Question:
I am trying to manually check the deformations from the CRANEWAY add-on module. However, I obtain great deviations. How to explain the differences?
Answer:
The internal forces and deformations are determined according to the second-order analysis for torsional buckling, taking into account 7 degrees of freedom. For a linear calculation of deformations, a vertical/horizontal load only results in one vertical/horizontal deformation. Since the internal forces refer to the deformed structure and there is a nonlinear analysis, this is not valid for the second-order torsional buckling analysis.
In RFEM and RSTAB, you can check the deformations in the shear center by using the RF‑/FE‑LTB add-on module (see Image 02). The deformations that additionally result from the displacements or rotations can only be checked with a surface model in RFEM.