RattlinBog
Structural
- May 27, 2022
- 177
Over the last two years, I developed a steel beam-column design aid according to AISC 360-22 for my M.S. civil engineering non-thesis project. The design aid (built in Excel) can be used to analyze and design shapes with original, reduced/corroded, and reinforced/built-up section properties.
My intent is to share the tool publicly so other practicing structural engineers can use it. I was thinking of sharing it on steeltools.org. My grad advisor agrees with this plan.
This might be an odd question, but could there be any risks or unintended consequences I should be aware of before sharing a design tool for free, public use? I'm not too worried about it somehow coming back to bite me, but I suppose there's always the risk of someone misusing or modifying the tool and causing inaccuracies. Perhaps someone could also "steal" it, call it their own, and try to sell it. Seems unlikely but any thoughts?
My intent is to share the tool publicly so other practicing structural engineers can use it. I was thinking of sharing it on steeltools.org. My grad advisor agrees with this plan.
This might be an odd question, but could there be any risks or unintended consequences I should be aware of before sharing a design tool for free, public use? I'm not too worried about it somehow coming back to bite me, but I suppose there's always the risk of someone misusing or modifying the tool and causing inaccuracies. Perhaps someone could also "steal" it, call it their own, and try to sell it. Seems unlikely but any thoughts?