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Design of steel frames
Single bay portal frames under vertical and horizontal loadings, also with concentrated loads on the columns.
Single bay portal frames under snow, wind, and seismic loading.
Two-floor frames under vertical and horizontal loadings. |
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Design of Steel Beams
Single beams (simply supported, fixed in one end, or fixed in both ends).
Combination of uniform, triangular or concentrated loads.
Various lateral length supports.
Floor beams of one or two spans or one span and cantilever. Laterally unrestrained, restrained at one or two intermediate points, or totally restrained.
Roof beams of one or two spans. Snow, wind pressure, and under-pressure imposed load.
Purlin design. Simply supported or continuous. Laterally restrained or unrestrained. |
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Design of Steel columns
Single members in compression (various end conditions and buckling lengths).
Columns under axial load, or axial load, and single or double bending.
Columns in simple constructions (simple columns, columns in braced or unbraced frames). |
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Design of bolted connections
Design of various connections according to Eurocode 3-1-8Connections are design for specific actions, and the program selects the optimum connection geometry and bolt number and arragenment .You may also specify the bolt number and configuration and the program computes the connection capacity. |
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Tension connections
Shear joint
Double shear joint
Splice joint
Short continuity of I section |
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Beam-to-beam connections
Beam-continuation connection
Gerber-beam connection
Beam-on-beam connection with web cleats |
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Beam-to-column connections
Beam on column connection with web cleats
Beam on column connection with end plates |
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Connections of portal frames
Bolted connections with end or base plate.Apex connection
Eve connection with Haunch
Eve connection without haunch
Simple column base connection
Fixed column base connection |
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Connections made with pins
Pin ended member
Gerber-beam connection |
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Design of Bracing systems
Bracing systems are required to resist transverse actions due to wind and earthquakes.
Vertical bracing system in the sidewalls between the columns.
This system transmits the horizontal transverse loads from the roof to the ground and temporary stability during the erection.
Horizontal roof bracing system
On the roof to transmit the transverse loads from the roof to the vertical bracing and to provide temporary stability during the erection. |
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Design of footings of steel structures
Pinned footing under vertical and horizontal loading
Fixed footing under vertical and horizontal loading and moment
Footings resisting horizontal forces only with passive earth pressure
Footings with horizontal ties to resist horizontal forces |
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Design of base anchoring system
Simple base connection (vertical and horizontal forces).
Fixed base connection. (vertical , horizontal forces and overturning moment).Anchor bolts with hooks or with washer plates. |
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Eurocode 4
Design of composite steel and concrete structures
EN 1994-1-1:2004 Design of composite steel and concrete structures, General rules and rules for buildings |
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Resistance of cross-sections
Design of steel cross section in Ultimate Limit State (ULS) for various combinations of actions.
For a selected cross section and the actions on the cross section the design the design resistance of the cross section is computed.
Single actions
Tension Nt
Compression Nc
Bending Myy, Bending Mzz
Shear Vz, Shear Vy
Double actions
Bending and compression Nc-Myy,Nc-Mzz
Biaxial bending Myy-Mzz
Compression and shear Nc-Vz, Nc-Vy
Combined actions
Compression, bending and shear Nc- Vz-My
Tension, bending and shear Nt-Vz-My
Bending and compression Nc-Myy-Mzz
Bending and tension Nt-Myy-Mzz
Axial force shear and bending N-V-M |
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Buckling resistance of members
Buckling resistance and lateral buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in compression EN1993-1-1:2005 6.3.1.
Columns with axial load only
Uniform members in bending EN1993-1-1:2005 6.3.2 |
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Lateral buckling resistance of members
Beams with vertical load only
Uniform members in bending and axial compression EN1993-1-1:2005 6.3.3
Columns with axial compression and end moments.
Beams with vertical load and axial compression
Variety of loading combinations, end support conditions and various lateral restrained conditions. |
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Steel sections
Standard sections,
User-defined,
Welded sections
Dimensions, geometric properties
Classification
Resistance values (axial load, bending shear)
Buckling resistance and lateral buckling resistance for various buckling lengths
Tables of all the international steel profiles
Dimensions, properties, classification resistance values for various actions, buckling and lateral buckling resistance values.
Tables of non-standard steel sections
Section properties are defined from the user.
Tables with welded (fabricated) steel sections
The user can make the steel section by giving the dimensions and thicknesses. The program computes the geometric and strength properties. These sections can be used anywhere in the program for designing steelwork elements. |
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Basic design charts and graphs of EC3
- Buckling curves, tools for computing buckling reduction factor.
- Elastic critical moment for lateral buckling Mcr
- Tools for computing Effective length of braced and unbraced members.
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Preview and print Report
Full report preview. Drawings of the structure and the structural details for the connections. The computational errors, or inadequate dimensioning, are shown in red.
- Export of all reports to PDF or Word format.
- Export of all CAD drawings to PDF or DXF(Autocad) format.
Printing in Α4, Α3, Α2 paper. |
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Full design report preview. Detailed report with diagrams, structure and connection drawings.
References to Eurocodes paragraphs, report of analytical formulas and calculations.
Report contents and design parts can be selected.
PDF and DOC export of the report.
Example Report
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Basic program parameters
National Annex from EU countries.
Materials: Structural steel, Concrete, Reinforcing steel, Soils.Environmental loads, snow, wind, seismic |
| Eurocodes used in STEELexpress
EN1990:2002, Eurocode 0 Basis of Structural Design
EN1991-1-1:2002, Eurocode 1-1 Actions on structures
EN1991-1-3:2003, Eurocode 1-3 Snow loads
EN1991-1-4:2005, Eurocode 1-4 Wind actions
EN1992-1-1:2004, Eurocode 2 Reinforced concrete
CEN/TS 1992-4-1:2009, Design of fastenings in concrete, General
CEN/TS 1992-4-2:2009, Design of fastenings, Headed Fasteners
EN1993-1-1:2005, Eurocode 3 1-1 Design of Steel structures
EN1993-1-3:2005, Eurocode 3 1-3 Cold-formed members
EN1993-1-5:2006, Eurocode 3 1-5 Plated structural elements
EN1993-1-8:2005, Eurocode 3 1-8 Design of Joints
EN1997-1-1:2004, Eurocode 7 Geotechnical design
EN1998-1-1:2004, Eurocode 8 Design in earthquake environment |
User’s manual
User manual included in PFD format.
Free update from the internet.
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Engineering tools
- Unit conversion
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- Section of properties
- Calculation Rolled steel shapes
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