The 2017.a version of StruBIM Design includes the definition and check of concrete and steel composite columns. These are checked in accordance with the ANSI/AISC 360-10 code.
The types of composite columns the 2017.a version of StruBIM Design can check are:
- Rectangular tube filled with concrete
- Welded rolled-steel plates rectangular box, filled with concrete
- Circular tube filled with concrete
- Rectangular concrete section with encased steel section
Rectangular concrete section with longitudinal and transverse reinforcement and encased I-section. - Circular concrete section with encased steel section
Circular concrete section with longitudinal and transverse reinforcement and encased I-section. Stirrups or spirals can be used as transverse reinforcement.
