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CAESAR II Users Guide (2019 Service Pack 1)

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11.0 (2019)

Specifies a value for the magnitude of the wind shape factor. For structural steel members, this value is usually 2.0. For elements not exposed to the wind, disable wind loading on the structure by resetting this value to 0. This value populates to all subsequently defined elements. If you do not enter a value, the default is 2.0.