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D8.A.2.1 Slenderness

As per Section 3.8 Table 3, the slenderness ratio (KL/r) of compression members shall not exceed 180, and the slenderness ratio (L/r) of tension members shall not exceed 400.

You can edit the default values through MAIN and TMAIN parameters, as defined in D8.A.4 Design Parameters.