Composite Steel Beam Design for Efficient and Structurally Sound Designs

Composite steel beams utilize the compressive strength of concrete in tandem with the tensile strength of steel to facilitate efficient, yet structurally sound designs. When designed correctly, composite steel beams can offer longer beam spans, reduced steel beam sizes, and less deflection compared to standard steel beams.

Altair S-FRAME and Altair S-STEEL utilize a staged construction approach to allow for the design of shored, and unshored composite floor systems that consider pre-composite, and composite behavior. We explain the workflow used for composite steel beam design.