Applying a shear force to the shear center of the cross-section

Hello everyone,

As shown in (PIC 3), there is a channel steel section with a shear force acting at three different points, including the shear center of the cross-section. I want to create a similar example in SOFISTIK, as shown in (PIC 1) and (PIC 2). However, how can I make the shear force act at a point outside the section (i.e., at the cross-section’s shear center)?

Hi,

I would use some sort of coupling.
Create a point (outside of the section) and use couplings to couple the point to the edge of your beam.

I think sofimsha should help the most