Plated steel beams
Plated beams - AISC head code
Steel beams with the Fabrication type set to Plated can be autodesigned or checked to AISC 360-05, 360-10 and 360-16 , provided the section is selected from the list of Plated Beams highlighted below, (or the list of Plated Columns).
If the plated section were to be selected from any of the other lists of compound section types (e.g. Rolled I-sections with Plates), design or checking would be beyond scope.
While one plated section has been provided as a default, you can define (and save) your own plated sections by clicking the Add... button shown below.
Note: Autodesign requires a Design section order to be specified, a new design section order can be created specifically for plated sections once these have been added to the sections database.
In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections with the following current limitations:
- The design is for non-composite sections only.
- Slender Sections are beyond scope.
- Only parallel flange sections can be used.
Plated beams - Eurocode head code
Steel beams with the Fabrication type set to Plated can be autodesigned or checked to Eurocodes, provided the section is selected from the list of Plated Beams highlighted below, (or the list of Plated Columns).
If the plated section were to be selected from any of the other lists of compound section types (e.g. Rolled I-sections with Plates), design or checking would be beyond scope.
While one plated section has been provided as a default, you can define (and save) your own plated sections by clicking the Add... button shown below.
Note: Autodesign requires a Design section order to be specified, a new design section order can be created specifically for plated sections once these have been added to the sections database.
In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections.
Plated beams - BS head code
Steel beams with the Fabrication type set to Plated can be autodesigned or checked to BS 5950, provided the section is selected from the list of Plated Beams highlighted below, (or the list of Plated Columns).
If the plated section were to be selected from any of the other lists of compound section types (e.g. Rolled I-sections with Plates), design or checking would be beyond scope.
While one plated section has been provided as a default, you can define (and save) your own plated sections by clicking the Add... button shown below.Note: Autodesign requires a Design section order to be specified, a new design section order can be created specifically for plated sections once these have been added to the sections database.
In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections.
Plated beams - Indian head code
When the steel beam Fabrication type is set to Plated a range of compound sections can be autodesigned or checked to the Indian design code.
The section shapes supported are:
- Rolled Channels back to back
- Rolled Channels toe to toe
- Doubled rolled I sections
- Doubled rolled I sections with plates
The scope of design of these compound sections includes both beams and columns and autodesign.
Note: Autodesign requires a Design section order to be specified, a new design section order can be created specifically for compound sections once these have been added to the sections database.
In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections with the following current limitations:
- The design is for non-composite sections only.
- Slender Sections are beyond scope.
- High Shear case with minor axis moment is beyond scope.
- Design of the lacing or battening system is beyond scope.
- Only parallel flange sections can be used.
Plated beams - Australian head code
When the Fabrication type is set to Plated, only welded doubly symmetric I-section beams can be autodesigned or checked to the Australian code.
A pre-defined range of these is available from the Welded Beams page of the Select Section dialog - these can be both checked and autodesigned.
Note: Autodesign requires a Design section order to be specified, the Welded Beams design section order is provided for this purpose.
While you can add to the range of welded beams the Select Section dialog by clicking the Add... button, any such user-defined beams can only be analyzed, but are not designed.
Plated beams available on other pages of the Select Section dialog can be analyzed, but are not designed.
