D5.A.7 Code Checking
The purpose of code checking is to ascertain whether the provided section properties of the members are adequate. The adequacy is checked as per EN 1993-1-1:2005 and a corresponding National Annex (if specified). Code checking is done using the forces and moments at specific sections of the members.
When code checking is selected, the program calculates and prints whether the members have passed or failed the checks; the critical condition; the value of the ratio of the critical condition (overstressed for value more than 1.0 or any other specified RATIO
value); the governing load case, and the location (distance from the start of the member of forces in the member where the critical condition occurs).
Code checking can be done with any type of steel section listed in D3.A.4 Built-In Steel Section Library or any of the user defined sections as described in G.6.3 User-Provided Steel Table , with the exception of ISECTION
.
ISECTION
has been currently excluded since the option of Tapered
section design is currently not supported in the EC3 module. The EC3 (EN 1993) design
module does not consider these sections or PRISMATIC
sections in its
design process.
Code checking for GENERAL
sections can be also done using the EN1993
module. The program will design GENERAL
sections as I sections by default.
However, you are given the option to choose a section type
to be considered while
designing the member. Refer to the description of the GST
design parameter
in D5.A.6 Design Parameters for details.