Hello,
I have a STAAD code which is a simple beam design with loads and I was doing steel design. On performing design I got the results of beam unity check to be 0.74 (Actual Ratio). But on double clicking the beam and then going to Steel Design Section I see Unity check to be 0.41. This is weird. Can someone please give me an explanation on this. Uploaded the image and STAAD Code. I am using STAAD.Pro V8i (SELECTseries 6) 20.07.11.33
Thanks,
STAAD Code
STAAD PLANESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 08-Feb-18END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT FEET KIPJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 16.169 0 0;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 2;DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 4.176e+006POISSON 0.3DENSITY 0.489024ALPHA 6e-006DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 5184 FU 8352 RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 TABLE ST W8X35CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS2 FIXED BUT FX FZ MX MY MZ1 PINNEDLOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE LOAD CASE 1SELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD1 CON GY -7.407 8.91671 CON GY -8.955 14.9167PERFORM ANALYSISPARAMETER 1CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010DFF 360 ALLDJ1 1 ALLDJ2 2 ALLFU 9360 ALLFYLD 7200 ALLMETHOD ASDUNB 16.169 ALLUNT 7.583 ALLCHECK CODE ALLFINISH
This seems like a version related issue. Please try to upgrade to the latest STAAD.Pro version (STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 21.00.02.43) where the design ratios are constant between different tables.