Story Shear in multi element column

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aydindaei
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Story Shear in multi element column

Post by aydindaei » Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:03 am

hi,
I used 10 dispBeamColumn element in columns of a RC building that two of these elements are rigid at both ends.Now I want to extract story shears but I don't know which element I should choose to get globalforce of it.Is it true to get globalforce at rigid elements or not?
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selimgunay
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Re: Story Shear in multi element column

Post by selimgunay » Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:05 pm

Generally, the rigid element represents the joint, therefore you should record the forces at the elements closest to the rigid end elements.
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aydindaei
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Re: Story Shear in multi element column

Post by aydindaei » Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:23 pm

Thanks a million,
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