APPENDIX A In this appendix, descriptions of the variables existing in the and bldg_struct, TIF_struct data-structures are provided. (‘*’ denotes variable description and denotes values DCI_struct ‘–’ of the variable for the design example provided above). Table A: Variables of the Data-structure bldg_struct *a vector with the building’s geometric dimensions, [B, L, H, R] in ft. d0 [52.5, 78.7, 26.2, 6.56] * the building input filename Filename W=52.5,L=78.7,H=26.2,R=6.6,Suburban.csv’ ‘BLDG * pathname of the building input file pathname ‘C:\....’ *length unit length_units ‘ft’ *force unit force_units ‘lb’ *wind speed unit ws_units ‘ft/s’ * terrain surrounding the building being designed terrain ‘Suburban’ *terrain roughness in feet z0 0.984 *Nf x 3 matrix describing the location of the frames being designed, (Nf frame_coords represents number of frames being designed) *Na x 2 matrix describing the location of each purlin/girt on the frame, (Na attach_points represents number of attachments) - [face number, location along face] *support system of the left and columns column support [“pinned”, “pinned”] *vector with the user specified design parameters and static loads [design wind speed, minimum web height, yield strength, elasticity, flange frame_design_ width, purlin/girt height, dead load, roof live load, rain load, maximum parameters DCI] *the type of frame cross-section used section_type ‘I-Section’
APPENDIX A In this appendix, descriptions of the variables existing in the bldg_struct, TIF_struct and DCI_struct data-structures are provided. (‘*’ denotes variable description and ‘–’ denotes values of the variable for the design example provided above). Table A: Variables of the bldg_struct Data-structure d0 *a vector with the building’s geometric dimensions, [B, L, H, R] in ft. [52.5, 78.7, 26.2, 6.56] Filename * the building input filename ‘BLDG W=52.5,L=78.7,H=26.2,R=6.6,Suburban.csv’ pathname * pathname of the building input file ‘C:\....’ length_units *length unit ‘ft’ force_units *force unit ‘lb’ ws_units *wind speed unit ‘ft/s’ terrain * terrain surrounding the building being designed ‘Suburban’ z0 *terrain roughness in feet 0.984 frame_coords *Nf x 3 matrix describing the location of the frames being designed, (Nf represents number of frames being designed) attach_points *Na x 2 matrix describing the location of each purlin/girt on the frame, (Na represents number of attachments) - [face number, location along face] column support *support system of the left and columns [“pinned”, “pinned”] frame_design_ parameters *vector with the user specified design parameters and static loads [design wind speed, minimum web height, yield strength, elasticity, flange width, purlin/girt height, dead load, roof live load, rain load, maximum DCI] section_type *the type of frame cross-section used ‘I-Section’
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