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Documenting the Values of Sds, Rho or Omega

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Where can I demonstrate that I have properly incorporated the effects of Sds, Rho or Omega in my load combinations?

 

The values of Sds and Rho (or Omega) can be entered in the fields on the Load Combinations tab as shown below:

Sds and rho or Omega

 

When it is used to represent a redundancy factor (rho), it has a value of 1 or 1.3.  When it has a value of 2.5 or thereabouts, it represents an overstrength factor (omega).

 

When this was implemented, it was decided that it was more valuable to show the effects of those values on the actual load combinations, rather than just echoing the specified values in one place on the output.

So the program shows the effect of each value on the factors in the relevant load combinations.  As such, the printed report will show load combination factors like this:

Sds and rho or Omega applied