Apparent bug with AISC 360-16 unbraced lengths - Calculation of Cb

Apparent bug with AISC 360-16 unbraced lengths - Calculation of Cb

bjur
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Apparent bug with AISC 360-16 unbraced lengths - Calculation of Cb

bjur
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Initially when I run this calc, it fails by a substantial margin.  Simple moment frame but my hand calcs show it should pass.  Robot has it failing by a factor of 5.  So I dig in and when I click on the detailed results tab of the beam calcs, it shows the Cb factor = 0.06.  No clue how it got that number.  Per AISC Section F1, Cb should never be less than 1.0.  So in Robot, here's the initial calcs: 

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So I open up the "Forces" page and get the following:

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When you press the "Calculations" button, robot recalculates Cb to the correct value of 1.27.  It also matches my hand calcs:

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But I'm stuck because as far as the printed calcs goes, Robot says it fails...by a lot.  Can we get this fixed?

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okapawal
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Hi @bjur 

Can you attach rtd sample file?  (zip it before pasting)

I will report it to the development team for checking.

 

 



Waldemar Okapa

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bjur
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I just attached the file as a zip.  Thanks so much.

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