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American Steel Design
Section 2
2-24
a) MEMBER refers to the member number for which the design
is performed.
b) TABLE refers to the AISC steel section name which has been
checked against the steel code or has been selected.
c) RESULT prints whether the member has PASSed or FAILed.
If the RESULT is FAIL, there will be an asterisk (*) mark in
front of the member number.
d) CRITICAL COND refers to the section of the AISC code
which governed the design.
e) RATIO prints the ratio of the actual stresses to allowable
stresses for the critical condition. Normally a value of 1.0 or
less will mean the member has passed.
f) LOADING provides the load case number which governed the
design.
g) FX, MY and MZ provide the axial force, moment in local y-
axis and moment in local z-axis respectively. Although
STAAD does consider all the member forces and moments to
perform design, only FX MY and MZ are printed since they
are the ones which are of interest, in most cases.
h) LOCATION specifies the actual distance from the start of the
member to the section where design forces govern.
i) If the parameter TRACK is set to 1.0, the program will block
out part of the table and will print the allowable bending
stresses in compression (FCY & FCZ) and tension (FTY &
FTZ), allowable axial stress in compression (FA), and
allowable shear stress (FV), all in kips per square inch. In
addition, member length, area, section moduli, governing KL/r
ratio and CB are also printed.
j) In the output for TRACK 2.0, the items Fey and Fez are as
follows: