Design a Steel Column (ASD) to AISC 360-22
Design hot-rolled steel columns and posts to AISC 360-22 (ASD). Checks axial compression, flexural buckling and combined axial and bending.
Design a Steel Column (LRFD) to AISC 360-22
Design and analyze steel columns and posts to AISC 360-22 (LRFD). Multiple end fixities with traffic-light checks for moment, axial, and deformation.
Design a Wood Column (ASD) to NDS 2024
Design wood columns and studs to NDS 2024 (ASD), with load linking from beams and a database of US wood sections.
Design a Wood Column (LRFD) to NDS 2024
NDS 2024 LRFD wood column. Stability (Cp), combined bending and axial (NDS 3.9), and bearing with φc, KF, λ. Load reactions link from connected beams.
Design a Concrete Column to ACI 318-19
Design rectangular concrete columns to ACI 318-19. Checks axial capacity, P-M interaction, biaxial bending and slender column moment magnification.
Design a Concrete-Filled Column to AISC 360-22
Design concrete-filled HSS composite columns to AISC 360-22 Chapter I, with AISC Design Guide 6 (2nd Ed.), ACI 318-19 and IBC 2024, in LRFD or ASD.
Design a Cold-Formed Steel Stud or Column to AISI S100-16
Design cold-formed steel studs and columns to AISI S100-16(2020) w/S2-20 with the Direct Strength Method and separate effective lengths per axis.
Guides and Examples
Worked Example: Concrete Column to ACI 318-19
Worked example: an axially loaded concrete column to ACI 318-19, solving nominal compressive strength and checking moment and interaction utilization.
Steel Column Validation Examples
Validation and design examples for steel columns to the 2016 AISC Specification, compared with AISC Companion examples.
Wood Column Validation Examples (NDS 2018)
Wood Column to NDS 2018 - Validation Examples
Older Code Editions
Design a Steel Column (ASD) to AISC 360-16
Design hot-rolled steel columns and posts to AISC 360-16 (ASD). An earlier code edition, kept for existing projects.
Design a Steel Column (LRFD) to AISC 360-16
Design hot-rolled steel columns and posts to AISC 360-16 (LRFD). An earlier code edition, kept for existing projects.
Design a Wood Column (ASD) to NDS 2018
Design wood columns and studs to NDS 2018 (ASD). An earlier code edition, kept for existing projects.
Design a Wood Column (LRFD) to NDS 2018
Design wood columns and studs to NDS 2018 (LRFD). An earlier code edition, kept for existing projects.
Design a Rectangular Concrete Column to ACI 318-14
Design rectangular concrete columns to ACI 318-14. An earlier code edition, kept for existing projects.