Analysis Element properties

Tekla Structural Designer
2021
Tekla Structural Designer

Analysis Element properties

General
Name The automatically generated name.
User Name Can be used to override the automatically generated name if required.
Plane Indicates the level or frame within which the member is placed.
Characteristic Analysis Element
Active Clearing this option makes the Analysis Element inactive in the analysis.

See: Inactive members

Element type
Note: Tension only elements, Compression only elements, and non-linear axil/torsional springs are all non-linear elements and therefore require non-linear analysis. If linear analysis is performed they will be treated as linear elements.
Material type
  • Steel
  • Concrete
  • Timber
  • General
  • Cold formed
  • Cold rolled

Rotation

Rotation of the member about its local x axis.
Span 1
Grade The material grade
Section properties

For the Beam element type only, the area and inertia properties about each axis are required.

For the Truss, Tension only, Compression only, and Link element types, the area Ax is required.

For the spring Element types, spring properties are required.

Spring stiffnesses For linear and non-linear axial and torsional springs, the spring properties are defined here.
Releases

For the Beam element type only, the six degrees of freedom; 3 translational (Fx, Fy, Fz) and 3 rotational (Mx, My, Mz); can be set at each end. See: Beam end releases and partial fixity

All other analysis element types are released in all degrees of freedom at both ends apart from axial (Fx).

Load reductions

KLL

(Head Code ACI/AISC)

Specify the KLL factor in accordance with Table 4-2 in ASCE 7-05/ASCE 7-10.

See: Overview of live or imposed load reductions

Reduce imposed loads by

(All other Head Codes)

Although the percentage of imposed load reduction is not determined automatically, this property allows you to specify the percentage manually.

  • reducible loadcases are reduced
  • combinations incorporating reducible loadcases are reduced

See: Overview of live or imposed load reductions

UDA

Name

Finish

Class

Phase

Note

File

A customizable list of the attributes that can be applied to individual members and panels.

See: Create and manage user-defined attributes

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