Help with RISA 3D output, what is the meaning of the DISTRIBUTED column

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Help with RISA 3D output, what is the meaning of the DISTRIBUTED column

ac0609 (Civil/Environmental)

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28 Mar 23 15:13

Hi everyone,

I have a RISA 3D output and wondering what the meaning of the DISTRIBUTED column for BASIC LOAD CASES spreadsheet. I attached an image hopefully this helps. I tried looking for the meaning in the General Manual but could not find anything

Thanks in advance.

dold (Structural) · Answer 1 · 2023-03-28 15:21:37

That is showing the number of applied distributed loads that exist in your model.

P.S. why do you have a -1.2 factor on the self weight? If that's for factoring to LRFD loads, that factor should be applied in the load combos, not the load case factors.

driftLimiter (Structural) · Answer 2 · 2023-03-28 15:22:01

I think thats the number of assigned distributed loads for each BLC.

ac0609 (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 3 · 2023-03-28 15:26:01

Quote (dold)

I am accounting for something else in this model. I added 20% for connections.

WinelandV (Structural) · Answer 4 · 2023-03-28 15:42:14

In RISA verbiage, a distributed load is a line load on a member. As dold said, the number represents the total number of those line loads in that basic load case.

Please note that is a "v" (as in Violin) not a "y".

larcix (Structural) · Answer 5 · 2023-05-09 16:43:29

The BLC window is the best location to view all of your applied loads. There is a column for Nodal, Point, Distributed, Area. Click any of those cells and it'll open up the corresponding load type with the selected BLC (gravity, railing, etc.) open.

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Help with RISA 3D output, what is the meaning of the DISTRIBUTED column