Steel and Composite Beam Design Overview
By: Javier Encinas, PE | November 26, 2019ASDIP STEEL includes the design of steel non-composite or composite beams. This structural engineering software is based on the latest AISC 360 provisions. This article provides an engineering background overview of steel and composite beam structural design.Beams are structural elements that support loads applied transversely, which produce a combination of shear and bending stresses. Steel beams can be designed as non-composite or as composite beams. If non-composite, the loads are resisted by the steel beam alone.Composite action is developed when two load-carrying structural elements, such as a concrete floor slab and its supporting [...]