RF-/STEEL Cold-Formed Sections Module Extension

Product Description

Cold-Formed Steel Member Design According to EC3

Steel and Aluminium Structures Add-on Modules

Design Cold-Formed Steel According to EN 1993-1-3 with Dlubal Software

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Steel and Aluminium Structures Add-on Modules

RF-/STEEL Cold-Formed Sections is an extension of the RF-/STEEL EC3 add-on module. With this program, you can perform ultimate and serviceability state design for cold-formed steel members according to the following standards:

EN 1993-1-3
EN 1993-1-5

Features
- Available for cold-formed L, Z, C, channel, top-hat, and CL sections from the cross-section database, as well as for cold-formed (non-perforated) SHAPE-THIN 9 cross-sections
- Determination of the effective cross-section considering the local buckling and the distortional buckling
- Cross-section ultimate limit state, stability, and serviceability limit state designs according to EN 1993‑1‑3
- Design of local transverse forces for webs without stiffening
- Available for all National Annexes included in RF-/STEEL EC3
- RF-/STEEL Warping Torsion module extension (license required) for stability analysis according to the second-order analysis as stress analysis including consideration of the 7th degree of freedom (warping)
Input

Since RF-/STEEL Cold-Formed Sections is fully integrated in RF-/STEEL EC3, the data is entered in the same way as for the usual design in this module. It is only necessary to select the design option for cold-formed cross-sections in the Details dialog box.
Results

The design results are displayed in RF-/STEEL EC3 in the usual way.
Among other results, the corresponding result windows include the effective cross-section properties due to axial force N, bending moment My, bending moment Mz, internal forces, and design summary.