Steel column design
Steel column design
(OP)
I am desperately looking for a combined bending and compression, column design spreadsheet, in accordance with the AISC codes.
Previously someone referred me to the MITCalc website, however the spreadsheet on there is not very useful for a Structural Engineer.
There must be people whom have produced spreadsheets to do this in the past, because it is such a boring and time consuming calculation.
Can anyone provide me with a copy of spreadsheet that does this, or put me in contact with someone that can help me ?
Previously someone referred me to the MITCalc website, however the spreadsheet on there is not very useful for a Structural Engineer.
There must be people whom have produced spreadsheets to do this in the past, because it is such a boring and time consuming calculation.
Can anyone provide me with a copy of spreadsheet that does this, or put me in contact with someone that can help me ?






RE: Steel column design
http://www.epcserver.com/olindex.asp
http://www.xcalcs.com/
RE: Steel column design
Look at appendices of AISC manual there are table which you can use and avoid using the lenghy formulas - eventually you will be doing simple multiplications or divisions only to get the answer.
RE: Steel column design
The formulae usually lend themselves well to spreadsheets. For my work, and using different codes, I just have the basic formulae laid out on a page with explanatory text and input data arranged logically around them. I type in the load, moment, effective length etc. and appropriate data on the steel section from published tables. The computer then does only the number crunching, and I can see the result instantly.
To do this you need only a very basic understanding of excel and of the code requirements. I'm tempted to say that if you are lacking either, you should fix it now or look to stop doing engineering.
RE: Steel column design
The program in the epcserver location, is not that useful for a structural enginner, but thanks anyway. Also Xcalcs.com, seems to be down at the moment.
RE: Steel column design
http://www.engineersedge.com/directory.shtml
I agree with the others....I'd be pretty careful about blindly trusting a spreadsheet. I am currently trying to write a beam column spreadsheet for Cdn steel codes and it is pretty complex, so errors can occur in the sheet. Check it with a fine-toothed comb!
RE: Steel column design
Please post this very useful site under its own heading
a la Thread16-97096.
Thanks
RE: Steel column design