Castellated or cellular beam to AISC Design Guide 31
Castellated and cellular beams, symmetric or asymmetric, noncomposite or composite: Vierendeel bending of the tees, web post buckling, shear on the net and gross sections and deflection, AISC Design Guide 31.
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What you get
From the inputs to a finished castellated or cellular beam calculation
The applicable checks, step by step
Every check to AISC Design Guide 31 with its equation, the values that go into it, the result and the code section, and the governing case up front. Results update as you type.
A calculation report a reviewer can follow
Inputs, load combinations, every check with its result and reference, and the governing case, in a clear PDF with your title block.
Drawings
Where the calculation has a shape to draw: elevations, sections and the diagrams, on a sheet with your title block, as PDF or DXF.
Your units, your method
US or metric units at any time, LRFD or ASD where the code offers both; the report follows.
Verification
How the castellated or cellular beam is tested
Against published examples and tables, on every change. The method and the sources.
Learn
Step by step
User manual: Castellated or cellular beam
Every input, check and option of the calculation explained.
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