An old favorite question...
This is covered in depth at the COADE CAESAR II forum a search on that site <a href="http://www.google.com/search?domains=www.coade.com&sitesearch=www.coade.com&q=friction">http://www.google.com/search?domains=www.coade.com&sitesearch=www.coade.com&q=fr\ iction</a>
Picks up numerous threads. The bottom line IMHO is that friction should be considered and accounted for in the design. And it should never be viewed as a "help". In fact some building codes specifically forbid the use of friction in seismic loading as a restraint.
This question is consulting in nature, and frankly is often answered by the use of common sense. What is the purpose of analysis? A computer game that has nice output or an analysis and design that works in the real world?
Best Regards,
John C. Luf
Cleveland Ohio U.S.A when I'm not in Austria
Member B31.3, Piping Engineer - Stress Analysis, Pipe Supports, Component Design, and Surge Analysis... and according to my daughters master of unimportant trivia
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