Shear Cut

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Create Shear cut

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Creates shear cuts which are necessary for the shear design of solid cross sections.

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Command

Modify Shear cut

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Modifies the properties of the shear cut.

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TOOLTIP Creates shear cuts which are necessary for the shear design of solid cross sections.
Summary

A shear cut is used to describe parts of the cross section, where the shear stresses are to be checked.

The input of shear cuts is used for the analysis of shear stresses and is required for the determination of shear/link reinforcement in reinforced concrete cross sections.

Without an input up to two cuts, which lie in the centre of gravity, can be generated automatically, however, only for solid concrete section (see General Properties of Cross Sections).

The user has to be ensure that the shear cuts are defined in the correct or relevant positions.

Polygonal shear cuts can be created by defining several partial shear cuts with the same name.

If the option ‘Y in centre of gravity - vertical shear cut’ or ‘Z in centre of gravity - horizontal shear cut’ is active, then the position of the shear cut is adapted during the calculation process and it is set in the centre of gravity.

Information regarding the assignment of construction stages are in the chapter Construction Stages.

A detailed description of these properties can be found in the chapter ‘CUT - Shear and Partial Sections’ of the manual AQUA.

For the creation of shear cuts, the following options are available:

Pick Points

Creates an element with the input of a minimum of 3 polygonal points.

Pick Lines or Curves

Creates an element by enclosing an area with the selected objects. Valid selection choices include closed polylines and lines.

Single Element Mode - Polygonal Input

Switches between the polygonal input type and entry of a single element. Single element mode always asks for the start and end point of a new element.