August 30, 2019
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RISAFloor,
RISA-2D,
New,
Wood,
LRFD
Strength
Design
(LRFD)
according
to
the
AWC-NDS
2015/2018
code
has
been
implemented
into
RISAFloor
v14.0.
To
select
this
code
for
your
design,
simply
choose
this
code
from
the
Codes
tab
within
Global
Model
Settings.
After
solution,
the
results
are
available
in
the
Design
Results
spreadsheet.
You
can
also
verify
the
code
selection
used
in
your
design
in
the
member
Detail
Report.
Some
notable
differences
between
the
ASD
and
LRFD
design
includes:
The
use
of
the
Load
Duration
Factor,
CD
(per
NDS
2015/2018
section
2.3.2)
is
no
longer
applied.
The
use
of
the
Format
Conversion
Factor,
KF
(per
NDS
2015/2018
section
2.3.5)
The
use
of
the
Resistance
Factor,
ɸ
(per
NDS
2015/2018
section
2.3.6)
The
use
of
the
Time
Effect
Factor,
λ
(per
NDS
2015/2018
section
2.3.7)
will
be
added
as
an
input
in
the
Load
Combinations
spreadsheet.
A
factor
of
0.8
is
used
when
designing
wood
wall
panel
sheathing
according
to
NDS
SDPWS
2015/2018
section
433…
