American Steel Design
Section 2
2-90
The command syntax in the STAAD input file for assigning
castellated beams is:
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
Member-list TAB
LE ST section-name
Example
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
2 TABLE ST CB12x28
Assigning Design parameters
Under the PARAMETERS block on input, the code name must be
specified as:
CODE AISC CASTELLATED
Example
PARAMETER
CODE AISC CASTELLATED
UNL 0.01 MEMB 25 31
FYLD 50 MEMB 25 31
SOPEN 11.124 MEMB 25 31
……
CHECK CODE MEMB 25 31