Risa 3D eccentric loads

[greengold]

I want to place an eccentric distributed load on a beam in Risa 3D in order to induce torsion in the beam. It doesn't seem that Risa 3D accommodates this. Can anyone confirm? Thanks!

 

[JAE]

Go into the Distributed Load window. Under the second column (which is labeled "direction") select [red]Mx[/red] as the direction. This is the torque applied along the beam.

Read the help menu under "Distributed Loads Spreadsheet".

 

[JLNJ]

You might want to place a line load centered on the beam as well to be equivalent to an offset distributed load.

 

[akastud]

Look up rigid link in the help menu, this is a good way to do what you want to do. If you do what JAE said says, make sure the x is lower case.

akastud

 

[JAE]

akastud - in that particular instance, Mx is the only option. There are no My or Mz or MY, etc. choices.