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Preferences General
The composite beam design preferences are basic assignments that apply to all composite beams. Use the Options menu > Preferences > Composite Beam Design command to access the Preferences form where you can view and revise the composite beam design preferences. The Composite Beam Design Preferences form has five separate tabs: Factors, Beam, Deflection, Vibration, and Price. Default values are provided for all composite beam design preference items. Thus, it is not required that you specify or change any of the preferences. You should, however, at least review the default values for the preference items to make sure they are acceptable to you.
General
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Preferences
When the preference item is clicked in either column, a short description of that item displays in the large text box just below the list of items. This description helps you remember the purpose of each preference item without referring to the documentation. To set all of the composite beam preference items on a particular tab to their default values, click on that tab to view it and then click the Reset Tab button. This button resets the preference values on the currently selected tab. To set all of the composite beam preference items on all tabs to their default values, click the Reset All button. This button immediately resets all of the composite beam preference items. Important note about resetting preferences: The defaults for the preference items are built into the program. The composite beam preference values that were in a .edb file that you used to initialize your model may be different from the built-in default values. Clicking a reset button resets the preference values to built-in values, not to the values that were in the .edb file used to initialize the model. When you have finished making changes to the composite beam preferences, click the OK button to close the form. You must click the OK button for the changes to be accepted by the program. If you click the Cancel button to exit the form, any changes made to the preferences are ignored and the form is closed.
Preferences
For purposes of explanation in this Technical Note, the preference items are presented in tables. The column headings in these tables are described as follows:
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Item: The name of the preference item as it appears in the cells at the left side of the Preferences form. Possible Values: The possible values that the associated preference item can have. Default Value: The built-in default value that the program assumes for the associated preference item.
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Factors Tab
Phi Factors
Table 1 lists the preference items available for phi factors in AISC-LRFD93 design. Some of these phi factors are specified by the AISC specification. Others have been created by CSI to give you more control over the capacities for the composite section. Note that the default value for all of the phi factors specifically created by CSI (and not specified by AISC) is 1.0, and thus by default they have no affect on the design.
phi-bcne
>0
0.9
phi-bcnp
>0
0.85
phi-bcpe
>0
0.9
Factors Tab
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phi-v
>0
0.9
Refer to the Technical Notes mentioned in the Description column of the table for more information.
Beam Tab
Table 2 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Beam tab in the Preferences form.
0%
70%
0 >0
0.75
1.0
Beam Tab
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Deflection Tab
Table 3 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Deflection tab in the Preferences form.
>0
240
>0
100%
See Technical Note Beam Deflection and Camber Composite Beam Design for description of beam deflection and camber.
Deflection Tab
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Vibration Tab
Table 4 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Vibration tab in the Preferences form.
25%
Consider Frequency? Minimum Frequency Consider Murray Damping? Inherent Damping (%)
Yes/No
No
> 0 Hz
8 Hz
Yes/No
No
> 0%
4%
See Technical Note Beam Vibration Composite Beam Design for a description of beam vibration.
Vibration Tab
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Price Tab
Table 5 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Price tab in the Preferences form.
$0 $0
See "Using Price to Select Optimum Beam Sections" in Technical Note General Design Information Composite Beam Design for additional information on the "Optimize for Price?" item. Note that the price per unit weight for the steel beam (plus cover plate, if applicable) is input as part of the material property specification for the beam. The material properties can be reviewed or defined using the Define menu > Material Properties command. Be sure that you use the same currency units (for example, U.S. dollars) for the steel price in the material properties, the stud price in the preferences, and the camber price in the preferences.
Price Tab
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