How Do I Consider Welded Aluminum Connections in RISA-3D?
In Aluminum design, the welded areas have a decreased material strength and RISA-3D can assign any material strength to the members based on the...
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The new Aluminum ADM 2015 code has been added in RISA-3D v15.0. To select this code for your design, simply open the (Global) Model Settings and under the Codes tab select AA ADM1-15:
The Detail Reports will display the code that the user has selected for their Aluminum design:
In Aluminum design, the welded areas have a decreased material strength and RISA-3D can assign any material strength to the members based on the...
The CSA A23.3-14 code has been implemented in RISA-3D v15.0, RISAFloor v11.0, and RISAFoundation v9.0.
RISA-3D v15 includes "analysis offsets" which moves the centroid of the member for analysis allowing for flexibility in how members are designed....