Hi,

Can anyone help me to clarify the below?

When a trunnion support has all directional restraints (X, Y, Z) with zero gap(hence no rotations are allowed), why Caesar doesn’t consider moments for that support?

For the trunnion length, there should be moments acting at the end of the trunnion because no rotations are allowed.

We generally know that there will be moments for only anchor supports since there won’t be any rotations. Similarly, for a support at trunnion end where it has all directional restraints without allowing any rotations, it is not clear why caesar does not consider moments. Is Caesar converting the moments into equivalent forces by using M/Z?. If so, the same method may be applicable for anchor supports also. But for anchor supports, we are getting moments seperately.

Can anyone please clarify?

Regards,
Gopalsamy