Use this dialog to determine the spacing of transverse stiffeners along the beam length, with real coordinates or in relation to the beam length according to the NBR 8800:2008 code.
Access
- Click Stiffeners in the Member Definitions - Parameters dialog.
Dialog elements
- Stiffener distribution along beam length
- Enter the coordinates of the transverse stiffeners along the beam length, and specify if these coordinates are real or relative to the beam length.
Note:
- Based on positions of transverse stiffeners, the program also calculates the length of the unstiffened web; this information is used to evaluate the shear strength V Rd according to Section 5.4.3.
- The program does not check if transverse stiffeners are geometrically correct according to Section G2.2.