Problem Description

Some building codes, such as the Eurocode, require shear design checks at stations corresponding to the location of maximum moment. For some beams with point loads, a shear lower than the maximum shear may have been used in the design.

Reason

At point load locations, the shear just to the left of the point load is different than the shear just to the right of the point load. When calculating the governing shear, the program was looking at stations just to the right of the point load location only and not at stations just to the left. If the maximum shear was located just left of the point load, an incorrect and unconservative shear was used in the design.

Solution

Fixed in v15.04.00.