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Shell Element results in SAP 2000

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Jatfuentes

Structural
Mar 31, 2003
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I have a question, may be for some people very easy.
The results of forces and moments for the shell element in SAP 2000 according to the SAP maual are in "unit of in -plane length"what means this? . I am working in metric units, I made a very simple example ( simple suported beam with a concentrate load in de center) and I am not verifing the theoretical results.
Apparently, for the stresses output ( S11,S22,S12) the results do not need to be multiplied for nothing.
Thanks for your help
jatfuentes
 
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