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Cold-formed steel: a wall stud
A 600S162-54 stud under axial load and wind, with the web holes set by you: unpunched, then punched.
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Cold-formed steel: a wall stud.
Start
Studs, joists and tracks are under the Cold-formed steel tab of the wizard. Pick the stud.
The inputs
Here is a wall stud: a 600S162-54 at 50 ksi, 12 feet long, at 16 inches on center, with 400 pounds dead and 1,000 pounds live, and 30 pounds per square foot of wind. State the web holes yourself, here and on your projects. A standard stud is punched, and the code does not choose for you. This first run is set to no holes.
Unpunched web
With no holes, the stud is adequate, with combined axial and bending governing at 0.394. The nominal axial strength is 11,830 pounds, and the shear strength is 4,516.
Reading a check
Open a row to read each equation with its clause in AISI S100.
Punched web
Now set the web holes to punched. The stud still passes, with less to spare. The axial strength drops to 10,181 pounds, the shear strength to 3,115, and the combined ratio rises to 0.419. Check what your supplier's stud has, and set the input to match.
Report and sheet
Then print the report, with every check, its equations and its clauses. Print the drawing sheet on your own title block, at the size you choose. Or export the same sheet as a DXF for your CAD software.
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