# Moment envelop on beam element

**URL:** <https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425>\
**Category:** FLAC2D\
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425 "2024-04-24T18:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Razi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Razi](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Razi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425/1 "2024-04-24T18:42:15Z")

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hey,

I modeled braced excavation  
I have the moment on the slurry wall (beam element) in each stage.

For design i need the moment envelop for all the excavation stages together.

please your help for producing moment envelop on beam element.

TNX  
Razi

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**Author:** ![jwang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@jwang](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/jwang)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425/2 "2024-04-24T19:41:31Z")

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The moment yield envelop plot is only available for liners.

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**Author:** ![Razi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Razi](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Razi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425/3 "2024-04-24T19:45:41Z")

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Any option to take the results to excel?  
There i can do the envelope manually.

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**Author:** ![jwang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@jwang](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/jwang)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425/4 "2024-04-24T19:55:17Z")

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Try ‘print struct beam’ command to export the results.

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**Author:** ![Razi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Razi](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Razi)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425/5 "2024-04-25T15:50:40Z")

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Works great 👍.

Any way to export directly to excel instead of manualy copy-paste?

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**Author:** ![jwang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@jwang](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/jwang)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/moment-envelop-on-beam-element/1425/6 "2024-04-25T20:07:58Z")

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You can write a fish function and use ‘str.fin’ file to export the data directly to a datafile, see Section 1.11 FISH and Structural Elements of Structural elements manual.