The main goal of this paper
is to present an educational software for an integrated analysis and design of
steel
structures. The system provides
structural engineering students and designers
with a graphical tool to speed up the assessment of various structural systems.
The motivation created with this fast and user-friendly design process improves
the students ability to obtain more suitable structural solutions. The member
structural strength design checks are performed according to ultimate and
serviceability limit states necessary to insure an adequate structural safety.
The program displays, in an suitable graphical way, all the members designed
together with their strength design ratios. The flexibility of the system
enable users to change on the fly the suggested steel sections according to
fabrication needs or any other constraints.