Using this option, you can define additional code parameters for the steel bar type. Access the option by clicking the More button in the Member Definition - Parameters dialog. After the option is selected, the following dialog displays:
The following additional parameters are defined in the dialog:
- Coefficients Cmy and Cmz; the values of these parameters are entered in the appropriate edit field. You can also access this parameter by clicking one of the icons and selecting the parameter value in an additional dialog.
- Selection for a sway or non-sway structure.
- Section parameters
Anet/Agross Ratio
This value applies to a tensile force acting on the cable. It is a coefficient that defines the relationship of the member cross-section area, not considering the bolt or rivet openings (Anet), to the total cross-section area (Agross).
- Round pipes case conditions. If the Unidirectional bending of pipes option is selected, then, for this type of section, the program determines a bending moment equal to a sum of moments operating along axis Y and Z; the resultant moment is the basis for bar design.