Material Properties

• Concrete unit weight
• Compressive Strength
• Modulus of elasticity, Ec
• Steel reinforcement yield strenght

Structure Geometry

• Rectangular grid layout is defined by entering the grid lines coordinates or by generating equally spaced grid lines
• Wall geometry is created by graphically applying elements thicknesses to the grid system
• Basic definitions (thicknesses, materials, design parameters, loads, etc.) are input using dialog boxes
• Material properties, design parameters, loads, and boundary conditions are graphically applied to the model using the mouse
• All nodes and elements are automatically numbered by the program

Loads

• Selfweight automatically computed
• Concentrated Line, Uniform, and Area loads
• Line moments and Concentrated moments
• Up to six basic load cases
• Up to 225 load combinations
• In-plane and out-of-plane lateral loads

Analysis and Design

• Displacements in X Y and Z directions
• Reactions at the supports and restrained nodes
• Plate internal forces
• Stiffeners internal forces
• Plate flexural reinforcement
• Stiffeners flexural reinforcements
• Stiffeners shear reinforcements
• Stiffeners torsion reinforcements

Output

• Ability to view results in text and graphical format prior to printing
• Echo of input data
• Generated finite element data
• Output in text format for plate internal forces, displacements, and reinforcement
• Supplementary hand calculations for plate shear and reinforcement may be required
• Output in text format for stiffener internal forces, moment reinforcement, shear reinforcement, and torsion reinforcement
• Contour plots for plate displacements, and internal forces
• Stiffeners internal force diagrams
• Reactions
• Selective printing allowing printing results for all or user selected nodes, members, and load combinations
• Copy contour plots to clipboard

Views

• Fast graphical interface that displays the molded mesh at all times for verification
• Graphical image displaying node and element numbers, grid lines and wall boundaries, stiffeners numbers, and stiffeners boundaries
• Ability to zoom and translate the graphical image
• User controlled screen color setting for different elements
• Contour plots for the results
• Stiffeners results Wall diagrams

Design Parameters

• Minimum and maximum horizontal and vertical reinforcement ratios
• Number of reinforcement layers
• Cracking coefficients for effective moment of inertia
• Reinforcing bar details