MODELING & DESIGNING SHEAR WALL / FLAT PLATE BUILDINGS

CONCRETE FLOOR AND FLAT PLATE MODEL

CONCRETE FLOOR AND SHEAR WALL MODELING
• Integrated Object Based Concrete Building Models
• Complex 2D and 3D Shear Walls
• Elevator Cores and Walls with Openings and Curved Shear Walls
• Shear Walls Interacting with Sloped/Spiral Parking Garage Ramps
• Special Modeling of Concrete Flat Plate Floor Systems
• Rigid, Semi-Rigid and Flexible Floor Assignments
• Cracked Properties – Property Modification Factors
• Lateral Drift Control
• Automatic Generation of Code Lateral Wind and Seismic Loads
• Automatic Transfer of Vertical Loads to Framing Systems
• Vertical Area Loads in Any Shape or Configuration
• Arbitrary Line and Point Loads

CONCRETE SHEAR WALL DESIGN
• Shear Wall Design Fully Integrated with Entire Building
• Calculates Reinforcing Requirements for Overturning & Shear
• American, Canadian, British and Indian Codes
• Reinforcing Requirements for 2D Planar Walls
• Reinforcing Requirements for 3D Elevator Core with Openings
• Reinforcing Requirements for Curved Shear Walls
• Reinforcing Requirements for Spandrels & Link Beams
• Design Includes Torsional Effects
• User Controlled Interactive Design & Review
• Accurate Capture of Shear Lag
• Automatic Integration of Forces for Piers and Spandrels
• 2D Wall Pier Design
• 2D Wall Spandrel Design
• 3D Wall Pier Check for Provided Reinforcement
• Interfaced with SAFE for Detailed Floor Slab and Base Mat Design
• Design Data in Database Format

CONCRETE SEISMIC SHEAR WALL DESIGN
• Dynamics – Response Spectrum and Time History Analysis
• Automatic Link Beam Modeling and Design
• Ritz Vector Analysis
• Evaluation of Concrete Floor Diaphragm Shears Using Section Cuts
• Diaphragm Flexibility Effects to Obtain Chord & Collector Forces
• Effects of Accidental Torsion with Centers of Rigidity

CONCRETE SECTION DESIGNER
• Integrated Section Designer for Complex Concrete Sections
• Rectangular, Circular, or Cross Sections of Any Arbitrary Geometry
• Powerful Graphical Interface for Locating Reinforcement
• Calculates Section Properties and Biaxial Moment
• Calculates Section Moment-Curvature Relationships

CONCRETE DETAILING
• Interfaced with CSiDETAILER for Detailing of Beams and Columns
• Interfaced with SAFE for Detailed Floor Slab and Base Mat Design
• Plans and Elevations
• IFC
• Revit Structure
• Reinforcing Details & Bar Schedules

POWER OPTIONS FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES
• Construction Sequence Loading (N)
• Effects of Creep & Shrinkage (N)
• Panel Zone Deformations
• Meshing Techniques for Shear Walls and Floors
• Models Using Line Constraints
• Eccentricities Due to Changes in Member Dimensions
• Base Isolation (N)