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Are
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there
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guidelines
...
for
...
subdividing
...
frame
...
objects?
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Extended
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Question:
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The
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protocol
...
of
...
our
...
company
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is
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to
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subdivide
...
frame
...
members
...
at
...
every
...
node,
...
whether
...
it
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is
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the
...
location
...
of
...
a
...
point
...
load
...
or
...
an
...
interconnecting
...
object.
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Could
...
you
...
provide
...
some
...
insight
...
into
...
this
...
procedure?
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Answer:
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To
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generate
...
accurate
...
results
...
for
...
certain
...
analyses,
...
...
must
...
be
...
explicitly
...
subdivided,
...
or
...
assigned
...
automatic
...
...
,
...
where
...
the
...
object
...
is
...
handled
...
as
...
a
...
single
...
member,
...
but
...
meshed
...
into
...
multiple
...
segments
...
for
...
analysis
...
purposes.
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Frame
...
objects
...
should
...
be
...
subdivided
...
in
...
the
...
following
...
situations:
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- During buckling analysis,
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- to
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- capture
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- higher
...
- modes.
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- During dynamic analysis,
...
- to
...
- better
...
- capture
...
...
- distribution,
...
- since
...
- mass
...
- is
...
- assembled
...
- at
...
...
- locations.
...
- To
...
- capture
...
...
- effect
...
- in
...
- columns.
...
- Where
...
- accurate
...
- response
...
- measures
...
- are
...
- necessary,
...
- since
...
- results
...
- are
...
- interpolated
...
- from
...
- behavior
...
- at
...
- joint
...
- locations.
...
- It
...
- is
...
- often
...
- advisable
...
- to
...
- subdivide
...
- frame
...
- objects
...
- in
...
- proximity
...
- to
...
- sensitive
...
- displacement
...
- or
...
- high
...
- moment
...
- gradient.
...
Additional
...
information
...
is
...
available
...
in
...
the
...
CSI Analysis Reference Manual (Objects and Elements, page 7).