Double Channel Front to Front cannot be designed as per AISC 360-05/10


 Applies To 
 Product:STAAD.Pro
First Affected Version:20.07.11.70
 Found in Version:20.07.11.70
Released in Version:20.07.11.82
Environment:All
 Area: Design
Subarea:AISC 360-05/10
 Issue #:447990

Problem Description

Double Channel Front to Front cannot be designed as per AISC Unified 360-05 and 360-10 codes. An ERROR: MEMBER DESIGN FAILED FOR MEMBER xx is reported

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Try to design a double channel front to front section using AISC 360-05/10
  2. An error message mentioned above appears in the analysis output file

Workaround

Such sections can be designed in older versions of STAAD.Pro like SS5 ( 20.07.10.65). So use an older version to design these sections.

Solution

This is addressed in 20.07.11.82

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