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Simplified Web based online Reinforced Concrete Structure Design Tools- free to be used online or offline, in case one wants to save the web page. No login required.
Synopsis:
There are a lot of commercial softwares available to solve structural design problems such as ETABS, STAAD Pro, etc. However, to use these softwares, a person must have some basic civil engineering knowledge and it also requires detail information input for modeling. The engineers, architects and ordinary people including home owner, contractors and others do not have any handy software available to get very quick design and estimation of materials. Moreover, no unpaid tool is available for them to have an idea of the size and cost of building elements, such as slab, beam thickness, total steel by weight etc. and even paid softwares need detail data input. To overcome these shortcomings of the modern day softwares and to empower the engineers, architects and others to have structural design and estimated materials ready with very simple inputs; a web based, free of cost application is developed according to ACI-318-11 with visual output. The user including the engineer, the architect, and common non-technical person can give very simple inputs, e.g., slab width, length etc., in a webpage and instantly get the visual results there. It can be used for initial structural design, verifying existing design and detail estimation of materials.
Note that we are still working on all the details.Please visit again in future.
As of now, only two way slab design and one way slab design and beam designs are ready to be used.
We hope to cover the full building solution in near future.
Please contact us with your feedback.
Disclaimer: These are meant for Educational Purpose. You may use for commercial use, such as checking preliminary design, estimating, but we are not responsible for that.
Link: http://drlatifee.weebly.com/
Simplified Web based online Reinforced Concrete Structure Design Tools- free to be used online or offline, in case one wants to save the web page. No login required.
Synopsis:
There are a lot of commercial softwares available to solve structural design problems such as ETABS, STAAD Pro, etc. However, to use these softwares, a person must have some basic civil engineering knowledge and it also requires detail information input for modeling. The engineers, architects and ordinary people including home owner, contractors and others do not have any handy software available to get very quick design and estimation of materials. Moreover, no unpaid tool is available for them to have an idea of the size and cost of building elements, such as slab, beam thickness, total steel by weight etc. and even paid softwares need detail data input. To overcome these shortcomings of the modern day softwares and to empower the engineers, architects and others to have structural design and estimated materials ready with very simple inputs; a web based, free of cost application is developed according to ACI-318-11 with visual output. The user including the engineer, the architect, and common non-technical person can give very simple inputs, e.g., slab width, length etc., in a webpage and instantly get the visual results there. It can be used for initial structural design, verifying existing design and detail estimation of materials.
Note that we are still working on all the details.Please visit again in future.
As of now, only two way slab design and one way slab design and beam designs are ready to be used.
We hope to cover the full building solution in near future.
Please contact us with your feedback.
Disclaimer: These are meant for Educational Purpose. You may use for commercial use, such as checking preliminary design, estimating, but we are not responsible for that.
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Create Simple Reinforced Concrete DesignsLast updated November, 2015One Way Slab
Definition: When a rectangular slab is supported on all four sides, but the ratio of longer side, L, to shorter side, W, is two or more, L/W ≥ 2.0, then, the slab will act as a one-way slab, with bending primarily occurring in the short direction. Such slabs are designed as one-way slabs where the span length (Ln) is equal to the length of short direction.
Here, main reinforcement is placed in the shorter direction which is the span, while shrinkage reinforcement is provided in the longer direction to limit cracking. |
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