Steel

Guard or barrier post to ASCE 7-22 4.5, AISC 360-22, AISC Design Guide 34, ACI 318-19 Ch. 17

Handrail, guard and vehicle barrier posts: the code loads, post flexure, shear and compression, deflection, plate, weld and cast-in rods, or a post on a channel stringer, ASCE 7-22 4.5, AISC Design Guide 34.

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ILX Calcs editor for a guard or barrier post calculation: inputs, status, live checks and the drawing

What you get

From the inputs to a finished guard or barrier post calculation

The applicable checks, step by step

Every check to ASCE 7-22 4.5, AISC 360-22, AISC Design Guide 34, ACI 318-19 Ch. 17 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 guard or barrier post is tested

2worked examples
23values compared
23match
0documented differences, each explained

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

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