Design Parameters - BEAM and CAN

Hi Nageshwar Ratcha,
Please have a look into STAAD.Pro Help manal chapter "Design Parameters" under the corresponding country codes.

Thank you for your reply, I was looking into design parameters, but not understanding parameters description clearly mentioned in my query. Please tell me what beam is considered as a 'general beam' in staad software?

Hi Nageshwar Ratcha ,

Please let me know the design code you are referring to.

Thank you, I am referring to IS 800:2007 code.

Hi Nageshwar Ratcha ,

The parameter BEAM:

0.0 = design at ends and those locations specified by the SECTION command.
1.0 = design at ends and at every 1/12th point along member length (default).

SECTION command is used to command STAAD.Pro at what locations the section forces should be calculated. SECTION command can calculate up to 3 intermediate sections.

The parameter CAN has three options:

0 = General Beam
1 = Cantilever Beam
2 = Simply supported beam

this parameter is used with regarding to clause 8.2.1.2 where the Md calculation is related to support conditions.
The General Beam option is a default value for parameter CAN and if assigned specifically as CAN 0 - switches off the cantilever deflection check for the member.