Shaft3D – A powerful software for foundation design and analysis

Shaft3D software is created for simplifying the pile design process specifically for the drilled shafts or caisson type foundations. The software will allow you to perform multi tasking like shaft axial capacity analysis, lateral analysis and concrete design etc.

With Shaft3D, it is possible to design caisson foundations for windmills, transmission lines, utility lines or any other structure requiring drilled pier foundations quickly.

Shaft3D can enhance your productivity considerably through its windows-based, easy-to-learn graphical interface and its capacity to offer a complete solution for different types of analyses.

Given below, some useful features of the software :-

• International Design Codes: Compatible with various concrete design codes to finish your global projects efficiently.
• User Defined Parameters: There are various design options like shaft boundary conditions, choice of safety factors in end bearing, skin friction and pullout, choice of axial capacity methods and lot of others to fulfill numerous project specifications.
• Graphical Input of Soil Profile: Facilitates input of unrestricted number of soil layers, each with various unique set of soil properties graphically permitting you to visualize your soil profile.
• Soil Property Values: Offers a series of values of soil properties like cohesion, angle of internal friction with selection of the soil type authorizing you to complete a preliminary design devoid of detailed soil report.

• Load Cases and Combinations: Produces generally used load cases and combinations for shaft design that saves design time considerably.

• Multiple Analyses: Accomplishes axial capacity analysis, lateral analysis and concrete design in one combined surrounding.
• Axial Capacity Methods: Facilitates to choose from several axial capacity methods so that it is possible to fulfill the need of your company or client.

• Lateral Analysis: Accomplish lateral analysis with finite element analysis demonstrating vital information like deflections, shears, bending moments along the length of the shaft allowing you to explore with different “what-if” scenarios.
• Concrete Design: Execute concrete capacity design for axial loads and biaxial bending that offers you a complete geotechnical and structural solution.
• Rebar Layouts: Generates several rebar layouts with customization options.

• Material Quantities: Produces material quantities to perform precise cost estimates for your customers each time at each phase of the project.
• Detailed Design Sketches: Creates a detailed design sketch with plan, elevation and section to sum up the completed design efficiently.

• Multiple Reporting Options: Produces various types of customizable reports to utilize them for your internal or client requirements.

To know the additional features, go through the following link dimsoln.com

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Download truss design spreadsheet

This estimating spreadsheet is specifically created for designing truss. By using this spreadsheet one can design light gage truss on the basis of AISI S100/SI-10 & ER-4943P.

The following design criterion is required for truss analysis.

The intermediate, finite element analysis contains shear deformations with E & G equivalent to 29500 ksi & 11300 ksi.

There are various rotations at similar joint of web to chord, since web pinned to continued chord.

Top chord shall be affixed to sheathing prior to inclusion of vertical load.

This spreadsheet will be useful for defining joint deflections with finite

To download the spreadsheet, click on the following link. www.finesoftware.eu

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Brief demonstration on counterfort retaining wall

This construction video is the part 2 series of retaining wall design. In this video, you will learn various aspects of counterfort retaining wall along with the details of stability checks.

The video includes brief calculation made for cantilever and counterfort wall.

In the counterfort retaining wall, the step and the base slab are connected unitedly with counterforts at proper gaps.

As a consequence of provision of counterforts, the vertical stem together with the heel slab performs as continuous slab, contrary to the cantilevers of cantilever retaining wall.

They are inexpensive for height in excess of about 6 m.

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How to compute quantity of steel in column footing with BBS

This construction video tutorial will teach you how to estimate the steel quantity in column footing with bar bending schedule.

Column Footing stands for an independent footing or foundation under a column or either equivalent member for delivering the concentrated load by means of uniformly loads to the soil underneath in order that the bearing capacity of the soil is not surpassed and differential settling does not take place. The footing may come in square, rectangular or circular in plan.

The footing may be constructed with brick masonry, stone, R.C.C., steel grill-age etc on the basis of the load to be transferred as well as the bearing capacity of soil. As a result of low bending strength, the footings built with brick, stone or plain concrete need extensive depth to bear heavy loads safely.

The depth of plain concrete footing is minimized significantly with the arrangement of reinforcements at its base to withstand tensile stresses. R.C.C. column footings may com in circular, rectangular or square in plan. The footing is reinforced both-ways using mild steel ribbed bars which are arranged at exact angles to one another at similar distances apart.

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Some useful design and analysis software for engineers

This construction video provides the detailed lists of most recognized design and analysis software for Civil Engineering.

The lists include the following :-

Bentley Staad Pro – It is used for 3d structural analysis and design. With it, one can design different types of structures as well as distribute synchronized model data efficiently with the whole design team.

For more information, visit www.bentley.com

SAP 2000 – It offers composite solution for structural analysis and design with its advanced analytical methods. Use this software to generate structural models quickly and intuitively devoid of long learning curve delays.

For more information, visit www.csiamerica.com

Struds – It is the ideal software for creating design of concrete structures as per Indian codes as well as designing high rise concrete buildings and various building elements like slabs, beams, columns, shear walls and foundations etc. instantly and smoothly.

For more information, visit struds-v11.software.informer.com

Etabs - A composite software package for making the structural analysis and design of buildings. ETABS provides supreme 3D object based modeling and visualization tools, deeply quick linear and nonlinear analytical power, profound and wide-ranging design powers for a wide array of materials, and insightful graphic displays, reports, and schematic drawings that facilitate the users to instantly and easily solve and recognize analysis and design results.

For more information, visit www.csiamerica.com

GT Strudl – It is a powerful structural analysis and design modeling software for structural engineers. The software can be applied for concrete, steel, and reinforced concrete design of structures.

For more information, visit, ppm.intergraph.com

Microstation – It is a CAD software product from Bentley Systems for two and three dimensional design and drafting. With MicroStation, it is possible to efficiently view, model, document, and visualize projects of any size or complexity.

For more information, visit www.bentley.com

Ansys – It is a useful product for engineering simulation over the complete product lifecycle, ranging from digital exploration to digital prototyping to operations and maintenance with digital twins.

For more information, visit www.ansys.com/

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