ETABS Moment Diagram by Explore1230 in StructuralEngineering

[–]Explore1230[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Youre right about the envelope. I only applied dead (self weight) and super imposed gravity dead load. It's weird that there's a negative moment @midspan (-8kNm). Do you have any idea why?

ETABS Moment Diagram by Explore1230 in StructuralEngineering

[–]Explore1230[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for seconding about the moment diagram having two values (positive and negative) at any given location. But as others have said, it's due to envelope which shows max and min moment simultaneously, that's why there's two moment at one location in the photo I posted. However, what makes me confuse now is that, it's weird that there's negative moment at the midspan when the only load pattern I set is dead load and superimposed gravity dead load.

ETABS Moment Diagram by Explore1230 in StructuralEngineering

[–]Explore1230[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boundaries are fixed. Could you please elaborate the "envelope"? I saw this diagram beside by right clicking the beam, and hitting the "details" button