Function
- Check the internal member forces in the structure due to external loads, in a spreadsheet format table. The member forces are calculated using Initial Force Control Data.
Call
From the Main Menu select [Results] tab > [Type : Analysis Result] > [Table] group > [Result Tables] > [Initial Element Force Table]
Input
Member Nodal Force - i : Member forces at the I-End of an element
Member Nodal Force - j : Member forces at the J-End of an element
Axial : Axial force
Shear(y) : Shear force in the local y-direction of an element
Shear(z) : Shear force in the local z-direction of an element
Torsion : Torsional moment about the local x-axis of an element
Moment(y) : Bending moment about the local y-axis of an element
Moment(z) : Bending moment about the local z-axis of an element