SIA-262:2013
SCIA Engineer 21brings completely new solution for 1D concrete members. New technologies of the Open design, powered by our SCIA Design Forms platform, have allowed for a complete revision of the design and checking of reinforced concrete 1D members. This allows the usage of all well know features of this platform such as very nice and detailed layouts of calculation, equations in output etc. Beside this, we offer more - rearrangement of the service tree, new concrete setup and member data and couple of new checks. Described solution works for all kind of shapes of non-prestressed cross-section (e.g. with holes) subjected to all types of loading (e.g. biaxial shear combined with torsion). Generally these new module provides the following advantages:
- high performance - design and checks run very fast using parallel process providing results in very small calculation time
- transparency - detailed output enables to verify each intermediate steps of check using formulas with values and proper units;
- dynamic figures - drawing of stress-strain state of cross-section, reinforcement pattern or interaction diagram
- smart settings - new revised global and member settings, including 'quick search' function
- general solution
- supporting interaction of all internal forces (N, My, Mz, Vy, Vz, T);
- supporting arbitrary cross-section shapes including openings & arbitrary reinforcement positions
- revised and updated generic functions for design & checking of reinforced concrete columns & beams
The revised design and checks functions are developed within the SCIA Design Forms environment. This platform is linked as post-processor to SCIA Engineer. The new reporting style makes use of its advantages regarding the presentation of results. Next to text and tabular output, also formulas, code references, dynamic images and diagrams are included to increase the insight in the calculation!
The Concrete Toolbox is the new 'calculation heart', used by the SCIA Design Forms. It contains a set of code-independent functions for the design and checking of reinforced concrete members. It makes use of advanced generic algorithms, however in full compliance with e.g. the SIA 262:2013 assumptions. This means they are valid for arbitrary cross-section shapes and reinforcement positions. They also support the interaction of any mixture of internal forces (N, My, Mz, Vy, Vz, T).
There are also some limitations. New concrete checks do not support the following items: