I understand that hinge and/or gimbal expansion joints already restricts axial and longitudinal movement. What I am confused with Caesar is that, why is it calculating for Axial Movement due to Lateral when the joint has been modeled as hinged or gimbal using Caesars Expansion Joint Modeler to avoid any input errors. But Caesar still calculates axial movements due to Lateral whenever I do a Rating Check in Caesar's Analysis applications.

Could it be that the rigid representation of the hinges/gimbals are not rigid enough that it is allowing some lateral movement of the joint (just a guess)?

Has anyone experienced this with Caesar?