Steel Table USA - AISC Shapes, Optimizer, Compare & RCSC Bolt Mode

Explorer

Twelve categories. One search bar.

Open on twelve category cards, each with its own price button. Search a designation like L4X4X1/2, switch to a spreadsheet-style table, and sort with filters.

W / M / S / HPwide flange & beams

ChannelsC · MC

Equal AnglesL

Unequal AnglesL

TeesWT · MT · ST

HSS Rectsquare & rect

HSS Roundround hollow

Pipestandard pipe

Barsround & square

Flatsyour own size

Plateyour own size

Sheetyour own size

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Optimizer · Compare

Need an I_x? Get the lightest.

Enter the moment of inertia you need and the app lists the top ten sections, lightest first. Limit by category or maximum weight, then send up to four to the compare tray. Try a small version right here.

Target moment of inertia I_x (in⁴)

Max weight (lb/ft, optional)

Rank by

Steel price ($ per lb)

This web demo searches 22 common W-shapes (values from the AISC Shapes Database v16.0). The app searches every category, with I_y and more ranking options.

TOP 5 FOR I_x ≥ 500 IN⁴COMPARE 0 / 4

Inspect

Where did that number come from?

Rolled shapes come straight from the AISC Shapes Database v16.0, imperial and metric columns both. Design capacity follows AISC 360 and the card tells you its assumptions.

26.00 lb/ft · $14/ft

A992 · M_n 139.70 kip-ft

PROPERTIES FROM GEOMETRY

4 / 4 IN THE TRAY

01 · EXPLORE

Start anywhere.

Twelve category cards from wide flange and channels to plate and sheet, each with its section count. A button cycles between full cards, names only and shapes only.

02 · INSPECT

Everything, one panel.

Profile sketch with axes, dimensions, weight and cost, inertia, radius of gyration, and elastic and plastic moduli. Choose A36, A992 or another grade and the Design Capacity card shows yield, bending, shear and tension.

Compact sectionLaterally supportedNo LTB checki explains it all

03 · SKETCH

Full-screen drawing.

Just the shape, full width, every dimension labelled. Previous and next buttons step through the list.

04 · YOUR SIZE

Bars, flats, plate, sheet.

Enter your own dimensions and the whole panel recalculates from the geometry at 7850 kg/m³.

05 · COMPARE

Four, side by side.

Dimensions, weight, cost, inertia and efficiency per unit mass next to each other, with one tap to inspect any of them.

Bolt Mode

RCSC tables. A real calculator.

Bolt Mode follows the 2020 RCSC Specification, with every table labelled by number. The bolt group calculator checks shear, tension and slip-critical capacity, with an optional bearing and tearout check at the connected material.

Minimum pretension

RCSC Table 5.2 (kips), as shown in the app.

D_B (IN)	GROUP 120	GROUP 144 / 150
1/2	12	15
5/8	19	24
3/4	28	35
7/8	39	49
1	51	64
1-1/8	64	80
1-1/4	81	102
1-3/8	97	121
1-1/2	118	148

Bolt group check

Group 120, 3/4 in, 4 bolts, single shear, threads included, LRFD. Switch the applied load to see the verdict change, exactly like the app's two cases.

Design / bolt (φ = 0.75)17.9 kips

Group capacity (4 bolts)71.6 kips

✓ Adequate · D/C = 0.56

Nominal bolt hole dimensions in dark theme

Make it yours

Your price. Your format.

Pricing

Cost per foot, everywhere

Set one steel price per pound in the menu, or give a single category its own with the $ button. Costs per foot update across the whole app.

$0.55 / lbW12X26 = $14.30 / ft

Export

Out to anything

Export a whole category's section data, copy it, or save the file. Spreadsheets, scripts or reports.

CSVEXCEL · STAADJSONAPIS & APPSMDREPORTS

Light or dark

Office or site cabin

Light and dark themes, imperial and metric, adjustable text size. No account to create.

See it move

The full catalogue, in a minute.

Steel Table USA: two modes, steel and bolt

Cost per unit, design capacity and navigation

⚠ For reference, not for sign-off Steel Table USA is a fast reference tool. Every value is transcribed from publicly available AISC shapes data, but transcription can contain errors. Always verify critical dimensions and properties against the current official AISC Steel Construction Manual before using them in a real design, drawing, or structural calculation. Trishunya Infotech is not liable for outcomes resulting from reliance on data in this app - see the Terms of Use for the full disclaimer. The AISC Steel Construction Manual and its shapes database are published by, and remain the property of, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) - Trishunya Infotech does not claim any ownership or official authority over this standard. All data compiled in this app comes from publicly available information.

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