Applies To | |||
Product(s): | STAAD.Pro | ||
Version(s): | All | ||
Environment: | N/A | ||
Area: | Modeling Solutions | ||
Subarea: | Loading | ||
Original Author: | Abhisek Mandal, Bentley technical Support Group | ||
How does STAAD consider the moving load over the beams if the load is not applied over a beam exactly ?
If a wheel falls inside a panel composed of beams on either side of the wheel running parallel to the direction of movement of the vehicle, the load is distributed on the 2 beams as simply supported reactions. Hence, if the wheel load is 10 kips, and if the distance from the wheel to the beam on the left is 7 ft, and the distance to the beam on the right is 3 ft, the beam on the left gets a 3 kip load, and the beam on the right gets a 7 kip load.