public static Dictionary<string, object> FilletWeldGroupCoefficient(string WeldGroupPattern,double l_Weld_horizontal,double l_Weld_vertical,double e_group,
double theta, double w_weld, double F_EXX, bool IsLoadOutOfPlane = false, string Code = "AISC360-10")
{
//Default values
double C_WeldGroup = 0;
double phiR_n = 0;
//Calculation logic:
WeldGroupPattern pattern;
bool IsValidString = Enum.TryParse(WeldGroupPattern, true, out pattern);
if (IsValidString == true)
{
FilletWeldGroup wg = new FilletWeldGroup(pattern, l_Weld_horizontal, l_Weld_vertical, w_weld, F_EXX, IsLoadOutOfPlane);
C_WeldGroup = wg.GetInstantaneousCenterCoefficient(e_group, theta); ;
phiR_n = 0.75*wg.GetUltimateForce(e_group, theta); //0.75 is the phi factor
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Weld group strength calculation failed. Invalid weld group pattern designation.");
}
return new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{ "C_WeldGroup", C_WeldGroup },
{ "phiR_n", phiR_n }
};
}
