Offshore structures are code checked to the AISC 9th edition for W-section. In the case where there are no beam failures for Cb = 1.0, there is no issue. However, where there are beam failures and the application of Cb is used to enhance the beam ...

Currently, SACS does not support prismatic section with Eurocode. This is required when modelling deck with stiffeners wherein prismatic sections have to be modelled in order to capture the stiffness contribution of deck plates.

It would be nice to have the ability to have material types in SACS. This would help when doing material take offs. This would be a new set of cards where the user would specify a material type (name) and all the structural properties (elastic mod...

There is an option “Include buoyancy and wave load”. This option appears to do nothing when reviewing the results. For the wave load to work properly additional input would be need for the cross-section size and shape factor. Also, “wave load” sho...

The user can select member groups to exclude. However, in many cases it would be more beneficial to have the option to include member groups. In many cases the include list is much shorter than the exclude list.

This way you can see how long each iteration takes.

None of the below criteria reflects the main purpose of a collapse analysis - to get maximum capacity before or at collapse. 1. The load sequence has been completed. 2. The maximum deflection has been reached. 3. The maximum number of iterations ...

Refer to Section 3.4.3 of Dynamic Response Manual, only Davenport Coherence Function is available. Moreover, the decay factors are fixed at 12 and 8 for Cy and Cz. The suggestion is Allow user to change the Decay factors for Davenport Coherence Fu...