| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | STAAD.Offshore | ||
| Version(s): | All | ||
| Environment: | N/A | ||
| Area: | STAAD.Offshore | ||
| Subarea: | N/A | ||
| Original Author: | Sudip Narayan Choudhury Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
What does the message “The section Type PIPE/TUBE/OPEN/PRISMATIC cannot be established for some members. These members have been shown in red. The property table contents of these members will also be shown in red.” means while opening the STAAD.Pro model in STAAD.Offshore and how does this affect?
If you are using a transportation module, the aforementioned message does not make a difference as only the lumped masses are used for calculation of inertial forces. But it does affect in case the Wave Loading module is used. The Wave loading is calculated using the shapes of the members. Currently the STAAD.Offshore program is able to account for the following sections only:
1- Pipe, 2- Rectangle hollow (including square hollow), 3- Wide flange or Channel, 4- Rectangular Solid and 5- Circular solid
If the STAAD.Pro model has sections other than the aforementioned ones, their shapes will not be accounted for in the Wave Loading Calculations. In other words, the Wave Loads will not be generated on these members.
If you run the "Wave Load" Generator on the models having these sections, there will be warning message that would pop up saying - "Wave Loading on Invalid members".