Hi JoshPlum,
It is an I section having span to depth ratio as 10.077.
Other characteristics are as follows.
Simply supported.
Span 13.1m
Material=STEEL Shape="I/Wide Flange" t3=1.3 t2=0.55 tf=0.025 tw=0.01 t2b=0.55 tfb=0.025 Area=0.04 TorsConst=5.97967083333334E-06...
Hi,
To validate SAP2000 trail version v14.2.4, I have created a simply supported beam and assigned a pointed frame-load at its mid span. I got certain displaement, x1, which is precisely matching the value WL3/48EI.
Now I had meshed the beam using a maximum mesh size of span/100 and then...