Steel members subject to axial stress
Analysis | Design
Effortlessly design and optimise basic steel members subjected to axial stress, e.g., truss members.
The module primarily acts as a post-processor for the Frame and Sumo modules, but also has an interactive mode for quick design or checking of individual members without first performing an analysis in Sumo of Frame.
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Steel members subject to axial, bending, and shear stress
Analysis | Design
Effortlessly design and optimise basic steel members subjected to a combination of axial and bending stresses, e.g., beams and columns in frames.
Easily process your analysis results from PROKON’s Frame and Sumo modules or use the interactive mode for quick design and checking of individual members without the need to first perform and analysis in Sumo or Frame. Simplify the design of a frame by breaking it up into different design tasks.
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Steel runway beams for gantry cranes
Design
Swiftly design and optimise multi-span crane gantry girders with one or two cranes.
The program allows for continuously or simply supported girders. Multiple combinations of main beams and capping beams, including standard I-sections, plate girders and box girders are also supported. The design procedure for crane gantry girders is like that used for statically loaded girders. Crane Beam calculates the envelopes for all the required design forces, including vertical loads and horizontal effects of the moving cranes, moments, and deflections.
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Built-up plate girders
Design
Plate Girder can design I-shaped sections with identical or different top and bottom flanges.
The program also allows you to vary the section properties along the length of the girder to model a tapered element. The program checks the behaviour of girders under specified loading and gives guidance regarding bearing and intermediate stiffeners. The analysis output can be viewed graphically, or you can view the detailed design calculations.
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Steel column base plates
Design | Detailing
Design column baseplates subject to axial force and bi-axial bending as well as shear and torsion.
The Base Plate module can design baseplates that support steel columns of any general steel profile. Base plates can also bear directly on concrete or grout or can be supported on studs. Base plate stiffeners are also supported.
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Steel beam to column moment connections
Design | Detailing
Easily analyse connections that transmit shear, moment, and axial force with PROKON’s moment connection design modules, Beam Column and Apex.
Design welded or bolted rigid beam to column connections for I and H shaped members.
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Steel APEX moment connection
Design | Detailing
Easily analyse connections that transmit shear, moment and axial force with PROKON’s moment connection design modules, Beam Column and Apex.
Design welded or bolted rigid apex connections for I and H shaped members.
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Steel hollow section connections
Design
The Hollow Section performs design checks on welded hollow section joints in lattice structures.
The connecting members transmit axial force and can be circular, square, or rectangular hollow sections. The main chord can be I or H-sections. Supported connection layouts include K, T, N, X, and Y joints and combinations thereof.
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Eccentric bolt group
Design
Performs a linear or non-linear analysis of loads applied in the plane of a group of bolts.
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Eccentric weld group
Design
Performs a linear or non-linear analysis of loads applied in the plane of a group of welds.
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Double angle cleat shear connection
Design | Detailing
Design a double angle cleat shear connection between an I and H-shaped column and beam.
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Fin plate shear connections
Design | Detailing
Design a fin plate shear connection between an I and H-shaped column and beam.
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End plate shear connections
Design | Detailing
Design an end plate shear connection between an I and H-shaped column and beam.
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Cast-in anchor bolts
Design
Analyse and design groups of cast-in anchors subject to tensile loads. A graphical presentation of each potential failure mode gives the engineer confidence in the design. This module is typically used alongside Base Plate.
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