Aluminum Channel Letters
Number of Nodes | 800 |
Number of Lines | 1172 |
Number of Members | 16 |
Number of Surfaces | 395 |
Number of Load Cases | 14 |
Number of Load Combinations | 24 |
Number of Result Combinations | 1 |
Total Weight | 11.072 tons |
Dimensions | 26.25 x 9.84 x 3.61 feet |
Program Version | 5.24.01 |
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- Design of members and sets of members for tension, compression, bending, shear, torsion, and combined internal forces
- Stability analysis of buckling and lateral-torsional buckling
- Automatic determination of effective radius of gyration by special integrated FEA software (eigenvalue analysis) for general loading and support conditions
- Alternative analytical calculation of effective radius of gyration for standard situations
- Optional application of discrete lateral supports to beams
- Definition of nodal supports for sets of members
- Serviceability limit state design (deflection)
- Cross-section optimization
- A wide range of available cross-sections, such as rolled I-sections, channel sections, T-sections, angles, rectangular and circular hollow sections, round bars, and many others.
- Detailed result documentation including references to design equations of the used standard
- Various filter and sorting options of results, including result lists by member, cross-sections, and x-location, or by load case, load and result combination
- Result table of member slenderness and governing internal forces
- Metric and imperial units
- Design of tension, compression, bending, shear, and combined internal forces
- Stability analysis for flexural buckling, torsional buckling, and lateral-torsional buckling
- Automatic determination of critical buckling loads and critical moment for lateral-torsional buckling by means of integrated FEA program (eigenvalue analysis) from boundary conditions of loads and supports
- Optional application of discrete lateral supports to beams
- Automatic or manual cross-section classification
- Integration of parameters from National Annexes (NA) of the following countries:
- DIN EN 1999-1-1/NA:2010-12 (Germany)
- NBN EN 1999-1-1/ANB:2011-03 (Belgium)
- DK EN 1999-1-1/NA:2013-05 (Denmark)
- SFS EN 1999-1-1/NA:2016-12 (Finland)
- ELOT EN 1999-1-1/NA:2010-11 (Greece)
- IS EN 1999-1-1/NA:2010-03 (Ireland)
- UNI EN 1999-1-1/NA:2011-02 (Italy)
- LST EN 1999-1-1/NA:2011-09 (Lithuania)
- UNI EN 1999-1-1/NA:2011-02 (Italy)
- NEN EN 1999-1-1/NB:2011-12 (Netherlands)
- PN EN 1999-1-1/NA:2011-01 (Poland)
- SS EN 1999-1-1/NA:2011-04 (Sweden)
- STN EN 1999-1-1/NA:2010-01 (Slovakia)
- BS EN 1999-1-1/NA:2009 (the United Kingdom)
- STN EN 1999-1-1/NA:2009-02 (Slovakia)
- CYS EN 1999-1-1/NA:2009-07 (Cyprus)
- Serviceability limit state design for characteristic, frequent, or quasi-permanent design situation
- Consideration of transverse welds
- Variety of cross-sections provided; for example, I‑sections, C‑sections, rectangular hollow sections, square sections, angles with equal and unequal legs, flat steel, round bars
- Clearly arranged result tables
- Automatic cross-section optimization
- Detailed result documentation with references to the design equations used and described in the standard
- Filter and sorting options for results, including result lists by member, cross‑section, and x‑location, or by load cases, load combinations, and result combinations
- Result window of member slenderness and governing internal forces
- Parts list with weight and solid specifications
- Seamless integration in RFEM/RSTAB
- Metric and imperial units
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