smithrj_40
Structural
- Jan 10, 2018
- 3
I am a structural engineer and not a CEASAR user, therefore I don't know a whole lot about the programs inner workings, but I was talking to a mechanical engineer that is using the program and we were discussing wind loads. When specifying ASCE7-10 as your wind loading criteria in the program I wanted to make sure that the wind load is being factored correctly on the back end for analysis. I didn't see anywhere to specify, check, or modify load combinations. If you are familiar with the changes made to wind load calcs back when ASCE7-10 was released, you will know that the wind speeds were increased, but load adjustment factors modified as well. So when doing an ASD analysis before the wind would have a load adjustment factor of 1.0 it now has a load adjustment factor of 0.6.
I wanted to verify that CEASAR is doing this properly. How would I navigate to that in the program, or where could I find that out?
Load combination differences between ASCE7-05 and 7-10 are attached for reference.
I wanted to verify that CEASAR is doing this properly. How would I navigate to that in the program, or where could I find that out?
Load combination differences between ASCE7-05 and 7-10 are attached for reference.