| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | STAAD Advanced Concrete Design | ||
| Version(s): | Connect Edition | ||
| Environment: | |||
| Area: | Concrete Design | ||
| Subarea: | Beam Design | ||
| Original Author: | Aaradhya Rahate, Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
What is the purpose of the Ignore Torsion feature available in RCDC Design settings and how does RCDC Consider it while designing any beam with Torsion ?
RCDC reads the design forces from analysis and performs the design based on that. We are not making any changes to force values that we get.
The feature for 'Ignore Torsion' was introduced because many users argued that the torsion value we are getting from analysis may be unreal as effect of the slabs is often ignored in the analysis.
To cater for such cases, we allow users to set a value of torsion, so that while designing RCDC ignores all the values below that value.
If we allow users to 'deduct' any value from the analysis values, that would mean we are tampering with the analysis results for design, which we want to avoid.
We would not be introducing any such feature.
We would suggest using 'Stiffness Modifiers' or 'Member End Releases' appropriately in the analysis to actually release the effect of torsion.