Cold-formed steel

Cold-formed steel joist to AISI S100-16

Cold-formed C-section joists on any spans with overhangs: effective section, distortional buckling, shear, web crippling, web holes, combined checks and deflection (AISI S100-16).

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ILX Calcs editor for a cold-formed steel joist calculation: inputs, status, live checks and the drawing

What you get

From the inputs to a finished cold-formed steel joist calculation

The applicable checks, step by step

Every check to AISI S100-16 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 cold-formed steel joist is tested

36worked examples
71values compared
69match
2documented differences, each explained

Against published examples and tables, on every change. The method and the sources.

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