ap3120
Student
- Jun 22, 2021
- 8
I'd like to get the axial forces in a pinned supported 3 bays braced frame. The frame height is h=8m and the width of one bay is L=7 m.
There is only one point load of 1 kN applied on the top left corner.
I'm trying to get the reactions at the supports, but I don't know how to do that. I've also modelled the frame on SAP2000, and I don't quite understand the results (see image here):
The horizontal reactions make sense cause the sum is equal to the applied loading : -0.69+0.4+0.25+1.03 = 0.99 kN.
However, if I take the moment about the first support on the left for example, I get:
1*h-10.85*L-10.76*2L-6.88*3L = -363.07 kNm different from zero.
So I must be missing something here, and I'd really like to understand how to solve this by hand.
Thanks for your help.

There is only one point load of 1 kN applied on the top left corner.
I'm trying to get the reactions at the supports, but I don't know how to do that. I've also modelled the frame on SAP2000, and I don't quite understand the results (see image here):

The horizontal reactions make sense cause the sum is equal to the applied loading : -0.69+0.4+0.25+1.03 = 0.99 kN.
However, if I take the moment about the first support on the left for example, I get:
1*h-10.85*L-10.76*2L-6.88*3L = -363.07 kNm different from zero.
So I must be missing something here, and I'd really like to understand how to solve this by hand.
Thanks for your help.