Values regarding bolts characteristics used for calculating their resistance (nominal shear stress and nominal tensile stress) are taken from “AstorJointsCalculation.mdb” database (it can be found in “C:\ProgramData\Graitec\Advance Steel\2013\StressAnalysis\Data”).
Nominal shear stress is taken from “AISC_BoltsShearStress” table, while the nominal tensile stress is taken from “AISC_BoltTensileStress”.
In order to open “AstorJointsCalculation.mdb” database you can use:
- Graitec Advance Manager (Settings > Table Editor > point the path where this database is located);
- or if you have MS Office installed on your computer, then you can use Microsoft Access.
