*** SACS POST PROCESSOR COMMENTS ***

** THE USER SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS REGARDING THE SACS POST PROCESSOR OU

BEAMS

(1) INTERNAL LOADS FOR MEMBERS ARE PRESENTED IN THE CLASSICAL ENGINEERING SIGN
CONVENTION AS DESCRIBED BY TIMOSHENKO

(2) IF THE AXIAL LOAD ON A MEMBER EXCEEDS THE AISC ALLOWABLE BUCKLING LOAD,THEN THE
AXIAL UNITY CHECK VALUE FOR THE MEMBER IS SET EQUAL TO 100 TO INDICATE THAT THE
MEMBER HAS BUCKLED

(3) THE MAXIMUM COMBINED UNITY CHECK CAN BE THE MAXIMUM SHEAR UNITY CHECK IF IT IS
GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM UNITY CHECK DUE TO BENDING AND AXIAL LOAD

(4) THE FOLLOWING ABREVIATIONS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE THE CRITICAL UNITY CHECK CONDITIONS:

TN+BN - TENSION PLUS BENDING

BEND - BENDING ONLY (COMP. ALLOWABLES)
C<.15 - COMPRESSION WITH AXIAL LOAD RATIO <.15 (AISC 1.6-2)
C>.15A - COMPRESSION/BENDING INTERACTION WITH CM'S AND AXIAL LOAD AMPLIFICATION (A
C>.15B - COMPRESSION/BENDING INTERACTION WITHOUT CM'S AND WITHOUT AXIAL LOAD AMPLI
SHEAR - EXCEEDS SHEAR ALLOWABLE
L.BEND - CONES: LOCAL BENDING AT CONE - CYL. INTERFACE
HOOP - CONES: HOOP COMPRESSION OR TENSION
EULER - EULER BUCKLING
HYDRO - HYDROSTATIC COLLAPSE

(5) THE FOLLOWING ABREVIATIONS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE THE CRITICAL UNITY CHECK CONDITIONS

COLBUC - COLUMN BUCKLING

CM+BN - COMPRESSION WITH BENDING IN COLUMN ELEMENT
TN+BN - TENSION WITH BENDING IN COLUMN ELEMENT
SHEAR - SHEAR
TORS - TORSION
BEND-Y - PURE BENDING IN BEAM ELEMENT ABOUT LOCAL Y AXIS
REINF - REINFORCEMENT RATIO

PLATES

(1) MEMBRANE STRESSES ARE GIVEN AT THE NEUTRAL AXIS OF THE PLATE IN THE LOCAL
COORDINATE SYSTEM OF THE PLATE . ALSO THE PRINCIPAL MEMBRANE STRESS AND
MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS ARE GIVEN

(2) THE DIRECT STRESSES RESULTING FROM OUT OF PLANE BENDING ARE GIVEN AT THE UPPER
SURFACE OF THE PLATE (POSITIVE LOCAL Z DIRECTION) IN THE LOCAL COORDINATE SYSTEM
OF THE PLATE . ALSO THE PRINCIPAL BENDING STRESS AND MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS ARE GIVEN

(3) THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS AND MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS FOR THE COMBINED MEMBRANE
AND BENDING STRESS ARE GIVEN . THE UNITY CHECK VALUE IS BASED ON THESE STRESSES