Use this dialog to define calculation parameters of RC members depending on the RC code selected.
Access
- Click
Design
Required Reinforcement of Beams/Columns - Options Calculation Parameters
to open the Calculation Parameters dialog, and then click
.
- Click
(RC Member calculation parameters) to open the Calculation Parameters dialog, and then click
.
Dialog elements
Note: Parameters needed for RC member design that are not connected with its geometry such as: steel and concrete characteristics, used member types, and covers are grouped. Remaining code parameters depending on geometry are defined in a
RC member type.
The content of the Calculation Parameters Definition dialog depends on the code selected during the RC members design.
- General - Parameters of concrete (in the Concrete field) and additional parameters needed in calculations.
- Longitudinal reinforcement - Steel parameters, member types and covers to the edge or bottom reinforcement axis can be defined.
- Transversal reinforcement - Steel parameters for transversal reinforcement, reinforcement type and its parameters can be defined.
The dialog has the following tabs:
Refer to the topics below to learn about specific parameters that you can define in the appropriate tabs for the following RC codes.
- American codes: ACI 318 codes (tabs: General, Longitudinal reinforcement , Transversal reinforcement).
- French code: BAEL 91 mod.99 (tabs: General, Longitudinal reinforcement, Transversal reinforcement).
- British code: BS 8110 (tabs: General, Longitudinal reinforcement, Transversal reinforcement).
- EC2 (tabs: General, Longitudinal reinforcement, Transversal reinforcement) - Eurocode 2 (EN 1992-1-1:2004/A1:2014 with different National Annexes).
- Chinese code GB 50010-2002 (tabs: General, Longitudinal reinforcement, Transversal reinforcement).
- Dutch code: NEN 6720 (General, Longitudinal reinforcement, Transversal reinforcement) .
- Norwegian code NS 3473 (tabs: General, Longitudinal reinforcement, Transversal reinforcement).