A MS-Excel user friendly tool for the calculation of effective section area for class 4 slender steel section

This report describes the design tool created for the calculation of effective section area for Class 4 Slender Steel Sections based on Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Applications. It is built upon a previous final year project based on the calculation of effective section area for Class 4 Cl...

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Main Author: Ang, Ying Shan
Other Authors: Lee Chi King
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63636
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:This report describes the design tool created for the calculation of effective section area for Class 4 Slender Steel Sections based on Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Applications. It is built upon a previous final year project based on the calculation of effective section area for Class 4 Closed Section (Rectangular Hollow Sections). ST-34AB is extended to the calculation of effective section area for two more section types, the Roman II Section and I-Section with Extra Plate, and they are based on the design guidelines in Eurocode 3 Part 1-1 and Part 1-5. The finalised design tool incorporated user-friendly features with the computations to bring about a program that is practical, efficient and accurate, while facilitating the understanding of significant engineering principles behind the effective area calculations.