6/14/2016 FrameReleasesandPartialFixity

FrameReleases/PartialFixity
Form:FrameAssignmentRelease/PartialFixity

Anyofthethreetranslationalandthreerotationaldegreesoffreedomcanbereleasedateitherendofaframeobject.
However,thereleasesaremeaningfulonlyifaframesectionpropertyhasbeenassignedtotheframeobject.Itis
possibletospecifypartialfixityattheendsoftheframeobject.Thisisaccomplishedbyspecifyingaspringstiffness
whenthememberendreleaseisassignedasdescribedherein.

Thereleasesarealwaysspecifiedintheframeobject(framesection)gridsystem.Endreleasesarealwaysassumed
tooccuratthesupportfaces,thatis,attheinsideendoftheendoffset.

1.Selecttheframeobject(s)towhichendreleasesorpartialfixityaretobeassigned.

2.ClicktheAssignmenu>Frame>ReleasesandPartialFixitycommandtoopentheFrameAssignment
Release/PartialFixityform.

3.OntheFrameAssignmentRelease/PartialFixityform:

Specifytherequiredendreleasesbycheckingtheappropriatecheckboxes.

Alternatively,specifypartialfixitybyenteringaspringstiffnessvaluefortheframepartialfixitysprings.

Toremoveallofthecurrentlyspecifiedendreleasesfromaselectedmember,includingpartialfixity,
checktheNoReleasescheckboxatthebottomoftheform.

4.ClicktheApplybutton.Anypreviouslyassignedendreleaseorpartialfixitywillbereplacedbythisassignment.

WhentheApplybuttonisused,theFrameAssignmentRelease/PartialFixityformwillremainopenuntilit
isclosedbyclickingtheClosebutton.Thisallowsselectionofanotherframeobject(s),towhichadifferent
assignmentscanbemade.

Ifonlyoneassignmentisbeingmadetoonlyonesetofselectedobjects,theOKbuttoncanbeusedtoboth
applytheassignmentandclosetheform.

UnstableEndReleases

Anycombinationofendreleasesmaybespecifiedforaframeelementprovidedthattheelementremainsstable.This
ensuresthatallloadappliedtotheelementistransferredtotherestofthestructure.Thefollowingsetsofreleasesare
unstable,eitheraloneorincombination,andarenotpermitted.

ReleasingU1(axial)atbothends.

ReleasingU2(shearforce2,major)atbothends.

ReleasingU3(shearforce3,minor)atbothends.

ReleasingR1(torsion)atbothends.

ReleasingR2(moment22,minor)atbothendsandU3(shearforce3,minor)ateitherend.

ReleasingR3(moment33,major)atbothendsandU2(shearforce3,major)ateitherend.

SeeAlso

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