• AISC 9th Manual, Adjustment to the compression capacity due to local slenderness of compressed element

    Does Staad check local slenderness and adjust compression capacity of sections as per AISC 9th Edition Appendix B5 in case of slender flange/web? If yes, please descibe the procedure.
  • Design parameter Cb in ASD 9th edition

    Hello, I have a question regarding Cb factor. The question is that "If I design a structure by AISC ASD 9th edition and use defalut cb 1, is it overdesign?" In case of latest AISC latest code, Cb is calculated as following, Cb = 12.5 max …