Webinar | Designing a Cold Formed Steel Beam Using AISI S100-16

ClearCalcs engineer Brooks Smith outlines what makes Cold Formed and Light Gauge steel unique, the design process using the Direct Strength Method, and runs through design examples and considerations including: flexural capacity, shear capacity, bearing capacity, load interactions, and deflection.

This webinar is perfect for structural and civil engineers interested in learning more about cold formed steel for and its applications in structural design and analysis.

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Outline
1:00 Introduction - About the Presenter
3:02 Introduction - Today's Goals
9:23 Finite Element / Strip Analysis • The Direct Strength Method, which is the preferred method in AISI 5100-16, requires a rational analysis that usually takes the form of the Finite Strio Method • Generally only needs to be done once for a section, and alternate methods do exist
12:02 Geometric Derivatives • First, make sure you have some of the basic geometric properties
13:03 Flexural Capacity - Global Buckling (F2.1)
17:54 Flexural Capacity - Inelastic Reserve (F2.4.2) • Allows small amounts of localized yielding that doesn't affect stability • Optional provision certain connections or member types may forbid
19:38 Flexural Capacity - Finite Strip 2
26:52 Flexural Capacity - Distortional Buckling (F4) • Distortional buckling involves movement of the corners of the cross section, but where not all corners move together • Does not assume an interaction with global buckling
29:07 Shear Capacity - Shear Buckling (G2.3)
32:57 Web Crippling Capacity - Overview (G5) • All based upon just one equation
34:41 Web Crippling Capacity - Cees (Table G5-2)
37:52 Load Interaction - Flexure & Shear (H2)
43:37 Beams - Wrapping It Up
44:54 Example Beam #1 - Simply Supported
56:02 Summing It Up CFS engineering design is unique because of
57:38 Questions?

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