Software Option for Bridge and
Civil & Structural products
Steel Frame Design
The
LUSAS Steel Frame Design option builds upon the renowned modelling
and analysis capabilities of LUSAS and extends the engineer’s
workflow to allow design code checking of steel members.
In
some finite element software systems, sectional design is
offered through summary pass/fail checks on a model. Whilst
LUSAS offers this, it also provides users with full details of
the calculations made, referencing all relevant clauses and
equations from a design code - giving a step-by-step
calculation transparency normally only found in simple frame
analysis software. Full details of the design checks
undertaken can also be written to a model report.
The
following design codes are currently supported:
AASHTO
LRFD 7th Edition (2014) - AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design
Specifications, 7th Edition, American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, 2014.
AASHTO
LRFD 8th Edition (2017) - AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design
Specifications, 8th Edition, American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, 2017.
AASHTO
LRFD 9th Edition (2020) - AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design
Specifications, 8th Edition, American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, 2017.
ANSI / AISC-360 (2016)
- ANSI/AISC 360-16 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago, July 2016
AS
4100-1998 Steel Structures (Australia) - Australian
Standard: AS4100-1998, Steel structures, Standards
Australia International Ltd, Sydney.
BS5400-3:2000
- Steel, concrete and composite bridges – Part 3: Code of
practice for design of steel bridges, British Standards
Institution, Chiswick, May 2001.
CSA
S6-14 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code - CSA-S6-14,
Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, Dec 2014, CSA Group.
CSA S6:19 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code -
CSA-S6:19,
Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, Dec 2019, CSA Group.
EN1993-1-1+A1:2014
- EN 1993-1-1:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures
– Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings.
EN1993-2:
2006 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 2:
Steel Bridges.
GB50017
- GB50017-2017 Standard for design of steel structures,
China Architecture & Building Press, China.
Viewing
design results
Design
check results are visualised as Utilisation ratios on a
results viewing layer for a selected design code, and active
loadcase, load combination or envelope. Results components for
individual design checks can be chosen for viewing, and
maximum utilisation factors can also be obtained.
Design
summary reports
Produce
a tabular summary of design check results for selected members
and loadcases. Save results for use with Microsoft Excel or
save to a text format. Add results to a model report, and each
time the report is generated design summary data will be
updated to match the current state of the model.
Formatted
member reports
Generate
formatted member reports to investigate the design
calculations carried out for particular members. These show
all calculations made and reference clauses and equations from
the code. Create individual steel member design reports and
optionally append to a main model report. Define model report
templates to speed reproduction of similar content.
We used key clients to
help assess the Steel Design option whilst it was in development. Read
what benefits they see from testing the utility.
One of the key
benefits that we see in LUSAS’ new steel design capability is the
provision of fully-detailed calculation output. This allows us to
easily check the steps in the calculation. We are also pleased to see
that the facility sits fully inside LUSAS, rather than as an external
utility. This means it functions in a familiar way for the engineer as
the rest of the modelling process.
John Harrison,
Structural Engineer, Reid International
The new section checking
facility... provides everything the user needs to interrogate and
verify the implementation of the design codes, which is a welcome
contrast to the ‘black box’ approach of some other software
packages.
Ben Curry, Senior
Engineer, COWI
In summary
Extend your workflow
from analysis into detailed design.
Say goodbye to
“black-box” approaches that hide the calculations from the
user and increase the difficulty of checking and submission.
Don’t need the
detail? Produce summary information instead in graphical, tabular
and report-based formats and quickly see pass/fail criteria.
Learn it fast.
Existing users can easily apply the steel frame design option
because it works in exactly the same way as other tools they have
become familiar with.
Create design reports
individually or append them to the report for the whole model. Mix
summary reports for the whole structure with detailed reports of
critical members. Create templates to speed reproduction of
similar content.
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