VATHETA

 

Purpose:  Used to specify theta for shear adjustment due to skew

 

-->    Given in LRFD girder input

 

A list of values in degrees, one for each reaction on girder.  Default is 0 degrees.  Used to apply shear adjustment in determining lane fractions. Always given as a positive angle, regardless of which way it is measured from the perpendicular to the girder cross section.

 

Related topic:

Specification Settings Input Reference

 

(Note: This angle is applied as the theta in the formula in Table 4.6.2.2.3c-1)