Digital Canal Structural Aluminum Design 4.1
DigitalCanal’sAluminumDesignisoneoftheveryfewprogramsthatcandesignaluminumstructuralmembers.Whilealuminummaynotbethematerialofchoiceforeverydaystructuraldesigns,itanexcellentchoiceincorrosiveordecorativeapplications.

Keyprogramfeaturesinclude:
Designstructuralaluminummemberssubjecttoaxialloadsand/orbiaxialmoments.
CalculationsareperformedinaccordancewithAA-2015.
SupportedshapesincludeI-beams,channels,angles,pipes,tubes,zees.
Checkaspecificsize(CheckMode)orhavetheprogramoptimizethesize(DesignMode).
Deflectiondesignanddimensioncontrol.
Memberscanbemadeof6005A-T6,6061-T6,6063-T5or6063-T6alloys.
User-definedtensionareareductionratio.
Automaticallowablestressforweldedsections.
Loadinputsincludeconcentratedandlinearloadsinallthreedirections(axial,weakaxis,strongaxis)aswellasendmomentsaboutbothaxes.
DigitalCanal’sAluminumDesigncanbeboughtseparately—youdon’tneedtobuya“structuralsystem”or“engineeringlibrary”todesignanaluminumbeamorcolumn.
ReportsareinMicrosoftWordformat(RTF)givingyouunequalledcompatibilitywithothersoftware.
FlexibleunitcontrolsallowfordesignonvariousUSsystems.
Dynamicgraphicwindowillustratesinputsastheyareentered.

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