Hi everyone,
I've a question regards to release in Fx for a support. Say, I've got a typical truss that's pinned at one end with roller support at another with Load applied to the top of the truss. There will be, of course, horizontal reactions on both side if two ends are pinned. With roller support modelled in STAAD, the reaction at one end would be zero. However, in reality there would still be static friction coefficient of steel acting on it. Is there any way to model this sort of situation? Is kFx the one to be? If so, how do I properly use kFx?