Modules for Beams, Columns, Foundations and Slabs design allow you to determine the required reinforcement area and a spacing of reinforcing bars within the cross-section of a concrete structure element.
The RC Member Design module allows you to obtain a theoretical (required) area of reinforcement for selected concrete members.
Access
- Click Design
Required Reinforcement of Beams/Columns - Options Calculations. - Select RC Design RC Members - required reinforcement layout.
Dialog elements
- Calculation type
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- Design.
- Capacity verification (presently not available).
Defines the type of calculation.
- Calculations for
- Specify elements taken into consideration during calculations.
- Members.
- Member groups (presently not available).
Lists of elements are defined in three ways:
- Manually entering the member numbers in an appropriate edit field.
- Starting a selection dialog box with a '...' button.
- Indicating the elements on the screen with a structure view.
- Code combinations and lists of cases
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Specify the code combinations and load cases for each of analyzed limit states.
A set of active fields is different for different codes. Choice fields for code combinations are active only when such calculations have been generated before. A list of cases can be entered in the appropriate field or in a Selection dialog starting with the '...' button.
- Calculate beams
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Number of calculation points for beams can be defined in two ways:
- By defining calculation points at beam length (min. = 3, max. = 100), giving at what length unit the calculations should be performed. The beginning point is a result of accepted options in the Concrete beam definition (Span length and support width) dialog.
- Capabilities and limits of the module used for calculation of theoretical (required) reinforcement area for concrete members and depend on a chosen concrete code.