The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel is a handy collection of historical AISC steel section information. The spreadsheet includes all superseded versions of the AISC guide and includes all commonly used US historical steel sections going back over 100 years. This spreadsheet provides critical information for the evaluation and analysis of existing steel structures. In total over 16,000 historical sections from the last 150 years are included in the spreadsheet.
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AISC Historical Steel Section Information
There have been many alterations and additions made to the various publications which cover standard steel section information over the years. The AISC guide is on its 15th edition and was preceded by a number of nationwide and steel manufacturer’s publications. Each new edition of the guide added new commonly used sections and altered or removed existing ones. For this reason it is very common in the analysis of existing structures to come across a steel section which is not covered by the latest AISC guide information.
There can also be errors in analysis when analysing existing steel sections with modern design and analysis methods. Methods of design have also changed many times and it may be more appropriate to analyse existing structures based on the original design information rather than section properties which may be calculated differently now. The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel is essential for this process as it contains design information as it was used when the section was made, as well as enough dimensional details to allow the designer to complete a modern analysis.
The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel includes all the critical geometrical and design property information for all steel sections included in historical US publications. The publications included are;
- AISC 14th and 13th editions,
- LRFD Guides 3, 2 and 1,
- ASD guides 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5
- Historical information from guides published by major steelwork suppliers between 1873 and 1952 including Bethlehem Steel, Carnegie Steel Company and United States Steel Company.
The AISC guides includes information on the following sections; W, M, S, HP, C, MC, L, WT, MT, ST, 2L, HSS Rectangular, HSS Circular and Pipe sections. The spreadsheet also includes information for historical steel designations such as ST R, ST S, P, XP, XXP, Z, T FS, U, BP, ST B, ST jr, ST I, ST WF, JrU, Jr, BWF, BLB, BJ and many other historic section designations.
The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel includes detailed information on the geometrical properties of steel sections. The geometrical properties include; cross sectional area, section dimensions including flange/web thicknesses, detailing dimensions, weight per foot and slenderness ratios where applicable.
The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel also includes all the section design information which may be required for the design of any of the sections. The design properties include; moment of inertia, elastic and plastic section moduli, beam buckling factors, radius of gyration, location of the neutral axis, grip, location of the shear centre, reduction factors for slender elements, angle between principle and other axis, torsional moment of inertia, theoretical net area, polar radius of gyration, radius of gyration for back to back angles separated by a distance, warping constant, column slenderness ratios, warping statical moments, flexural constant and shape perimeters.
All design properties included in the original published form allowing the designer to evaluate existing sections in accordance with modern requirements or with the requirements as they were when the sections were made. The spreadsheet presents this data in the form of a single large table which allows the user to see all the design information for each section along with similar sections on one page.
CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel
The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel is an important resource for any steelwork designer. It is critical that accurate and reliable information on section dimensions and design properties are used whenever any structural analysis is undertaken on existing steel structures. In many cases the steel sections used on older steel structures will not be covered in the up to date guidance. The CivilWeb AISC Historical Shapes Excel presents all this data in a simple and easy to use format. The spreadsheet includes full detail and property design information for more than 16,000 historical sections used in the US for nearly 150 years.
