

The Ci check-box determines if the incision factor should be applied. In the Cm field, the appropriate factors will be applied to the allowable moisture content factor should be applied. The Cm check-box determines if the wet service This has a drop down list where you can select the appropriate grade. Grade is the wood grade designation from your selected design code. Wood species designation from your selected design code. Species - Based on your Database selection, the Species menu will filter to the appropriate databases. Type - Currently there are four wood types available: Solid Sawn, Glulam, SCL (this includes LVLs), and Custom.ĭatabase - Based on your Type selection, the Database menu will filter to the appropriate databases. The Wood tab records a number of wood specific material properties That may not exist for the other materials. The Cold Formed tab records a cold formed material property In a future version of the program this value will be used to calculate the expected tensile strength for the seismic detailing checks. This value is used per AISC 358 to calculate C pr which is in turn used to calculate the probable maximum moment at a plastic hinge in the seismic detailing calculations. This value is used in determining the required strength of an element for the seismic detailing checks.įu is the specified minimum tensile strength. Ry is the ratio of the expected yield stress to the specified minimum yield stress. That do not exist for the other materials. The Hot Rolled tab records a number of hot rolled steel specific material properties Stress and is used only for Hot Rolled and Cold Formed steel design. Times plate volume gives the total weight of a given plate. Self weight per unit length for the members density This coefficient is used in the calculation of thermal loads.Īnd is used in the calculation of the member and plate self weight. Besides being used for the “G ” calculation, this value is also used for shearĭeformation calculations. Also, the generic value (from the NDS or APA's Plywood Design Specification) has been reduced somewhat to account for assumed nail slip. This is because plywood is NOT an isotropic material.

You ofĬourse don't have to use the A36 properties you can change these andĪlso add as many other materials as you need. The values for A36 steel are the default material set. The Material Properties Spreadsheet records the material properties to be used in the modelĪnd may be accessed by selecting Materials from Data Entry toolbar in the Explorer panel.

Of steel along with different concrete materials, timber or aluminum. In a single model although most models will only have one or two.įor example, your model might be made up of members of various grades You may perform analysis using any type of material simply define the Material properties are defined on the Material Properties Spreadsheet and then are referred to as you build section sets, members, and plates.
