Purpose: Used to specify the resolution of the girder system analysis model in Girder System Projects. (Not applicable to Line Girder Projects.)
--> Given in girder system input
Each quadrilateral section of slab bounded by two braces and two girder segments is divided into two triangular plate elements (see PLATE AND ECCENTRIC BEAM FINITE ELEMENT MODEL ) Not applicable if bracing is staggered. Low resolution mesh for grid models indicates nodes only where bracing intersects the girders. (Also see MEDIUM RESOLUTION MESH , HIGH RESOLUTION MESH )