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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 De-
sign Preferences form has five separate tabs: Factors, Beam, Deflection, Vi-
bration, 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.
Click on the desired tab: Factors, Beam, Deflection, Vibration or Price. The
preference options included under each of the tabs are displayed in a two-
column spreadsheet. The left column of the spreadsheet displays the prefer-
ence item name. The right column of the spreadsheet displays the preference
item value.
To change a preference item, left click the desired preference item in either
the left or right column of the spreadsheet. This activates a drop-down box or
highlights the current preference value. If the drop-down box appears, select
a new value. If the cell is highlighted, type in the desired value. The prefer-
ence value will update accordingly. You cannot overwrite values in the drop-
down boxes.
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Composite Beam Design AISC-LRFD93 Preferences
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 but-
ton. 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 prefer-
ence 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:
! 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 de-
sign. 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 specifi-
cally created by CSI (and not specified by AISC) is 1.0, and thus by default
they have no affect on the design.
Beam Tab
Table 2 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Beam tab
in the Preferences form.
Deflection Tab
Table 3 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Deflection
tab in the Preferences form.
See Technical Note Beam Deflection and Camber Composite Beam Design for
description of beam deflection and camber.
Vibration Tab
Table 4 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Vibration
tab in the Preferences form.
See Technical Note Beam Vibration Composite Beam Design for a description
of beam vibration.
Price Tab
Table 5 lists the composite beam preference items available on the Price tab
in the Preferences form.
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 ap-
plicable) 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.