Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
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Can anyone recommend a good, user friendly program that will do both Analysis and Design for composite steel beams with metal deck and concrete infill, or solid slab with no metal deck, shored and unshored construction?
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)






RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
Cheap. Easy to use. Produces easy to replicate results.
I just designed a steel podium with it.
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
The greatest trick that bond stress ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
Oh, by the way, how is the technical support with Bentley if you need any?
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
The greatest trick that bond stress ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
The greatest trick that bond stress ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
If we're talking about entire floor systems, then RISAFloor (with the ES/ Elevated Slab) function should work as well. As always, you can download the demo from our website:
http://www.risa.com/forms/demo_request.html
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
I do a lot of analysis with existing structures, and will probably run into that someday. I know it was done in the past. One of my SE problems for the test 33 years ago was exactly that... Have not seen it since though.
This is a single beam analysis situation, not a total system, at least not yet. May need it eventually though.
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpCnhFWdRkY
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
Let me know if you find one that will analyze composite beams with a cover plate on the bottom flange. A couple times I have calculated the capacity by hand to justify new loads on an existing beam. These building also have flat slabs; some beams with a cover plate and some without. Someday, I will finish a spreadsheet I started.
I have tried TEDDS, Enercalc, and RAM Beam. Each of them have there strengths and weakness with no clear winner. So, I won't make a recommendation (plus I have a strong personal distaste for one -- this is my problem, not the software's).
RE: Composite Beam Design and Analysis Program
The AISC 7th Edition - the blue book - does have some tables that might help you - with cover plates on the bottom and full depth slabs of varying thicknesses. A program is another matter.
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)