Process Results Vertical Reactions

Following a successful analysis of one or more stories, you can select Process > Results > Vertical Reactions to display the Vertical Reactions of each stories analysis. These results can be used to independently verify the results of the analysis.

Each story in the structure is analyzed independently. Note that reaction forces at each story are reversed and applied as loads to the supporting story for the next stories analysis (refer to the manual for more detailed information). Only significant reactions are shown for each load case. Reactions are scaled relative to each other but the scaling is not exact.

The display options selected here are only visible on the screen while this window is displayed. The window can be moved and the screen printed or manipulated (zoom etc) while this window is displayed.

Click Apply to have the current selections displayed on the screen

Setting	Description
Story	Select the Story for which you would like to observe reactions from the analysis. When a story is selected all the analyzed load cases for that story will be available for selection in the Load Case drop down. When you click Apply, only the members that were part of the analysis of this story will be displayed
Load Case	Select the load case you would like to view reactions for. Refer to the Criteria - Analysis and manual for more information on how load cases are generated. Click Apply to have the load case reactions displayed on the screen. The beam/s that are loaded in the selected load case are highlighted. If no beams are highlighted then the selected load case is one in which the columns are loaded (loads from story above or user applied column point loads). Load Cases are labeled according to their type (Dead Load = DL, Live Load Reducible = LLred, Live Load Unreducible = LLunred, Live Load Storage = LLstor, and live load roof = LLroof). Where there are multiple load cases of one type, (LLred1, LLred2 etc) they represent all the different load cases in which loads of that particular type (live load reducible) was applied.

Setting

Description

Story

Select the Story for which you would like to observe reactions from the analysis. When a story is selected all the analyzed load cases for that story will be available for selection in the Load Case drop down. When you click Apply, only the members that were part of the analysis of this story will be displayed

Load Case

Select the load case you would like to view reactions for. Refer to the Criteria - Analysis and manual for more information on how load cases are generated. Click Apply to have the load case reactions displayed on the screen. The beam/s that are loaded in the selected load case are highlighted. If no beams are highlighted then the selected load case is one in which the columns are loaded (loads from story above or user applied column point loads).

Load Cases are labeled according to their type (Dead Load = DL, Live Load Reducible = LLred, Live Load Unreducible = LLunred, Live Load Storage = LLstor, and live load roof = LLroof). Where there are multiple load cases of one type, (LLred1, LLred2 etc) they represent all the different load cases in which loads of that particular type (live load reducible) was applied.