Cold-Formed Steel Beam Calculator to AISI S100-2016 (Supp 1)

Description

Perform fast and accurate cold-formed and light gauge steel design with the ClearCalcs AISI S100-2016 calculator. The CFS beam calculator enables the fast, accurate design and analysis of light gauge steel sections. The calculator assumes no holes in the cross section, and the Direct Strength Method is used for local and distortional buckling. If stiffeners are used, the are to be designed separately.

Presets Available

Presets enable you to quickly design a wide range of different calculation types using smart, prefilled settings to save time.

• Generic Beam
• Floor Joist
• Ceiling Joist
• Hip / Valley
• Rafter
• Head & Sill Track
• Combination Beam
• Deck Joist
• Deck Beam

Key Sections in the Cold-Formed Steel Beam Calculator

• Graphs by Load Case
• Web Hole Properties (AISI S100-16, Cl 2.3.4)
• Loads
• Design Criteria
• Member Properties
• Load Combination Analysis
• Unfactored Load Analysis
• Yielding and Global Buckling Capacity (AISI S100-16, F2)
• Local Buckling (AISI S100-16, Cl F3.2)
• Distortional Buckling (AISI S100-16, Cl F4)
• Shear Capacity (AISI S100-16, G2)
• Web Crippling Capacity (AISI S100-16, G5)
• Combined Bending and Shear (AISI S100-16, Cl H2)
• Combined Bending and Web Crippling (AISI S100-16, Cl H3)
• Effective Second Moment of Area (AISI S100-16, Cl L2)
• Deflections

Support Articles

• How to Design a Cold Formed Steel Beam to AISI S100-16/CSA S136-16
• How to Enter Distributed Loads (Imperial Units)
• How to Enter Beam Supports (Imperial Units)
• Quickly Finding the Best Section with the Member Selector
• How to Use Preferred Sections and Autosize
• How to Change Materials (For Example, Swap Modules Between Timber and Steel)

What is ClearCalcs?

ClearCalcs is a cloud structural design and analysis software helping engineers and designers do their best work quickly. With a broad range of calculations available, streamline your calculations and checks and produce beautiful end reports.