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Joint Global Forces and Moments Calculator
DESCRIPTION
UNITS
Length
m
cm
mm
in
ft
Force
N
kN
MN
lbf
JOINT CENTRE
Enter the coordinates for the centre of the joint
SYNTAX:
X
*
, Y
*
, Z
*
* X: Coordinate of joint centre in X
* Y: Coordinate of joint centre in Y
* Z: Coordinate of joint centre in Z
BEAM START NODE COORDS
BEAM1,148.150,286.000,527.250 BEAM2,148.150,281.500,527.700 BEAM3,147.410,286.000,523.500 BEAM4,146.000,286.000,526.750 BEAM5,148.150,286.000,526.750 BEAM6,148.150,286.000,527.500 BEAM7,154.119,286.000,518.000
Enter the coordinates for the start of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, X
1
*
, Y
1
*
, Z
1
*
* X
1
: Coordinate of beam start node in X
* Y
1
: Coordinate of beam start node in Y
* Z
1
: Coordinate of beam start node in Z
BEAM END NODE COORDS
BEAM1,149.175,286.000,529.450 BEAM2,148.150,286.000,527.700 BEAM3,148.145,286.000,527.250 BEAM4,148.150,286.000,526.750 BEAM5,149.250,286.000,526.750 BEAM6,148.150,287.080,527.500 BEAM7,148.150,286.000,527.250
Enter the coordinates for the end of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, X
2
*
, Y
2
*
, Z
2
*
* X
2
: Coordinate of beam end node in X
* Y
2
: Coordinate of beam end node in Y
* Z
2
: Coordinate of beam end node in Z
BEAM LOCAL Y AXIS COORDS
BEAM1,150.350,286.000,526.225 BEAM2,138.150,286.000,527.700 BEAM3,151.895,286.000,526.515 BEAM4,148.150,296.000,526.750 BEAM5,148.150,296.000,526.750 BEAM6,138.150,286.000,527.500 BEAM7,148.150,276.000,527.250
Enter the coordinates for a point on the local Y axis of each beam defining beam orientation
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, X
3
*
, Y
3
*
, Z
3
*
* X
3
: X coordinate of point on local Y axis
* Y
3
: Y coordinate of point on local Y axis
* Z
3
: Z coordinate of point on local Y axis
BEAM START NODE FORCES
BEAM1,29231.50,4209.62,-1493.39,-294.13,-9109.98,-13878.84 BEAM2,7.90,-17.29,4.52,-0.03,0.04,18.54 BEAM3,14692.44,-923.40,1475.06,-462.12,-1374.96,-848.00 BEAM4,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00 BEAM5,-9591.52,-39.00,-2003.78,-12.53,-3172.59,316.67 BEAM6,2696.83,-402.03,-2478.60,2.12,-2029.84,249.77 BEAM7,9107.35,-108.76,274.60,-656.42,1465.65,0.00
Enter the forces at the start of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, F
X1
*
, F
Y1
*
, F
Z1
*
, M
X1
*
, M
Y1
*
, M
Z1
*
* F
X1
: Axial Force at start node
* F
Y1
: Shear force in local Y at start node
* F
Z1
: Shear force in local Z at start node
* M
X1
: Torsion at start node
* M
Y1
: Moment about local Y at start node
* M
Z1
: Moment about local Z at start node
BEAM END NODE FORCES
BEAM1,29599.73,4381.34,-1493.39,-294.13,-5484.79,-3451.64 BEAM2,7.90,-17.29,104.49,-0.03,-208.14,-59.25 BEAM3,14923.77,-877.91,1475.06,-462.12,-7012.35,-4290.10 BEAM4,0.00,0.00,525.07,0.00,-564.45,0.00 BEAM5,-9591.52,-39.00,-1916.69,-12.53,-1012.44,273.77 BEAM6,-139.82,-40.12,-258.41,-0.03,-897.43,49.27 BEAM7,10105.02,-240.52,359.20,-788.63,-2349.52,-1871.44
Enter the forces at the end of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, F
X2
*
, F
Y2
*
, F
Z2
*
, M
X2
*
, M
Y2
*
, M
Z2
*
* F
X2
: Axial Force at end node
* F
Y2
: Shear force in local Y at end node
* F
Z2
: Shear force in local Z at end node
* M
X2
: Torsion at end node
* M
Y2
: Moment about local Y at end node
* M
Z2
: Moment about local Z at end node
