TOP CHORD

 

Purpose:  Used to indicate bracing member shapes in Girder System Projects.  (Not applicable to Line Girder Projects.)

 

-->    Given in bracing input

 

In Bracing Rating Input:

 

Top chord shape for a given bracing group (see FOR GROUP i, j, ... ):  WhhXwww (W shape), WThhXww (structural tee), LhhXllXtt (angle), 2LhhXllXtt (double angles), ChhXww (channel), or MChhXww (light channel).

 

For example, TOP CHORD L3.5X3.5X0.375 FOR GROUP 2 indicates the top chord of bracing group 2 is L3.5x3.5x0.375.

 

 

In Bracing Design Input:

 

Top chord shape type to be selected in the design generation of a given bracing group (see FOR GROUP i, j, ... ) is to be selected from either W, WT, L, 2L, C, or MC.

 

For example, TOP CHORD L FOR GROUP 2 indicates the top chord for bracing group 2 is to be selected from L shapes.

 

 

Related topics:

Bracing Group Characteristics

Bracing Group Characteristics Settings

Bracing Definition Input Reference