Eurocode Section Checker: EN 1992 check of RC and prestressed sections
ec2_section_checkUse for EN 1992 checks of RC or prestressed beam, column, pier or pile sections. For CS 455 use cs455_assess; for slabs and plates use slab_assess; for a stress plot use stress_profile. EN 1992-1-1 / EN 1992-2 check of concrete beam, column, pier and pile sections with the Eurocode Section Checker plugin's own engine. Reads the concurrent force sets at the chosen stations for the chosen combinations (BEAMFORCE for plain combinations; BEAMFORCEVBM for envelopes and moving loads, with the concurrency guard - a combination with no concurrent sets is checked at the corners of its force box, never mixed), then checks every row: ULS biaxial bending with axial force (fibre section), shear Vz and Vy (6.2), torsion (6.3), detailing; SLS stresses (7.2) and crack width (7.3) under characteristic / quasi-permanent rows; columns and piles to 5.8 (slenderness, imperfections, nominal curvature). Prestressed beams (psc): transfer stresses, stage-by-stage stresses with the girder alone and the composite section, ULS with the tendons' strain, shear with prestress, interface shear (6.2.5), decompression and crack width (Table 7.1N / 7.101N). Returns the verdict, the governing row of every check per section, the worst rows and what was not covered. Read-only; a job on the website.
Tool call template
Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {
"sections": "<sections>"
},
"name": "ec2_section_check"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| cases | No | Combinations (or load cases) by name, optionally with the limit state. Default: every readable combination with the limit state read from its name / CIVIL NX type (frequent ones only when a section is prestressed). | |
| group | No | Or a structure group name. | |
| signs | No | ||
| screen | No | Check only the governing candidates (force extremes per section and limit state) instead of every row. | |
| stages | No | Prestressed sections: load case name -> girder (self-weight at transfer and on the girder), stage1 (on the precast girder, e.g. wet slab), ps (the model's own prestress case: removed, the tendons carry it), comp (composite, default). PS-type cases default to ps. | |
| maxRows | No | Stop above this many distinct force sets (default 2000). | |
| elements | No | Beam elements to check ('101to104 201' or a list). Default: every element of the listed sections. | |
| sections | Yes | One entry per section to check, with its reinforcement (and psc for a prestressed beam). | |
| settings | No | The plugin's Loads > Settings (defaults as the window). | |
| stations | No | Stations along each element (default all five). | |
| includeJob | No | also return the exact engine job (sections) and the engine rows of the listed worst rows, for audit or re-running | |
| maxResults | No | worst rows to list (default 30) | |
| maxGoverning | No |