Hot Rolled Steel - Design

Design Codes

Full code checking member optimization can be applied to standard steel shapes based on the following codes:

• United States:
  • AISC 360-16 (15th Edition) ASD & LRFD
  • AISC 360-10 (14th Edition) ASD & LRFD
  • AISC 360-05 (13th Edition) ASD & LRFD
  • AISC LRFD (2nd and 3rd Editions)
  • AISC ASD (9th Edition)
• Canada:
  • CSA S16-14
  • CSA S16-09
  • CSA S16-05
  • CSA S16-01
  • CSA S16.1-94
• Europe/Great Britain:
  • EN 1993-1-1: 2014 (including the U.K. National Annex provisions)
  • EN 1993-1-1: 2005 (including the U.K. National Annex provisions)
  • ENV 1993-1-1: 1992
  • BS 5950-1: 2000
• India:
  • IS 800: 2007
  • IS 800: 1998
• Australia:
  • AS 4100-1998
• New Zealand:
  • NZS 3404: 1997

The calculations performed encompass all the code requirements (including the local buckling criteria for slender compression elements in Appendix B of the 2nd, 3rd, and 9th Edition AISC codes) except those noted in the Limitations section of this document

Hot Rolled Steel Parameters - Quick Links:

• Unbraced Lengths
• K Factors (Effective Length Factors)
• Sway Flags
• AISC Design Code Parameters & Limitations
• Canadian Design Code Parameters & Limitations
• British Design Code Parameters & Limitations
• EuroCode Design Code Parameters & Limitations
• Indian Design Code Parameters & Limitations
• Australian & New Zealand Design Code Parameters & Limitations