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This table presents the results of the most recent Steel Design process.  Each line represents a member in the model and presents the following data:

 

Member ID:  The ID of the member.

 

Length:  The actual member length, not the unbraced length for flexure or for Euler buckling.

 

Section:  The AISC section for which design results are displayed.  

 

Tip:  Click the dropdown arrow in the Section cell to view a list of other sections selected by the Steel Design routine subject to the limitations of the Section Prefix and the Section Pool.

 

Tip:  Selecting a different section will invalidate the analysis results due to changes in stiffness.  So be sure to reanalyze the model and rerun the Steel Design after making any section changes.

 

Status:  Indicates an OK or NG status to show whether the selected member satisfies code requirements or not.

 

Critical Ratio:  Reports the highest ratio found after running all of the required steel code checks on the member considering Axial & Bending, Shear, and Deflection.

 

Load Combination:  Indicates the Load Combination responsible for producing the Critical Ratio.

 

Distance:  Reports the location where the critical design was found to occur.  0 indicates that the critical design location was at the starting end of the member.  1 indicates that the critical design location was at the ending end of the member.  A decimal indicates a location somewhere in between starting and ending end.

 

Axial-Bending Ratio:  Indicates the highest ratio that occurred on the member due to combined axial and flexural design when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Shear-X Ratio:  Indicates the highest ratio that occurred on the member due to strong direction shear when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Shear-Y Ratio:  Indicates the highest ratio that occurred on the member due to weak direction shear when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Total Deflection Ratio:  Calculated as controlling Total Load Deflection/(Span/Total Load Deflection Denominator) when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Live Deflection Ratio:  Calculated as controlling Live Load Deflection/(Span/Live Load Deflection Denominator) when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Pu:  Axial load at the controlling distance when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Mux:  Moment about the strong axis at the controlling distance when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Muy:  Moment about the weak axis at the controlling distance when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Vux: Shear in the strong direction at the controlling distance when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Vuy: Shear in the weak direction at the controlling distance when subjected to the load combination that produced the Critical Ratio.

 

Total Dy:  Total Load strong axis deflection.

 

Live Dy:  Live Load strong axis deflection.

 

PhiPn:  Axial capacity.

 

PhiMnx:  Strong axis moment capacity.

 

PhiMny:  Weak axis moment capacity.

 

PhiVnx:  Strong direction shear capacity.

 

PhiVny:  Weak direction shear capacity.

 

Total Deflection Limit:  Span/Total Load Deflection Denominator.

 

Live Deflection Limit:  Span/Live Load Deflection Denominator.

 

Cb:  Lateral-torsional buckling modification factor for nonuniform moment diagrams.

 

Cmx:  Coefficient accounting for nonuniform moment about the strong axis.

 

Cmy:  Coefficient accounting for nonuniform moment about the weak axis.