A simple library for section properties of AISC steel shapes
Project description
SteelPy
steelpy is a library that acts a database for AISC steel shapes for easy use in structural calculations and applications. The library includes W, M, S, HP, WT, MT, ST, Pipe, HSS, L, and Double L profiles.
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Installation
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Usage
Installation
Install using pip:
pip install steelpy
Usage
To use the steelpy library, first import the module
from steelpy import aisc
The library includes W, M, S, HP, WT, MT, ST, Pipe, HSS, L, and Double L profiles. To access a library of shapes, simply use dot notation for the group of profiles:
aisc.C_shapes
aisc.DBL_L_shapes
aisc.HP_shapes
aisc.HSS_R_shapes
aisc.HSS_shapes
aisc.L_shapes
aisc.M_shapes
aisc.MC_shapes
aisc.MT_shapes
aisc.PIPE_shapes
aisc.S_shapes
aisc.ST_shapes
aisc.W_shapes
aisc.WT_shapes
From there, specific profiles and properties are queried in a similar manner:
beam = aisc.W_shapes.W12X26
Fy = 50
Aw = beam.d * beam.tw
Cv = 1.0
Vn = 0.6*Fy*Aw*Cv
Shapes with fractions, hyphens or decimal points in their names are queried by replacing each with underscore:
aisc.C_shapes.C12X20_7
aisc.L_shapes.L4X4X1_4
aisc.W_shapes.W6X8_5
Values are consistent with the AISC Steel Construction Manual, 16th Ed. and use the imperial system (inches, lbs). .xlsx files for each library of shapes is saved in steelpy > shape files and can be referenced for the available shape profiles and associated properties.
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