CWEngineer
Civil/Environmental
I am trying to get clarification regarding the sign convention in SAP, in particular for the moment diagram. My understanding is that SAP shows the moment diagram on the tension side of a beam. Also positive moment is when there is compression in the Axis 2 side of the beam.
In the attached document, the moment diagram for the horizontal simply supported beam is shown consistently below the beam on page 2 and page 4. Which makes sense to me.
For the vertical simply supported beam, it is shown on the left on page 7 (I agree with this). But I do not understand why it is shown on the bottom on page 9? The I-End, is the left of the beam (bottom). I would think the moment diagram should be above the axis, similar to that of page 7.
Appreciate if you can help me clarify this.
Thanks
In the attached document, the moment diagram for the horizontal simply supported beam is shown consistently below the beam on page 2 and page 4. Which makes sense to me.
For the vertical simply supported beam, it is shown on the left on page 7 (I agree with this). But I do not understand why it is shown on the bottom on page 9? The I-End, is the left of the beam (bottom). I would think the moment diagram should be above the axis, similar to that of page 7.
Appreciate if you can help me clarify this.
Thanks
