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JOINT

Joint Global Forces and Moments Calculator

DESCRIPTION
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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
Enter the coordinates for the start of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, X1*, Y1*, Z1*
* X1: Coordinate of beam start node in X
* Y1: Coordinate of beam start node in Y
* Z1: Coordinate of beam start node in Z
BEAM END NODE COORDS
Enter the coordinates for the end of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, X2*, Y2*, Z2*
* X2: Coordinate of beam end node in X
* Y2: Coordinate of beam end node in Y
* Z2: Coordinate of beam end node in Z
BEAM LOCAL Y AXIS COORDS
Enter the coordinates for a point on the local Y axis of each beam defining beam orientation
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, X3*, Y3*, Z3*
* X3: X coordinate of point on local Y axis
* Y3: Y coordinate of point on local Y axis
* Z3: Z coordinate of point on local Y axis
BEAM START NODE FORCES
Enter the forces at the start of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, FX1*, FY1*, FZ1*, MX1*, MY1*, MZ1*
* FX1: Axial Force at start node
* FY1: Shear force in local Y at start node
* FZ1: Shear force in local Z at start node
* MX1: Torsion at start node
* MY1: Moment about local Y at start node
* MZ1: Moment about local Z at start node
BEAM END NODE FORCES
Enter the forces at the end of each beam framing into the joint
SYNTAX:
BEAM_NAME, FX2*, FY2*, FZ2*, MX2*, MY2*, MZ2*
* FX2: Axial Force at end node
* FY2: Shear force in local Y at end node
* FZ2: Shear force in local Z at end node
* MX2: Torsion at end node
* MY2: Moment about local Y at end node
* MZ2: Moment about local Z at end node
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