options for load cases & combinations
When selecting DIN 18008 as the design standard, you must also select DIN 18008 for the load case classification and combination wizard.
These settings activate additional options in the Load Cases & Combinations tab.
Load Cases
For load cases, there is the option to define a load duration for the respective action category. The program automatically tries to set them according to the specifications of the standard.
For load combinations, the load duration is set on the basis of the load cases sin in the combination.
If the automatic combination wizard is not used, these settings can be user-defined.
Design Situations
You can activate any design situation for the glass design by selecting it.
Furthermore, in the Design Situations tab, you can activate the reverse setting for shear coupling in laminated glass.
This allows for the simultaneous analysis of systems for the cases 'without' and 'with shear coupling'.
With this setting, the inverse stiffness matrix, as defined in the glass structure model, is used to calculate the structure.