In the Output the following information is shown for the beam that I'm checking:
STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-10-ASD) v1.4a
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ALL UNITS ARE - MTON METE (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
MEMBER TABLE RESULT/ CRITICAL COND/ RATIO/ LOADING/
FX MY MZ LOCATION
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169 ST W8X18 (AISC SECTIONS)
PASS Eq. H3-8 0.401 108
0.14 T 0.00 1.82 0.00
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| SLENDERNESS |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio : 9.595 L/C : 162 |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio : 200.000 LOC : 0.00 |
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| STRENGTH CHECKS |
| Critical L/C : 108 Ratio : 0.401(PASS) |
| Loc : 0.00 Condition : Eq. H3-8 |
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| DESIGN FORCES |
| Fx: 1.367E-01(T ) Fy: 5.557E+00 Fz: 2.360E-02 |
| Mx: 1.386E-05 My: 4.694E-03 Mz: 1.822E+00 |
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| SECTION PROPERTIES (UNIT: CM ) |
| Azz: 2.235E+01 Ayy: 1.208E+01 Cw: 3.264E+04 |
| Szz: 2.492E+02 Syy: 4.975E+01 |
| Izz: 2.576E+03 Iyy: 3.317E+02 Ix: 7.159E+00 |
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| MATERIAL PROPERTIES |
| Fyld: 35150.001 Fu: 45696.003 |
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| Actual Member Length: 0.300 |
| Design Parameters |
| Kz: 1.00 Ky: 1.00 NSF: 0.90 SLF: 1.00 CSP: 12.00 |
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| SECTION CLASS UNSTIFFENED / l lp lr CASE |
| STIFFENED |
| Compression : Non-Slender 7.95 N/A 13.69 T.B4.1(a)-1 |
| Non-Slender 32.52 N/A 36.42 T.B4.1(a)-5 |
| Flexure : Compact 7.95 9.29 24.44 T.B4.1(b)-10 |
| Compact 32.52 91.90 139.32 T.B4.1(b)-15 |
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| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION |
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| FORCE CAPACITY RATIO CRITERIA L/C LOC |
| Yield 2.16E+00 7.14E+01 0.030 Eq. D2-1 119 0.00 |
| Rupture 2.16E+00 6.98E+01 0.031 Eq. D2-2 119 0.00 |
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| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION |
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| FORCE CAPACITY RATIO CRITERIA L/C LOC |
| Maj Buck 2.04E+00 7.14E+01 0.029 Eq. E3-1 152 0.00 |
| Min Buck 2.04E+00 7.10E+01 0.029 Eq. E3-1 152 0.00 |
| Flexural |
| Tor Buck 2.04E+00 5.31E+01 0.039 Eq. E4-1 152 0.00 |
| Intermediate |
| Results Eff Area KL/r Fcr Fe Pn |
| Maj Buck 3.39E-03 3.44 3.51E+04 1.75E+07 1.19E+02 |
| Min Buck 3.39E-03 9.60 3.49E+04 2.25E+06 1.19E+02 |
| Flexural Ag Fcr Pn |
| Tor Buck 3.39E-03 2.61E+04 8.86E+01 |
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| CHECK FOR SHEAR |
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| FORCE CAPACITY RATIO CRITERIA L/C LOC |
| Local-Z 1.98E-01 2.82E+01 0.007 Eq. G2-1 152 0.00 |
| Local-Y 5.56E+00 1.70E+01 0.327 Eq. G2-1 108 0.00 |
| Intermediate |
| Results Aw Cv Kv h/tw Vn |
| Local-Z 2.24E-03 1.00 1.20 7.95 4.71E+01 |
| Local-Y 1.21E-03 1.00 0.00 32.52 2.55E+01 |
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| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING |
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| FORCE CAPACITY RATIO CRITERIA L/C LOC |
| Major -1.82E+00 5.86E+00 0.311 Eq. F2-1 108 0.00 |
| Minor -9.39E-02 1.61E+00 0.058 Eq. F6-1 152 0.30 |
| Intermediate Mn My |
| Major 9.79E+00 0.00E+00 |
| Minor 2.68E+00 0.00E+00 |
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| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION |
| RATIO CRITERIA L/C LOC |
| Flexure Comp 0.314 Eq. H1-1b 108 0.00 |
| Flexure Tens 0.315 Eq. H1-1b 108 0.00 |
| Intermediate Mcx / Mrx / Pc / |
| Mcy Mry Pr |
| Flexure Comp 5.86E+00 -1.82E+00 5.31E+01 |
| 1.61E+00 4.69E-03 0.00E+00 |
| Flexure Tens 5.86E+00 -1.82E+00 6.98E+01 |
| 1.61E+00 4.69E-03 1.37E-01 |
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| CHECK FOR IN-PLANE/OUT-OF-PLANE FLEXURE COMP INTERACTION |
| RATIO CRITERIA L/C LOC |
| In-Plane Flx Comp 0.311 Eq. H1-1b 103 0.00 |
| Out Plane Flx Comp 0.107 Eq. H1-2 103 0.00 |
| Intermediate Mr Mc Pr Pc |
| In-Plane Flx Comp -1.81E+00 5.86E+00 4.34E-01 7.14E+01 |
| Out Plane Flx Comp -1.81E+00 5.86E+00 4.34E-01 5.31E+01 |
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****** AISC DESIGN GUIDE 9 ******
MEMBER: 169 SECTION: W8X18 AISC
END CONDITION: FIX-FIX
SHEAR CAPACITY: 17.96 SHEAR CRITERIA: Eq. H3-8
NORMAL CAPACITY: 29.94 NORMAL CRITERIA: Eq. H3-7
STRESS LOC SHEAR RATIO LOAD CASE/ | STRESS LOC NORMAL RATIO LOAD CASE/
SECTION | SECTION
MID FLANGE 0.26 0.01 108 | FLANGE EDGE 10.48 0.35 103
0.00 | 0.00
FL-WB JUNC 4.09 0.23 108 |
0.00 |
MID WEB 7.21 0.40 108 |
0.00 |
PURE TORSION SHEAR STRESS CRITERIA: DG9 Eq. 4.1
FLANGE EDGE: 0.00 WEB EDGE: 0.00
WARPING SHEAR STRESS CRITERIA: DG9 Eq. 4.2a
MID FLANGE: 0.00
WARPING NORMAL STRESS CRITERIA: DG9 Eq. 4.3a
FLANGE EDGE: 0.00
PURE FLEXURE SHEAR STRESS CRITERIA: DG9 Eq. 4.6
MID FLANGE: 0.26 FLANGE-WEB JUNC: 4.09 MID WEB: 7.21
DIRECT AXIAL BENDING STRESS CRITERIA: DG9 Eq. 4.5
FLANGE EDGE: 10.48
In every STAAD page the legend:
"ALL UNITS ARE - MTON METE (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)"
Is shown, but when checking the results of the torsional design all the results are in ksi, and there is nothing in the output that says that the units where changed!!
is there a way to change these results (from ksi to Mton)?, or if not, can you mention in which part of the manual says that the torsional design will be shown in ksi always?
Regards.