added.
RISA does not directly handle staged construction. However, you can still use it to get member forces. Just in a more complicated way. First you create two models and apply the different load to the models and solve them to get member forces and deflections for each case. Then you can use the principal of super-position to come up with your final design forces and deflections.
RE: Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
RE: Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
RE: Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
RE: Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
The member receives load as a simply supported beam (that gives you solution results #1). The load and stresses remain. But, then you change the structure and all the load applied after that point gets applied to a fixed - fixed beam (which gives you solution results #2). The total load in the beam ends up being the super-position of the two solutions.
RE: Virtual Joist Girders (VJG) as Moment Resisting Joist Girder
But with second order effects and a redundant system the superposition may become troublesome or confusing.