Purpose: Used to increase bending stresses to account for lateral bending effects from staggered bracing.
--> Given in girder input
Increases primary bending stresses to account for lateral bending effects from staggered bracing. For example, STAGFCT 1.1 would increase bending stresses by ten percent. This factor, however, will not be used to modify stresses in exterior girders or modify stresses in interior girders without staggered bracing.