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AUTOMATED DESIGN OF STEEL BUILDINGS
STRUCTURAL
MODELING
- Ameco determines
initial member sizes if not input by engineer
- Computes
finite joint sizes based on intersecting member size
- Models finite
joints with rigid or deformable links at member ends
- Allows specification
of hinged or semi-rigid connections
- Computes
effective flange dimensions for composite beams
- Computes
widths of slabs, based on their distance to other floor
members
- Models shear
walls with lattice elements and rigid links
- Models elastic
foundation supports
- Computes
member stiffnesses for flexural, axial and shear distortions.
Modifies column flexural stiffness as function of axial
load.
