Cold-formed steel

Cold-formed steel rafter to AISI S240-20 B4.2, S100-16

Cold-formed steel rafters: sloped C-section with thrust at the heel, tie and heel screws, overhang, bending with axial force, shear, web crippling and deflection (AISI S240 and S100).

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

What you get

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

The applicable checks, step by step

Every check to AISI S240-20 B4.2, 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 rafter is tested

6worked examples
17values compared
17match
0documented differences, each explained

Against published examples and hand calculations from the code equations, on every change. The method and the sources.

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