TR.20 Member Property Specification
This set of commands may be used for specification of section properties for frame members.
- Those which are specified from standard tables supplied with the program or custom tables your organization has created.
- Those which are specified from built-in legacy tables supplied with the program, such as for steel, aluminum and timber.
- Those which are not assigned from built-in tables, but instead are specified on a project-specific basis, such as for concrete beams and columns, or custom-made sections for industrial structures.
Properties Specified from Standard Tables
MEMBER PROPERTY 'database_filename'
member-list TABLE 'table_name' type-spec 'section_name' ( additional-spec )
where:
MEMBER PROPERTY 'US (AISC 2023).db3'
1 3 4 TABLE 'W' ST 'W14X90'
5 TO 7 TABLE 'W' TC 'W21X50' WP 1 TH 0.183Properties Specified from Legacy Tables
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General format for standard steel (hot rolled):
MEMBER PROPERTY { AMERICAN | APLAPOLLOTUBE | AUSTRALIAN | BRAZILIAN | BRITISH | CANADIAN | CHINESE | DUTCH | EUROPEAN | FRENCH | GERMAN | INDIAN | JAPANESE | JINDAL | KOREAN | MEXICAN | RUSSIAN | SAFRICAN | SPANISH | STOASCHM | TATASTRUCTURA | VENEZUELAN }
member-list { TABLE type-spec section-name-in-table (additional-spec) | ASSIGN profile-spec }
AMERICAN, BRITISH, EUROPEAN (etc.) option will instruct the program to read properties from the appropriate steel table. The default depends on the country of distribution.
- Refer to TR.20.1 Assigning Properties from Legacy Steel Tables for type-specs and additional-specs.
- Refer to TR.20.5 Assign Profile Specification for ASSIGN profile-spec.
- contain information on the section types which can be assigned for the various countries named in the above list.
- Refer to TR.20.6 Examples of Member Property Specification for examples.
The MEMBER PROPERTY command may be extended to multiple lines by ending all lines but the last with a space and hyphen (-).
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General format for cold formed steel:
MEMBER PROPERTIES { BUTLER | COLD AMERICAN | COLD AUSTRAILIAN | COLD BRITISH | COLD EUROPEAN | COLD INDIAN | COLD JAPANESE | COLD RUSSIAN | KINGSPAN | LYSAGHT }
member-list TABLE ST section-name-in-table
Refer to D. Design Codes information on the section types which can be assigned for the various countries/organizations named in the above list.
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General format for steel joist:
MEMBER PROPERTIES SJIJOIST
member-list TABLE ST section-name-in-table
US Steel Joist Sections contains information on the joist types which can be assigned from the Steel Joist Institute’s tables.
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General format for Aluminum:
MEMBER PROPERTIES ALUMINUM
member-list TABLE ST section-name-in-table
D1.H. American Codes - Aluminum Design per 1994 ADM contains contains information on the section types which can be assigned for the aluminum table in the above list.
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General format for Timber:
MEMBER PROPERTIES { AITC | TIMBER CANADIAN }
member-list TABLE ST section-name-in-table
D1.H. American Codes - Aluminum Design per 1994 ADM contains information on the section types which can be assigned for the above list.
Properties Not Specified from Built-in Property Tables
MEMBER PROPERTY
member-list { PRISMATIC property-spec | TAPERED argument-list | UPTABLE i1section-name }
- Refer to TR.20.2 Prismatic Property Specification for specification of PRISMATIC properties.
- Refer to TR.20.3 Tapered Member Specification for specification of TAPERED members.
- Refer to TR.20.4 Property Specification from User Provided Table for specification from UPTABLES.
- Refer to TR.20.6 Examples of Member Property Specification for examples.
The MEMBER PROPERTY command may be extended to multiple lines by ending all lines but the last with a space and hyphen (-).