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STAAD Commands and Input Instructions
Section 5
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5.43 Printing Section Displacements for
Members
Purpose
This command is used to calculate and print displacements at
sections (intermediate points) of frame members. This provides the
user with deflection data between the joints.
General format:
⎧NOPRINT ⎫
PRI
NT SECTION (MAX) DISPL (NSECT i) (SAVE a) ⎨ALL ⎬
⎩LIST
memb-list
⎭
Description
Original
Position
Displaced
position
x-displ.
y-displ.
Y
X
Figure 5.40
This command prints displacements
at intermediate points between two
joints of a member. These
displacements are in global
coordinate directions (see figure). If
the MAX command is used, the
program prints only the maximum
local displacements among all load
cases.
i = number of sections to be taken. Defaults to 12 if NSECT is
not used and also if SAVE is used (max=24, min=2).
a = File name where displacement values can be stored and used
by the STAADPL graphics program. If the NOPRINT
command is used in conjunction with the SAVE command, the
program writes the data to file only and does not print them in
the output. This option is not necessary in STAAD.Pro.