RM Analyzer Help

Girder Cross Section tab

Used to arrange the girder cross section. A predefined standard hollow box cross section is provided, in which all constant dimensions can be modified as required.

Cross section tab

By clicking on the arrow beside the selection edit box the cross section type can be chosen from a list - currently there is only one type available (CBox1). The values of the different dimensions of the cross section are displayed in edit boxes below, where they can be adapted.

SettingDescription
Height Cross section height. This parameter cannot be set here, for it is defined in the table of the variable cross section height in the Longitudinal direction tab.
Station Allows you to view the cross section at a certain station, which (by clicking on the arrow) can be selected from the list of the entries of the stations from the table defined in the longitudinal direction window.
Material Assignment of the material to the main girder cross section. The Material can be entered directly by using the syntax [Group name]:[Mat-Name] or can be selected from the list. .

CBox1 Sections

For cross section type CBox1 the following parameters are editable:
  • Width
  • wWing
  • wTop
  • wBottom
  • Alpha
  • s
  • tWing
  • tTop
  • tBottom
  • dWing
  • dBottom
By clicking on the particular edit boxes a blue line will display the actual dimension in the cross section window.