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Section 2
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the user provides CMY, the program will use that value and
not calculate CMY at all, regardless of what the user defines
SSY to be.
Figure 2.1 - Terms used in calculating slenderness ratios KL/r for local Y and Z axes
7) For a T shape which is cut from a parent I, W, S, M or H
shapes, the PROFILE parameter should be assigned a
value corresponding to the parent shape. For example, if
the T desired is an American WT6, specify W12 for the
PROFILE parameter.
2.5 Code Checking
The purpose of code checking is to check whether the provided
section properties of the members are adequate. The adequacy is
checked as per AISC-89. Code checking is done using the forces
and moments at specified sections of the members. If no sections
are specified, the program uses the start and end forces for code
checking.
See Section
5.47.2 and
E
xample 1