Capacity-Based Design Capabilities in S-Frame/S-Steel
I am interested in understanding whether the latest version of S-Frame/S-Steel supports designing braced frames based on the capacity-based design principle. Previous versions required the use of alternative methods or hand calculations. Any insights or updates on this feature in the current version would be greatly appreciated.
Hello Milan,
Thank you for getting in touch.
S-FRAME does support capacity-based design for the CSA and AISC codes, utilizing a nonlinear quasi-static analysis. We actually have a video on this topic which you can find here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpeOB5H54dE
Hopefully this can be of use.
Regards,
Matthew Sauer
Altair Support