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Section 5
5-393
Description
Parameter-name refers to the "PARAMETER NAME" (s) listed in
the parameter table contained in the Steel and Aluminum Design
section.
f
1
= Value of the parameter.
The details of the parameters available for specific codes may be
found in the following places:
American AISC ASD & AISC LRFD - Section 2 of this manual
AASHTO - Section 2 of this manual
AISI (American Cold formed steel code) - Section 2 of this manual
All other countries - International Codes Manual
American Aluminum specifications - International Codes Manual
ASCE72 Transmission Tower code - International Codes Manual
API code - International Codes Manual
The user can control the design through specification of proper
parameters.
The PROFILE parameter is available for only a limited number of
codes like the AISC ASD and AISC LRFD. The user can specify
up to three profiles (a
1
, a
2
and a
3
). Profile is the first three letters
of a section name from its steel table, like, W8X, W12, C10, L20
etc. The PROFILE parameter-name is used only for member
selection where members are selected from each of those profile
names. The PROFILE for a T-section is the corresponding W-
shape. Also, the shape specified under PROFILE has to be the
same as that specified initially under MEMBER PROPERTIES.
See Section
2.3 and
Table 2.1
CODE parameter lets you choose the type of steel or aluminum
code to be checked for design. The default steel code depends on
the country of distribution.