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C.S.E.: THE STEEL
CONNECTIONS DESIGN AND
CHECK SOFTWARE

Steel Connections Software C.S.E.:
standard and nonstandard steel
connections

WELCOME TO C.S.E. MAIN PAGE
!
C.S.E. is a powerful software for the
design and check of steel connections
QUICK LINKS:
Lessons (many multimedia lessons, wmv file format)
On line HTML guide
Demo download page
Prices for USA market
Prices for European market
ENTRY VERSION FROM 290 $

SHORT DESCRIPTION
C.S.E. (CONNECTIONS STUDY
ENVIRONMENT) is a steel


PROD
UCTS:




connection software (a structural
analysis software), that is, a software
dealing with structural steel
connections design, the design and
check of steel joints and steel
connections of steel structures.
CSE is fruit of a research begun in 1999
(see history page). I t is a completely
new solution to the problem of steel
joints and steel connections design,
calculation, verification and checking.
CSE is the only presently available
program which is able to apply
structural checks to steel connections
defined freely placing components in
3D space (nonstandard steel
connections), that is allowing a true
freedom of component positioning.
Of course standard steel connections are
also possible, via a typical connection
database, which may also be extended
by users. Therefore CSE also manages
pre-defined joints like other programs
available in the market, as for example:
simple connections and moment
connections, FIN plate, flexible end
plate (FEP), double angle cleats
(DAC), base plates, et cetera, like
those explained in SCI Green Books
(SCI P207, SCI P212, SCI P358).
But... CSE may also checks steel
connections freely created by the
user. See here a gallery of images.
Components may be defined in a
general way thanks to an interactive
graphic user interface which lets the
user place components where he/she
wants. Objects may be rotated shifted,
cut, beveled, or modified according to
user's needs (see program card for a
short overview).

Connections may be checked, finally,
thanks to a very general and flexible
(fem) model that the program manages
in the background. All forces and
moments are kept and properly
transferred, you don't have to worry
anymore about that!
Not only. CSE is also able to learn from
the user, if and when needed, new
checks to be executed automatically.
However, due to the very general tools
embedded in the program, this need is
not frequent.
CSE is a standalone program. However
it is also interfaced with Sap2000
TM
,
STRAP
TM
, STAAD PRO
TM
,
MIDAS
TM
and RISA3D
TM
and to our
Sargon
TM
. New interfaces are in the
pipeline, including a text file.
Using CSE you can check steel
connections of complex structures in
hundreds or thousands load
combinations. CSE checks
automatically overlapping, recognizes
connections, joint topology and
proper layouts (bolt spacing,
minimum weld throat), and is able to
automatically execute all the
computations needed to transfer internal
forces from the theoretical extremes of
the members to their true, distributed
joiner points.

The program has a very wide set of
checks: many simplified automatic
checks, automatic on-request fem
modelling of components or of
aggregates of components (up to the
whole node), including the single forces
transferred by joiners sub-components,
or user defined simplified checks (via
pre-defined variables and user
variables).


Standard automatic checks of joiners,
cleats and members are available (net
sections automatic detection and
verification, anchors, bearing pressures,
pull out, shear, block-shear, punching
shear, no-tension one-side contacts, and
much more).
Using CSE you can quickly design steel
connections (using fillet or
penetration welds and bolts) of 2D and
3D structures and check them to
Eurocode 3 (EN 1993-1-8), IS 800
(Indian standard), USA AISC-ASD,
AISC-LRFD, UK BS-5950. Since units
of measurement of interface can be
modified at any time as well as the
output language, you can link with any
third party. All the relevant results can
be got both graphically and via a text
file.