Calculation number of stirrup link (number of cuts)

The way how to calculate number of stirrup links can be input in properties of stirrup layer and there are two possibilities for calculation of number of stirrup links in SCIA Engineer:

• Automatically calculation – the number of links is calculated as number of intersections of stirrup with straight line perpendicular to direction of shear force resultant, where this line is crossing the centre of polygon

  

• User input – the number of links is inputted directly by the user

Automatic calculation	User input