Wood-Armer

USER MANUAL
Version 3.0

Issue 3.0G
August 2004
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CONTENTS

Table Of Contents
1.

WOOD-ARMER .........................................................................3
1.1

Wood-Armer overview.......................................................................3

1.2

Wood-Armer - running.......................................................................3

1.3

Wood-Armer assumptions..................................................................4

1.4

Wood-Armer limitations ....................................................................4

1.5

Wood-Armer sign convention ............................................................5

1.6

Wood-Armer units..............................................................................5

1.7

Wood-Armer options..........................................................................5

1.8

Wood-Armer references .....................................................................6

2.

WOOD-ARMER DATA.............................................................7
2.1

Reinforcement skew angle .................................................................7

2.2

Member width and alignment table ....................................................7

2.3

Calculation set ....................................................................................9

3.

WOOD-ARMER CALCULATIONS......................................12
3.1

Wood-Armer calculations overview.................................................12

3.2

Wood-Armer theory .........................................................................12

3.3

Grillage idealisation..........................................................................12

3.4

Global slab moments calculation......................................................13

3.5

Wood-Armer moments calculation ..................................................14

4.

WOOD-ARMER OUTPUT .....................................................17

4.1

Wood-Armer output overview .........................................................17

4.2

Wood-Armer output reports .............................................................17

4.3

Wood-Armer report wizard ..............................................................21

4.4

Input data report ...............................................................................22

4.5

Global slab moments output table ....................................................23

4.6

Wood-Armer moments output table .................................................26

4.7

Table formats....................................................................................28

4.8

Reinforcement angle format .............................................................28

4.9

Member widths format .....................................................................28

4.10

Global slab moments format.........................................................29

4.11

Wood-Armer moments format......................................................29

5.

SUPPORT SERVICE ...............................................................30

5.1

Support service .................................................................................30

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CONTENTS

Manual..............................................................................................30

INDEX........................................................................................32

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1.

Wood-Armer

1.1

Wood-Armer
overview

OVERVIEW

Wood-Armer is a post-processor to the SuperSTRESS frame analysis package and is

used to aid the design of a reinforced concrete slab idealised as a grid frame or space
frame.
The program will only operate with the SuperSTRESS grid frame and space frame
modules.
The program is based on one originally developed by Babtie Shaw and Morton (now
Babtie Group). This was given DTP approval number MOT/EBP/268C.
To use Wood-Armer, you should be fully familiar with SuperSTRESS frame analysis,
the program environment utilities and the input and output methods of SuperSTRESS.
Wood-Armer uses the SuperSTRESS analysis results to determine the reinforcement
moments in the top and bottom of the slab according to the basic Wood and Armer
equations. The method is strictly applicable to solid slabs, but it is generally accepted
that it can be used with slabs that are voided if the voiding is not significant and the
top and bottom surfaces of the slab are continuous. These surfaces need to be
continuous since it is assumed that they provide the means by which torsion is
redistributed. (See references 3 and 4 for more information on the applicability of this
method.)
The following topic describes the method of running Wood-Armer from the
SuperSTRESS Explorer and Main menu bar.

1.2

Wood-Armer running

Wood-Armer should be seen as a SuperSTRESS Tool, similar to SS-SURF.

If you have analysis results for a grid frame or space frame, you can access WoodArmer from the Explorer or the tools menu on the main menu bar within
SuperSTRESS.
Explorer

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Tools

Double-clicking on an item in the Explorer or single-clicking on an item in the Tools

menu will have the following effects.
Reinforcement Opens the reinforcement skew angle dialog.
angle

1.3

Wood-Armer
assumptions

Calculation
set

Opens the calculation set dialog.

Member
widths

Opens the member widths and alignment dialog.

Global slab
moments

Opens the global slab moment output table.

Wood-Armer
moments

Opens the Wood-Armer moment output table.

You must be familiar with the methods of arranging the geometric layouts of grillage
beams to simulate the behaviour of slab and pseudo-slab decks, and also the methods
of calculating and apportioning the structural parameters required for the analysis.
These techniques will be necessary when modelling the slab in SuperSTRESS. See
grillage idealisation and references for more information.
It is assumed that you have specified the required loading patterns prior to the
SuperSTRESS analysis.

1.4

Wood-Armer
limitations

The axis of the main reinforcement and the longitudinal members of the grid frame
must be aligned with the global X-axis of the structure.
The program is essentially only intended for regular meshes, either orthogonal or
skew. The internal, as opposed to the peripheral nodes, will generally have four
members framing into them, which the program recognises as two pairs of opposing
members. The program can cope with an additional pair of members at each node.
These are referred to as unaligned members, since they are not aligned with the main
axes of the deck. Typically these occur at the transverse edges of the deck.
All pairs of members must be collinear and on opposite sides of the node. This is also
true for peripheral nodes, except that here one half of a pair of members may not be
present. See Member Width Table for a further explanation of aligned and unaligned
members.

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1.5

Wood-Armer sign
convention

OVERVIEW

Refer to the SuperSTRESS sign convention for information on the grillage moment
conventions.
The sign convention for the reported global slab moments is as shown below, and is
the same as that used by Wood.

The Reinforcement Skew Angle A is the angle from the global X axis to the
transverse reinforcement. It is positive when clockwise in plan.
Note the difference between the slab moments, where Mx is a moment in the global X
direction, ie about the global Y axis, and SuperSTRESS , where MX is a moment
about the global X axis.
The sign convention for the Wood-Armer moments is that the top steel design
moments are always given as negative values and the bottom ones as positive.
1.6

Wood-Armer units

This release of Wood-Armer uses fixed units for input and output.
These are:
Dimensions: m
Angles: degrees
Moments: kNm/m

1.7

Wood-Armer
options

There are no Wood-Armer specific settings in this release.

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1.8

Wood-Armer
references

OVERVIEW

R H Wood, The reinforcement of slabs in accordance with a pre-determined field of

moments, Concrete, February 1968, pp 69-76.
G S T Armer, correspondence on Woods paper, Concrete, August 1968, pp 319-320.
R West, The use of a grillage analogy for the analysis of slab and pseudo-slab bridge
decks, Research Report 21, Cement and Concrete Association, 1973.
E C Hambly, Bridge deck behaviour, E & F N Spon, Second Edition, 1991.

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2.

Wood-Armer data

2.1

Reinforcement
skew angle

DATA

The reinforcement skew angle dialog will appear if reinforcement angle is selected
from the Explorer or Tools menu.
The major steel runs parallel to the global structure X-axis (see sign conventions) and
also the longitudinal members. The angle between the major steel and the minor steel
is defined as the reinforcement skew angle and this angle is considered positive when
measured in a clockwise direction when viewed in plan.
The angle must be in the range -90 to -10, +10 to +90.
The entry will be checked to make sure that the reinforcement angle has been set to an
appropriate value. If this check fails the message box below will be displayed.

2.2

Member width and

alignment table

All entries in the table default to a member width of one metre and 'aligned'. It is
your responsibility to enter appropriate values for the current job.
The table may be filtered by Structure Set so only those members that have valid
member width properties need be included. To filter right-click in the table.
The table behaviour is just as other SuperSTRESS input tables. The table will be
updated automatically if any changes are made to SuperSTRESS data, such as joint or
member editing.
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Copy and block fill are enabled in the table.

Width
The forces obtained from the analysis relate to the members used to model the slab as
a grid frame. Those forces therefore represent the forces carried by a width of the
slab modelled by each member. To derive the force per unit width of slab for the
Wood-Armer calculations you must specify the width of slab carried by each member.
The default width is 1m.
The width is checked to ensure that it is in the range 1mm < width < 100m, and that it
contains only valid numbers. The following error pop-up will be displayed if errors
are found.

If invalid data is imported into the table, the cells will be coloured red with yellow
text.
Member alignment

Members must be specified as being aligned or unaligned.

This is a drop-down list and no alternatives are available.
Aligned members are those that are parallel to the majority of members, in either the
longitudinal or transverse directions. There may only be a maximum of four aligned
members at any node.
Unaligned should usually only be specified for members on the edge of the slab
which run at a different angle to the internal transverse members. This will typically
occur in a skew slab when the transverse members are perpendicular to the
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longitudinal members. However, unaligned members may be used internally, as in

the diagram above, but there may only be a maximum of two at any node.
The table may be filtered by opening the properties dialog for the table (right-click on
the table), or from the main menu bar View / Properties.

The structure set facility enables you to filter by any existing set, including ALL and
CURRENT.
The check box must be ticked for the filter to have effect.
The Member List facility enables you to filter by member list see List Input. The
default is ALL. The check box must be ticked for the filter to have effect.
On closing the dialog, the set and list are checked and appropriate error messages
displayed if necessary. To be in the table, a member must occur in both the structure
set and the member list.
2.3

Calculation set

The calculation set dialog above will be shown when calculation set is selected from
the Explorer or Tools menu.
You may select ALL (the default), CURRENT, or one of the previously defined
SuperSTRESS structure sets.
A calculation set is a SuperSTRESS structure set on which the Wood-Armer
calculations will be made. It may be part of a grillage or space frame, and, on closing
the dialog, the following criteria are checked to make sure the members in the set
comply with basic program assumptions and limitations. If any of these checks
identifies errors, the calculation will not proceed. All members/joints within a
structure set will be checked for errors irrespective of whether a previous member has
failed.
All joints in X, This will check that the Z co-ordinate is the same for all joints within
the calculation set. Joints will be compared to the first one in the
Y Plane
structure set.
Joints at the ends of members that are not included within the
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structure set but are attached to joints that are within the structure set
will also be checked. If any such members are found not to be in the
X-Y plane, these members will be ignored within the calculation but
you will be warned with the following message.
'Moments from members connected to the calculation set but which
are not in the same X-Y plane have been ignored within the
calculation'.
If members (whether in the set or not) attached to joints in the
calculation set are within the X-Y plane the fixed end moments for
the appropriate end of the member will be taken into account within
the Wood-Armer calculations.
The tolerance is 0.0001m. f this check fails the following message
will be displayed.
'The calculation set must all be in the same X-Y plane'.
Longitudinal All members that are within the structure set that are set to Aligned
and are parallel with the X-axis will be assumed to be the
Criteria
longitudinal members of the grillage. The members will be checked
to make sure they are parallel with the X-axis. The tolerance is 0.01.
If this check fails the following message will be displayed.
'There is an error in the geometry of the grillage. Please review the
Help file for more information on resolving grillage geometrical
errors'.
Transverse
Criteria

This will check that all members which are not parallel to the X axis
and have been set to Aligned by the user are parallel with each other.
See the deck layout diagram above. Members will be compared to
the first one in the structure set that has been set to Aligned and is not
parallel with the X-axis and all errors will be listed based on this
comparison. The tolerance is 0.01. If this check fails the following
message will be displayed.
'There is an error in the geometry of the grillage. Please review the
Help file for more information on resolving grillage geometrical
errors'.

Aligned
Criteria

This will check that there are a maximum of four Aligned members at
any one node, as shown in the deck layout diagram below. If this
check fails the following message will be displayed.
'There is an error in the geometry of the grillage. Please review the
Help file for more information on resolving grillage geometrical
errors'.

Unaligned
Criteria

This will involve checking that there are a maximum of two

Unaligned members at any one node and that pairs of Unaligned
members framing into a node are collinear, as shown in the deck
layout diagram below. If this check fails the following message will
be displayed.
'There is an error in the geometry of the grillage. Please review the
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Help file for more information on resolving grillage geometrical

errors'.
Valid
Calculation
Set Criteria

If there are no selected joints then the following error message will be
displayed.
'No joints in calculation set'.

SuperSTRESS If there are no SuperSTRESS results then the following error

message will be displayed.
Results
Criteria
'The current SuperSTRESS structure has not been analysed'.
In addition to the above checks, the calculation set is rechecked to make sure it has
not been deleted, and the reinforcement angle is rechecked.
Within the calculation the chosen structure set will be considered in the following
way.

All selected joints within a structure set will be included in calculation

output.
The results will be based on the end moments of all members that frame into
the included joints whether part of the structure set or not.

A possible structure set for Wood-Armer calculation

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3.

Wood-Armer
calculations

3.1

Wood-Armer
calculations
overview

CALCULATIONS

The Wood and Armer moments can be calculated for any basic, pattern or
combination loadcase analysed by SuperSTRESS. You may select or deselect each
loadcase and combination from properties in the output table. The calculation
procedure is automatic when the table is opened or filtered.
For each of the selected loadcases and combinations, Wood-Armer calculates the
following:

3.2

Wood-Armer
theory

The moment triads at the member ends for each node of the grid frame. This
is the resolution of the moments at the ends of each member coming into a
joint with respect to the global X and Y axes.

The global slab moments. The resolved triad moments for a pair of members
at a particular node are averaged across the node in accordance with Wood
and Armer theory. The global slab moments MX, MY, MXY are then
aggregated from these averaged values.

Finally the Wood and Armer moments are calculated for the slab. These are
the moments of resistance required to be generated by the top and bottom
reinforced concrete sections in the longitudinal and transverse directions.

The Wood and Armer method calculates the moment of resistance required by
reinforcement placed in two directions in a slab. The steel may be either at the top,
bottom, or both. This means that up to four values of reinforcement moment can
occur at any point.
The moments in the direction of the reinforcement are defined as M*x and M*y.
Generally M*x is considered the major steel moment and M*y the minor steel
moment.
The Wood and Armer moments at a point in the slab are derived from the global slab
moments at that point. The method assumes that the global slab moments, the
moments about two orthogonal axes plus the torsion, are in equilibrium with the
applied loading at the point. The moments and torsions in each member framing into
a joint are averaged to give the global slab moments. These are then available for
output after the calculation of the moments has been completed.

3.3

Grillage
idealisation

The Wood-Armer method assumes that the members of the grillage under
consideration represent an idealisation of a two-way slab.
The slab should be divided into strips of uniform width, and each strip idealised by a
SuperSTRESS member of the correct stiffness placed along the central axis of the
strip.
Suppose such a strip has width w and depth d. The properties of the SuperSTRESS
member should then be:
Iy = wd3
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Ix = wd3
6
Note that the torsional stiffness Ix is half what would be expected for that of a thin
beam of the same dimensions. This is explained in Hambly (see references).
If edge members represent narrower widths of slab than internal members, the
stiffnesses should be reduced correspondingly.
3.4

Global slab
moments
calculation

U, V

local member axes (V = SuperSTRESS member x axis, U = y axis)

angle between member and global X axis

bending moment per unit width of slab
torque per unit width of slab

Moments are positive clockwise looking in the positive axis direction

The calculation of the global slab moments MX, MY, MXY at each node in the selected
structure set is carried out in three stages.
1.

The end moments and torques of each member framing into the node are
resolved into component forces in both the X and Y directions. This is
clearly only necessary for members which are not aligned with either the X
or Y global axes.
The method of transformation of the forces is as follows.
a.

The slab moments per unit width are calculated from the SuperSTRESS
moments.

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Where Mx and My are the SuperSTRESS member end moments and W

is the width of slab represented by the member (from the member width
table).
b.

The slab moments are now expressed with respect to the global axes.

and

c.

So far, the method of transformation is similar to that outlined by West

(see references), but Babtie took the process a step further by
apportioning the resolved moments to both axes with regard to the skew
angle of the member. By transforming the moments to both axes, they
would be counted twice, so the components are reduced by sin and
cos. The method is a conservative one in that algebraically the sum of
the resolved moments is greater than the initial moments, but the
transformation is likely to be more appropriate given a range of skew
angles.

and

3.5

Wood-Armer
moments
calculation

2.

The forces derived in 1. above are calculated for each pair of members at a
node and then averaged. The sum of the forces so calculated for each pair of
members is then aggregated at the node to produce two pairs of forces

3.

The global slab moments at the node are then calculated as follows.

The calculation of the Wood-Armer moments for the top and bottom steel is based on
formulae originally proposed by Dr R H Wood and subsequently amplified by G S T
Armer (see references).

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The program has been written to accommodate any combination of positive and
negative values of the moment triad elements and the skewing of the transverse steel
to an angle other than 90 degrees.
The method used is as follows.
Assume global slab moments MX, MY, MXY and a skew reinforcement angle A, where
A is considered to be negative when measured anticlockwise with respect to the
longitudinal steel or global X axis.
Bottom steel design moments
By convention these moments are always positive.

The above formulae 1. and 2. are only applicable if the results prove to be positive. If
either is negative, then alternative formulae are used as described below.

Top steel design moments

By convention, these moments are always negative.

The above formulae 7. and 8. are only applicable if the results prove to be negative. If
either is positive, then alternative formulae are used as described below.
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4.

Wood-Armer
output

4.1

Wood-Armer
output overview

OUTPUT

The output options in Wood-Armer provide very selective printout of individual

loadcases and loadcase envelopes to either the screen or printer. The screen output
options are covered in Global slab moments output table and Wood-Armer moments
output table. The printer output options are covered in Reports .
All types of output have options to select the loadcases for output and to filter the
output in various ways. These are explained in the following topics.

4.2

Wood-Armer
output reports

The output in Wood-Armer is produced from the Reports option from Results on the
main menu bar, or by double-clicking on Reports in the Explorer.

Wood-Armer Reports are additional sets of output to add to the standard SuperSUITE
Reports. The general operation of Reports is described in SuperSTRESS Reports to
which you should refer. This topic describes only the additional Sections provided by
Wood-Armer.
To access the Wood-Armer Sections from the New Section dialog, pick Wood-Armer
from the mode selector at the top of the dialog. You may also add Sections from
different modules to the same Report. In the Reports dialog, SuperSTRESS Sections
are prefixed with 'SS:', Wood-Armer with 'WA:', and so on.

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The Sections available are:

Input Data

The reinforcement skew angle and the slab widths and alignments.

Global Slab
Moments

These are the global slab moments MX, MY, MXY, calculated from the
grillage member end forces at each node, and representing the
moments in the idealised slab.

Wood-Armer These are the Wood-Armer moments M*X, M*Y, calculated from the
global slab moments, and representing the moments to be carried by
Moments
the reinforcement.
In addition, you may wish to produce SuperSTRESS loadcase titles and entries by
changing the New Sections mode selector to SuperSTRESS and picking Loadcase
Titles and Loads.
The Input data has no filtering options, but filtering is available for the moment
tables, and the following dialog appears following their selection. (Only the global
slab moments are shown below; the Wood-Armer moment tables are identical in
appearance apart from the headers.)

Structure
set:

This filter is not available in the current release, and so the field is
dimmed. The default is ALL, and output for the whole of the calculation
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set is produced.
Loadcase
set:

All the loadcases sets that have been previously defined in

SuperSTRESS are available. You do not have control of individual
loadcases here. If you wish to produce output for a group of loadcases
not already set up, go to Graphics / Loadcases in SuperSTRESS.
Select all and Deselect all buttons have an immediate effect.
On selecting OK, the current selections will be applied. Cancel will quit
and ignore any selections made

List by:

This has two options available from a drop-down list.

Loadcase
List by loadcase groups all loadcase information together. Starting with
the lowest loadcase, the output is then produced from the lowest joint
number through to the highest joint number in the structure set. After
the lowest loadcase comes the next highest, and so on. See the example
below.
Joint
List by joint groups all joint information together. Starting with the
lowest joint in the structure set, the output is then produced from the
lowest loadcase number through to the highest number of those selected.
After the lowest joint comes the next highest, and so on. See the
example below.

Envelope

This is a tick box, which when ticked will produce an envelope of the
selected loadcases. It will be dimmed when list by joint has been
selected. The output is produced in joint order, starting at the lowest.
There are two entries for each joint, the lowest and highest moment for
each moment direction, together with the loadcase which produced that
value in brackets. It should be noted that the moments shown on each
line do not necessarily occur together.

Full table

This facility is not available in the current release, and so the tick box is
dimmed.

Max value

This filter is not available in the current release, and so the tick box is
dimmed.

Examples of the actual output produced are shown below.

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List by loadcase

List by joint

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Envelope of loadcases

4.3

Wood-Armer
report wizard

The Wood-Armer Report Wizard forms one of the pages of the SuperSUITE Report
Wizard when the Wood-Armer module is selected on the first page of the wizard.
The first page of the Report Wizard allows you to select those modules whose
Sections you wish to include in the report. If Wood-Armer is selected then a
following page of the Wizard will apply to Wood-Armer, as below.

The various Report Sections are displayed in two lists, input data and results.
Tick the check box next to each Section to include it in the report. The select all and
deselect all buttons can be used to make wholesale changes.
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To the left of some of the check boxes is a '+' sign indicating that that Section has
properties (filters). When one of these Sections is selected the Properties button will
become undimmed and you may pick it to change the properties. This will display a
dialog allowing you to change the properties relevant to that Section. The properties
are the same for each Section.

Alternatively, double click on the Section or one of its Properties in the list.
(Properties are displayed in the list if you click on the '+' sign to expand a Section.)
Click 'Back' to access a previous page, 'Next' to proceed to the next module, or
'Finish' if this is the last module in the Report.
4.4

Input data report

This Report Section contains information on the reinforcement angle, calculation set,
and member widths and alignments.
An example follows.

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4.5

OUTPUT

Global slab
moments output
table

The table behaviour is just as other SuperSTRESS output tables.

The layout and content of the table will depend on the filters and loadcases selected.
These can be viewed in the Properties context menu by right-clicking on the table.
The dialog has two tabs, Filters and Loadcases.

Structure set This filter is not available in the current release, and so the field is
dimmed. The default is ALL, and output for the whole of the
calculation set is produced.
List by

This has two options available from a drop-down list.

Loadcase
List by loadcase groups all loadcase information together. Starting
with the lowest loadcase, the output is then produced from the
lowest joint number through to the highest joint number in the
structure set. After the lowest loadcase comes the next highest, and
so on. See the example below.
Joint
List by joint groups all joint information together. Starting with the
lowest joint in the structure set, the output is then produced from the
lowest loadcase number through to the highest number of those
selected. After the lowest joint comes the next highest, and so on.
See the example below.
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Envelope

OUTPUT

This is a tick box, which when ticked will produce an envelope of

the selected loadcases. It will be dimmed when list by joint has
been selected. The output is produced in joint order, starting at the
lowest. There are two entries for each joint, the lowest and highest
moment for each moment direction, together with the loadcase
which produced that value in brackets. It should be noted that the
moments shown on each line do not necessarily occur together.

All the loadcases that have been analysed in SuperSTRESS are listed. You may use
the shift and control keys in conjunction with the left mouse button to select
individual and groups of loadcases for the current set.
Select all and Deselect all buttons have an immediate effect.
On selecting OK, the current selections will be applied. Cancel will quit and ignore
any selections made
Examples of the actual output produced are shown below.
List by loadcase

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List by joint

Envelope of loadcases

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4.6

OUTPUT

Wood-Armer
moments output
table

The table behaviour is just as other SuperSTRESS output tables.

The layout and content of the table will depend on the filters and loadcases selected.
These can be viewed in the Properties context menu by right-clicking on the table.
The dialog has two tabs, Filters and Loadcases.

Structure set This filter is not available in the current release, and so the field is
dimmed. The default is ALL, and output for the whole of the
calculation set is produced.
List by

This has two options available from a drop-down list.

Loadcase
List by loadcase groups all loadcase information together. Starting
with the lowest loadcase, the output is then produced from the
lowest joint number through to the highest joint number in the
structure set. After the lowest loadcase comes the next highest, and
so on. See the example below.
Joint
List by joint groups all joint information together. Starting with the
lowest joint in the structure set, the output is then produced from the
lowest loadcase number through to the highest number of those
selected. After the lowest joint comes the next highest, and so on.
See the example below.

Envelope

This is a tick box, which when ticked will produce an envelope of

the selected loadcases. It will be dimmed when list by joint has
been selected. The output is produced in joint order, starting at the
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lowest. There are two entries for each joint, the lowest and highest
moment for each moment direction, together with the loadcase
which produced that value in brackets. It should be noted that the
moments shown on each line do not necessarily occur together.
Note that the sign convention for Wood-Armer moments is that all
top steel moments are listed as negative, and all bottom steel
moments as positive. This will mean that the highest top steel
moment is zero, and the lowest bottom steel moment is also zero.

All the loadcases that have been analysed in SuperSTRESS are listed. You may use
the shift and control keys in conjunction with the left mouse button to select
individual and groups of loadcases for the current set.
Select all and Deselect all buttons have an immediate effect.
On selecting OK, the current selections will be applied. Cancel will quit and ignore
any selections made
Examples of the actual output produced are shown below.
List by loadcase

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List by joint

Envelope of loadcases

4.7

Table formats

The formats of the imported and exported tables in Wood-Armer conform to the
general rules for table formats of SuperSUITE.
For details of these conventions, see SuperSUITE table formats.
The formats are described in the following topics.
All specifications use ',' as the separator and ' " ' as the character field delimiter.

4.8

Reinforcement
angle format

[WA REINFORCEMENT ANGLE]

Angle

4.9

Member widths
format

[WA MEMBER WIDTHS]

Member, Member width, "Alignment"
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Alignment = "Aligned" or "Unaligned".

4.10

Global slab
moments format

[WA GLOBAL SLAB MOMENTS]

Joint, "Loadcase", MX, MY, MXY

4.11

Wood-Armer
moments format

[WA WOOD ARMER MOMENTS]

Joint, "Loadcase", Bot M*x, Bot M*y, Top M*x, Top M*y

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5.

Support

5.1

Support service

SUPPORT

A comprehensive support service is available to all maintained clients.

Our Support team will be happy to answer any questions, or record any comments
you may have on any of Integer's products.
There are several ways of contacting the Support Department:

5.2

Manual

E-mail :

support@integer-software.co.uk

Telephone :

+44 (0) 1932 858 516

Fax :

+44 (0) 1932 859 099

Address :

Support Department
Integer
The Old Forge
South Road
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 9DZ
United Kingdom

A full manual is available to all users of SuperSTRESS. It is included on the

installation CD and download files and can be installed onto your hard drive during
the installation.
When installing, the following options will be available:

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If you choose Documentation and Help' the manuals will be installed in the form of a
PDF document, along with this Help File. The manual files will be installed to a DOC
sub-folder off your main installation folder.
This documents can then be taken to a PDF supporting program to be printed at
leisure.
Note that:

You do not require security on your machine to install the documents.

You do not need to re-install your program to install the documents. In this
case you should deselect the first four options shown above.

You can install the documents as many times as you like.

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6.

INDEX

Index

A
Aligned.................................................................................................................................... 7, 9
Armer G S T................................................................................................................................ 6
Assumptions................................................................................................................................ 4

C
Calculation set............................................................................................................................. 9
Calculations overview............................................................................................................... 12

E
E-mail support........................................................................................................................... 30
Explorer view.............................................................................................................................. 3

F
Fax support................................................................................................................................ 30
Formats ..................................................................................................................................... 28

G
Global slab moments................................................................................................12, 13, 14, 23
Global slab moments output................................................................................................ 16, 23
Grillage idealisation .................................................................................................................. 12

H
Hambly E C................................................................................................................................. 6
Hotline ...................................................................................................................................... 30

I
Input .......................................................................................................................................... 16
Input data .................................................................................................................................. 22
Integer ....................................................................................................................................... 30
Integer address .......................................................................................................................... 30

L
Limitations .................................................................................................................................. 4
Longitudinal members ................................................................................................................ 7

M
Manual ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Member alignment ...................................................................................................................... 7
Member width and alignment table............................................................................................. 7
Member widths ........................................................................................................................... 7
Moment ......................................................................................................................... 12, 14, 26
Moment calculation................................................................................................................... 14
Moment output.................................................................................................................... 16, 26
Moment output table ................................................................................................................. 26
Moment triads ..................................................................................................................... 12, 14

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O
Options........................................................................................................................................ 5
Options Wood-Armer.................................................................................................................. 5
Output ................................................................................................................................. 16, 26
Output properties................................................................................................................. 23, 26
Output Wood Armer ................................................................................................................. 16
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 3
Overview Wood Armer............................................................................................................... 3

R
References................................................................................................................................... 6
Reinforcement skew angle ...................................................................................................... 5, 7
Report........................................................................................................................................ 16
Report Wizard........................................................................................................................... 21
Running....................................................................................................................................... 3

S
Settings........................................................................................................................................ 5
Sign conventions ......................................................................................................................... 5
Skew angle .............................................................................................................................. 5, 7
Skew reinforcement angle......................................................................................................... 14
Slab moments............................................................................................................................ 13
Support service.......................................................................................................................... 30

T
Table formats ............................................................................................................................ 28
Telephone support..................................................................................................................... 30
Theory....................................................................................................................................... 12
Tools ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Torsional stiffness ..................................................................................................................... 12
Transverse members.................................................................................................................... 7

U
Unaligned................................................................................................................................ 7, 9
Units............................................................................................................................................ 5

W
West R......................................................................................................................................... 6
Wood R H ................................................................................................................................... 6
Wood-Armer ............................................................................................................................... 3

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