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Section 4
4-7
Table 4.1 - AITC 1994 Timber Design Parameters
Parameter
name
referred
to in
AITC
1994 code
document
Name
used in
STAAD
Default
value and
units if
applicable Description
C
r
CR 1.0 Repetitive Member Factor, see Section 4.5.10
C
F
CSF
1.0
Form Factor, see Section 4.5.12
C
t
CTM
1.0
Temperature Factor, see Table 4.11
C
T
CTT
1.0
Buckling Stiffness Factor, see Section 4.5.15
K
b
KB
1.0
Buckling Length Coefficient to calculate
Effective Length
K
bd
KBD
1.0
Buckling Length Coefficient for Depth to
calculate Effective Length
K
bE
KBE
0.609
Euler Buckling Coefficient for Beams, see
Section 5.4.11
K
cE
KCE
1.0
Euler Buckling Coefficient for Columns, see
Section 5.8.2
K
ey
KEY
1.0
Buckling Length Coefficient in Y Direction
K
ez
KEZ
1.0
Buckling Length Coefficient in Z Direction
K
l
KL
1.0
Load Condition Coefficient, Table 4.10
LZ LZ
Member
Length
Effective shear length in the z direction for
Column Stability Check, Le=Ke*L
LY LY
Member
Length
Effective shear length in the y direction for
Column Stability Check, Le=Ke*L
LUZ LUZ
Member
Length
Member length in the z direction for Beam
Stability Check, Lu=Kb*l+Kbd*d
LUY LUY
Member
Length
Member length in the y direction for Beam
Stability Check, Lu=Kb*l+Kbd*d
CDT CDT
1.0
Load Duration Factor
CCR CCR
1.0
Curvature factor (Section 4.5.11)
INDEX INDEX
10
Exponent value in the Volume Factor Equation
(Section 4.5.6)
CV CV
1.0
Volume Factor (Section 4.5.6)
CC CC
0.8
Variable in Column Stability Factor, Cp (Section
5.8.2, Eqn 5-14)