RESULTANT

I/O Options and Subcase Information Entry Enables the output of section resultant forces and moments.

Format

RESULTANT (format_list, type) = option

Definitions

Argument Option Description
format <OPTI, blank>
OPTI (Default), blank
Results are output in OPTI format (to a .secres file).
type NOBOLT

No default

Enables output of resultants for user-defined sections but disables the output for cross-sections associated with pretension bolts.
option <YES, NO, NONE, blank>
YES (Default), blank
Resultant force and moments are output.
NO, NONE
Resultant force and moments are not output.

Comments

  1. There are two contexts in which section forces and moments can be calculated:
    • User-defined sections (via the SECTION Bulk Data Entry)
    • Internally generated sections (Pretension bolts)
  2. In case of transient analysis, OUTPUT, HGTRANS can be specified along with RESULTANT to obtain a session file (_tran.mvw file), that can be used for plotting the time histories in HyperGraph.
  3. Section resultant calculations are not available for transient subcases preloaded by a nonlinear static subcase, which may result in ERROR # 5837. In such cases, RESULTANT (OPTI) = NO should be used to disable their calculation and output.
  4. The support information for RESULTANT is:
    Analysis Type
    Details
    Linear Static Analysis
    Section forces and moments are available automatically if a section is created.
    Transient Analysis (Direct and Modal) and Frequency Response Analysis (Direct and Modal)
    Section forces and moments are available only if a section is created and the RESULTANT I/O Entry is used.