10C. DIMENSIONING PART 3/4

CHAPTER 10C 'DIMENSIONING' 49 In the " Safety factor " field you can set the threshold against which the program checks the ratio of the design value (the intensive value) to the corresponding strength of the member. The default value is 1. In the field " Intensity Limit " there is the limit of the intensities below which the program does not take into account the intensities. The rest of the dialog box is divided into three parts, each of which deals with the parameters of the Flexural Bending, Lateral Bending and Functionality Checks. In the Flexural Bending section you first define whether you want to check the flexural bending by ticking the corresponding option. Then you define the length of the member and the buckling length in both Y and Z directions respectively. OBSERVATION • In earlier versions of SCADA Pro and prior to the creation of the command, the user was prompted to set the member length and the buckling length in both the Y and Z directions respectively, following the procedure below: In " Length of Membership ": • if you select " Actual " you must enter in the field the actual length of the member in m. • if you select " Coefficient " you must enter a coefficient by which the different lengths of the members belonging to this parameter group will be multiplied. If you want the program to take the actual lengths of the members into account when checking the bending bend, select "Coefficient" with a value of 1. If you have some members with different or equal lengths that are laterally secured at the same distances (e.g. at 1/3), then you give the value 0.33 and of course create a separate parameter group to which these members belong. In the new versions of SCADA Pro the definition of the bending length is done through the command " Consolidate Members " (see the section Sizing - General) and no action is required in this field. Having therefore followed the procedure of Member Consolidation, in the Parameters field and specifically in the Member Length field, leave as is and proceed with the definition of the remaining parameters. The next parameter is the member's buckling length which depends on the support conditions of the nodes of the member ends always within the buckling plane. By pressing the key the following dialog box appears