American Steel Design
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designation symbol in the input file. Details of the latter are
explained below.
The AISI Steel Section Library:
The command-line syntax for assigning steel sections from the
AISI library is as explained below :
C-Section With Lips
20 TO 30 TA ST 14CS3.75X135
33 36 TA ST 12CS1.625X102
42 43 TA ST 4CS4X060
C-Section Without Lips
50 TO 60 TA ST 10CU1.25X071
32 33 TA ST 3CU1.25X057
21 28 TA ST 1.5CU1.25X035
Z-Section With Lips
1 3 4 TA ST 12ZS3.25X135
33 45 TA ST 10ZS3X060
12 13 TA ST 6ZS2X048
Z-Section Without Lips
2 3 TA ST 8ZU1.25X105
4 5 TA ST 4ZU1.25X036
6 7 TA ST 1.5ZU1.25X048