Steel Buildings
Fespa & Steel Buildings
Fespa provides a table with multiple cross-section types (IPE, HEB, HEA, etc) and facilitates the specification of any standard cross-section by providing a list of available dimensions (180, 200, 240, etc.). The engineer also has the option to describe a welded cross-section.
Fespa provides beam types with special structural characteristics (truss members, seismic links with or without eccentricity, purlins, etc) that need to satisfy specific requirements. The properties that control the structural characteristics (hinges, buckling length, length for the calculation of deflections, etc) of those beams as well as the properties that control certain check requirements (lateral torsional buckling) are automatically updated with regard to the selected beam type.
Properties for the elastic hinges at beam ends for both main directions of the cross section.
Steel Connections
The module of Steel Connections is fully compatible with Fespa. All necessary data (member dimensions, action effects, etc) for the analysis of joints may be imported from Fespa. The results are exported in a Report accompanied by the details of every joint.
The software of steel connections may also be used independently for the calculation of the connection’s resistance.
