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American Steel Design
Section 2
2-6
Tubes, like pipes, can be input by their dimensions (Height, Width
and Thickness) as follows.
6 TA ST TUBE DT 8.0 WT 6.0 TH 0.5
is a tube that has a height of 8, a width of 6, and a wall
thickness of 0.5.
Member Selection cannot be performed on tubes specified in the
latter way. Only code checking can be performed on these
sections.
Welded Plate Girders
Welded plate girders from the AISC manual may be specified as
follows.
B 61 20 10
Built-up section symbol Thickness of flange in
inches X 10 (Only use
portion before decimal
point)
Nominal Depth in inches Nominal flange Width
(inches)
Example :
1 TO 10 TA ST B612017
15 16 TA ST B682210
Castellated Beams
STAAD.Pro incorporates the non-composite castellated beam
tables supplied by the steel products manufacturer SMI Steel
Products. See section 2.16 for details.