View/Update - Transverse Reinforcement Tab

The Transverse Reinforcement tab within the View/Update page provides the engineer with a means of modifying transverse bar sets that have been assigned to the beam, either during optimization, or manually by the engineer. When the Transverse Reinforcement tab is selected, the graphical display area will display a representation of the transverse bar sets in the beam line. The envelope data displayed both graphically and numerically will correspond to the transverse reinforcement assigned to the beam line.

Setting	Description
Dimensions	The Dimensions area on the Transverse Reinforcement tab is identical to the Dimensions area on the Longitudinal Reinforcement tab. Please refer to Section 3.10.2.1 for more information.
Reinforcement	The engineer can edit, add, and delete transverse reinforcement bar sets in the spreadsheet area of the Transverse Reinforcement tab. When the end location of a Transverse Reinforcement bar set is modified, the start location of the next bar set within the same span is automatically updated to prevent bar sets from overlapping. The engineer further has the ability to check the longitudinal reinforcement in a beam line (using manually entered values) while optimizing the transverse reinforcement. To do so, select the Transverse reinforcement tab and delete all the bar sets in the grid, then press the Analyze button. When there are no transverse bar sets defined during an Analysis the program will use the optimization process to find the required transverse reinforcement. For easy cross-reference between the spreadsheet area of the tab and the graphical display area, when a bar set is selected in the spreadsheet area, the corresponding bar set will be highlighted in the graphical display area. When a bar set is selected in the graphical display area, the first cell in the corresponding line in the spreadsheet will be highlighted. See the Online Help for more information on editing transverse reinforcement.

Setting

Description

Dimensions

The Dimensions area on the Transverse Reinforcement tab is identical to the Dimensions area on the Longitudinal Reinforcement tab. Please refer to Section 3.10.2.1 for more information.

Reinforcement

The engineer can edit, add, and delete transverse reinforcement bar sets in the spreadsheet area of the Transverse Reinforcement tab. When the end location of a Transverse Reinforcement bar set is modified, the start location of the next bar set within the same span is automatically updated to prevent bar sets from overlapping.

The engineer further has the ability to check the longitudinal reinforcement in a beam line (using manually entered values) while optimizing the transverse reinforcement. To do so, select the Transverse reinforcement tab and delete all the bar sets in the grid, then press the Analyze button. When there are no transverse bar sets defined during an Analysis the program will use the optimization process to find the required transverse reinforcement.

For easy cross-reference between the spreadsheet area of the tab and the graphical display area, when a bar set is selected in the spreadsheet area, the corresponding bar set will be highlighted in the graphical display area. When a bar set is selected in the graphical display area, the first cell in the corresponding line in the spreadsheet will be highlighted.

See the Online Help for more information on editing transverse reinforcement.