Master Steel Tables

These tables all of the section properties for each available section. The program accesses these tables to gather information for calculations.

Several Master Steel Tables are provided with the program:

RAMAISC.TAB contains the AISC shapes, including the shapes with the HSS designations.
RAMAISCM.TAB is identical to RAMAISC.TAB except that it contains the metric labels of the AISC shapes.
RAMAISCwithA1085HSS.TAB is identical to RAMAISC.TAB except the section properties for HSS shapes are based on ASTM A1085. In this standard the section properties are base on the full wall thickness, no on a value reduced by a factor of 0.93. Note that these shapes also have a yield of 50 ksi.
RAMAISCwithVJG.TAB is identical to RAMAISC.TAB plus it contain data for Virtual Joist Girders, created by the Steel Joist Institute. Refer to SJI for more information on these sections.
RAMCAN.TAB contains the Canadian shapes.
RAMUK.TAB contains the British shapes.
RAMUK_CF.TAB contains the standard UB and UC shapes, like the RAMUK.TAB, but it contains the cold-formed hollow structural sections rather than the hot finished hollow sections.
RAMEURO.TAB contains the European shapes.
RAMARCELOR.TAB contains the ArcelorMittal shapes.
RAMAS.TAB contains the Australian shapes.
RAMINDIA.TAB contains the Indian shapes.

The Master Steel Tables are in text file format and can be edited, allowing you to customize the tables. Steel sections are listed in groups according to their shape. Sections not included in the original files can be added and those that are not used can be removed. When removing sections, keep in mind that any section that appears in a Design Steel Table must also appear in the corresponding Master Steel Table. The converse of this is not true. The Master Table can contain sections that do not appear in other tables. Besides adding and deleting sections, groups and sections within groups can be reordered in any way the engineer finds convenient.

Tip: It is recommended that edited files be given different names than the original files to distinguish them from the originals. Otherwise, a backup copy of the file should be made before editing so the original file can be recovered if desired.

Additional Master Steel Tables can be created to contain specially designed built-up sections or other sections not included in one of the Master Tables. There is no limit to the number of tables supported by the program. If new Master Tables are created, corresponding Design Tables must also be created.