Properties which are specified from built-in property tables

1. General format for standard steel (hot rolled):

   MEMBER PROPERTIES { 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 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 (-).

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 that are not specified from built-in property tables

MEMBER PROPERTIES

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 (-).