Overview and purpose

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• (DEF2) LOAD+CR: new joints placed in deformed position using a parallel ghost structure with change modifiers; load applied and creep is considered.

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Each load case is described more fully in the sections below. Further, the attached PDF provides additional sketches. Results for each load case are independently verified by the spreadsheet calculations in the attached Excel file.

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A sketch of the construction sequence and associated loading is presented in Figure 1: 

Figure 1 - Column model and sequence

A high resolution image of Figure 1 is presented in the attached PDF .

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Analysis generates the deflection results which follow: 

Figure 2 - Deflection summary

Figure 3 - Graph of final joint deflections

A full resolution image of Figure 2 is attached in the Excel spreadsheet .

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