Function
Displays the prestress-induced primary force effects along the selected design strips for short-term and long-term load cases.
Call
From the Main Menu
select [Post Tension] tab > [Analysis] group > [Analysis Result Table] > [Tendon Primary Force (Design Strip)]
Input
Records Activation Dialog
Design Strip: Select the design strip(s) for which the tendon primary force results are to be displayed.
All: Select all available design strips.
None: Clear the current design strip selection.
Inverse: Select all unselected design strips and deselect the currently selected strips.
Prev: Restore the previously selected design strips.
Load case/Combination: Select the prestress force condition for which results are to be displayed.
Select Type: Specify the selection method used to filter design strips.
Add: Add the selected items to the current selection set.
Delete: Remove the selected items from the current selection set.
Replace: Replace the current selection with the newly selected items.
Intersect: Retain only items that exist in both the current and newly selected sets.
Reset: Restore all selection settings to their default values.
OK: Generate the Tendon Primary Force Table using the specified selections.
Cancel: Close the dialog without generating the table.
Load case/Combination
Select the load combination to be displayed in tables for Tendon Primary Forces:
Short Term: Displays tendon primary forces immediately after prestress transfer, considering short-term prestress losses.
Long Term: Displays the tendon's primary forces at the long-term stage after considering time-dependent losses of prestressing steel under service conditions.
Table: Result – [Design Strip Stress]
The generated table contains the following stress components for the selected design strip locations:
Design Strip: Identification number of the design strip from which the results are extracted.
Story: Story level containing the design strip.
Dir.: Direction of the design strip (X or Y).
Load: Load case or load combination associated with the results.
Span: Span number associated with the strip location.
Design Section: Design section number along the strip where the stress results are reported.
Axial (kips): Axial force acting along the design strip at the design section.
Shear-y (kips): Shear force acting in the local y-direction at the design section.
Shear-z (kips): Shear force acting in the local z-direction at the design section.
Torsion (in-kips): Torsional moment acting about the longitudinal axis of the design strip at the design section.
Moment-y (in-kips): Bending moment acting about the local y-axis at the design section.
Moment-z (in-kips): Bending moment acting about the local z-axis at the design section.