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Section 4
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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
SRC SRC
1.0
Slenderness ratio of Compression member
SRT SRT
1.0
Slenderness ratio of Tension member
RATIO
1.0
Permissible ratio of actual to allowable stress
BEAM
1.0
0 = Design for end forces or locations specified
by section command. 1 = Calculate moments at
12 pts along the beam and use the maximum for
design.
Design commands
Only code checking is available for timber members. Member
selection is currently not available. It will be incorporated in a
future build of the program. The command is specified as
CHECK CODE memb-list
The code name command for timber design is treated by STAAD in
the following manner :
Command in STAAD Interpretation by the program
CODE AITC AITC 1994 edition
CODE AITC 1994 AITC 1994 edition
CODE AITC 1984 AITC 1984 edition
CODE TIMBER AITC 1984 edition