Software to design for AISC 360-05

[enginerding]

Does anyone know of a software package that performs designs according to AISC 360-05 (the new AISC Specification)? The spec. requires consideration of second order effects. The process would be much quicker with a software package.

 

[Bagman2524]

I'm not aware of any, my guess is that it'll take a while before this hits the shelves.

 

[WillisV]

The spec has required consideration of second order effects for a good while - are you just talking about the new possible methods of analysis (Direct Design)? If so, a general software package like SAP2000 would be already capable of designing per this method if you put in the correct stiffnesses and notional loads by hand.

 

[enginerding]

The 1989 ASD Spec. does not explicitly require P-delta analysis. The new spec ASD/LRFD explicitly requires P-delta. WillisV, you are correct in that the LRFD spec has required this for some time. We use ASD for nearly all our steel design.

We use RISA 3-D currently; it can do P-delta analyses. It does not perform AISC 360-05 design checks on those results.

I guess I could write some post-processor spreadsheets to make these checks for me, but the time (=money) involved in putting them together could be better spent on a package that already performs these checks.