CSC recently published an article about the direct analysis.
The 2005 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings brings significant changes to the way stability analysis and design is required to be carried out. For the first time, the specification has something to say about the analysis you and your design software is performing. Do you know how your favorite software package has implemented the new requirements? Does it simply meet the minimum code requirements using old methods intended more for hand calculations or does your software offer you the most accurate, reliable and flexible tools available?
http://services.cscworld.com/downloads/whitepapers/State_of_the_Industry_DAM_Full.pdf
thanks,
Matthew.
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