open web steel joist

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GeoCham
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open web steel joist

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hi all,
trying to model an owsj in OS, does anyone have samples of code or suggestions as to why modal analysis produces results such as 'starting vector equals zero' ?
thx
selimgunay
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Re: open web steel joist

Post by selimgunay »

Did you assign masses to your nodes and which eigensolver are you using?
GeoCham
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Re: open web steel joist

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I assigned masses..I am using command 'eigen' to get the modes
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