The properties are automatically computed by the software using the block unit strength and the group properties. See the following link for the relevant design manual. The type of component is chosen using the design dropdown menu just over the. Masonry walls can be designed using both working stress and strength methods. I am doing quite a bit of masonry design as of latelyincluding bearing walls, shear walls, lintels, beams, and pilasters. It analyses the stability of the wall based on the loads and resistances, and results in bearing pressure, sliding, overturning and rotational stabilities. The analysis results can be copied and pasted to autocad. Concrete masonry and clay masonry software for allowable stress design and strength design according to 19952008 tms 402aci 530asce 5 or the 20002009 ibc. Topic 12 deals with the seismic design of masonry structures.
In bearing walls and shear walls, when the plan length of openings exceeds approximately onehalf the total plan length of the wall, and lateral forces act on the walls whether inplane or out of plane, flexural tensile stresses generally become so large that the walls must be. Both concrete and clay masonry elements can be designed using either allowable stress design asd or strength design sd. Shear wall analysis and design spwall software spwall is a program for the analysis and design of reinforced concrete shear walls, tiltup walls, precast wall and insulate concrete form icf walls. The webinar provides a broad overview of the design methods for modern masonry shear walls. Direct design has revolutionized how i design with masonry and manage my workflow. Ncma is in the process of developing a new masonry element software. Masonry shear wall with opening design using finite element method. Mass masonry analysis structural systems shear wall.
We are experienced engineers with advanced degrees and a passion for software development. All you have to do is fill out a couple of simple tabbed forms and hit solve. Structural engineering software, spreadsheets, for analysis and design. When we started, engineering software was a blackbox tool that required you to write scripts in arcane formats. Fem analysis, design, and investigation of reinforced concrete, precast, icf, tiltup, retaining, architectural, and shear walls.
It uses a graphical interface that enables the user to easily generate complex wall models. A guide for practicing engineers, nist gcr 1491731, prepared by the applied technology council for the national institute of standards and technology, gaithersburg, md. Design walls for inplane shear walls and outofplane loads, columns, pilasters, and lintels including codeprescribed detailing requirements for seismic loading. After specifying the design basis, the engineer is ready to select the type of component to be designed lintel, wall with outofplane loads, wall with inplane loads shear wall or column. Structural design software engineering international. Unfactored inplane lateral loads at each floor level are due to earthquake, and are shown below, along with the corresponding shear and moment diagrams.
This software performs both allowable stress and strength design of masonry elements, including reinforced and unreinforced walls, shear walls, columns, lintels, pilasters. Soilstructure software t eam is comprised of licensed engineers and graduate computer programmer. Unlike other programs or design aides that design for only flexure andor axial flexure interaction, masonry wall also designs the wall for shear, deflections and pdelta effects. Includes reinforced and unreinforced walls, shear walls, columns, lintels, custom face shell thicknesses, 14. The current software on this page will continue be offered until the replacement is ready. Structural masonry design system masonry design software. The seismic design category may be determined by the design spectral acceleration parameters combined with the occupancy category. Retainwall designing a concrete or masonry retaining. The wall weight is estimated to be halfway between fully grouted. Usually, a cmu wall is much closer to a reinforced concrete wall because of the load distribution and load transfer to the other structural elements. Masonry wall structural engineering design software for. It analisis the stability of the wall based on the loads and the resulting base pressure, sliding and excentricities.
Can design only a portion to carry shear load, but need to detail rest of. Ncmas structural masonry design software is a powerful tool for masonry element design. Because our engineers are also consultants, soilstructure software is in sync with current state of practice. Masonry shear wall design target audience engineers only presentation description. Includes reinforced and unreinforced walls, shear walls, columns, lintels. The bulk of the presentation is devoted to explanation and illustration of the code provisions for shear and flexure, including two stepbystep design examples. Anticipated cracking design of masonry wall based on tms 40216. As an example, consider an 8 thick cmu partition wall with fm 2500 psi, type s mortar, 180 tall, simply supported, and located in seismic design category sdc a or b. This web site provides structural design software which created using microsoft windows excel 201020 or 2016 office 365. Concrete masonry and clay masonry software for allowable stress design and.
The software includes the design of walls loaded outofplane, walls loaded inplane shear walls, masonry and precast concrete lintels, and columns. Collects overall wall length and height, material properties, and strength. Posttensioned masonry shear wall design based on tms 40216 leed gold 21. This software allows me to meet my clients expectations faster, easier, and more intuitively at every stage in the design process. Concrete masonry reinforced cantilever retaining walls edition e3, may 20 isbn 0 909407 56 8. The software also provides code prescribed detailing requirements for seismic reinforcement, lap splicing, shear reinforcement, stirrups and more. The shear wall module designs singlewythe concrete block masonry shear walls, which can be designed using a running bond arrangement only. Our experience is in substructual engineering, geotechnic al engineering and higher level computer languages. Asdip concrete substantially simplifies timeconsuming calculations for. This video demonstrates how to quickly work through a variety of masonry wall panel design options such as. Calculation modules shear walls masonry shear wall enercalc. Strength design of reinforced clay masonry shear wall consider the masonry shear wall shown below. All elements either need to be isolated, or will participate in carrying the load 2. Elements that participate in carrying the load need to be properly detailed for seismic requirements 3.
The design of reinforced masonry shear walls using both the allowable stress design method and the strength design method will be covered in this webinar. Reinforced masonry design requires that a groutreinforcement spacing be assumed. Design from input applied axial and lateral loads or input axial loads, moments, and shear values. Shear strength is determined from the shear capacity of the masonry and the. Our masonry wall design software programs also designs the wall for shear, deflections and pdelta efforts. Masonry shear wall does not allow for the design of openings. Cantilever and restrained retaining wall design software.
The software includes the design of walls loaded outofplane, walls loaded inplane shear walls, masonry and precast. The wall may retain soil or other granular material. It is time consuming to do all the stability and reinforcement design using in house tools. This video will introduce various design options using masonry within the risa software. Retainwall is a software mainly designed for the purpose of designing a concrete or masonry retaining wall. In this first slide, we see examples of different applications of masonry.
Also shear walls with different geometry can be calculated. It uses a graphical interface that enables the user to easily generate complex. The design basis the design basis icon located on the toolbar allows the. Seismic design of special reinforced masonry shear walls. Masonry wall design software programs for structural. Design new and investigate existing reinforced concrete beams, standard and wide module joists, and oneway slab systems. Loads applied on the wall may consist of self weight, soil pressure, water pressure, live and seismic loads. The grout spacing affects the wall weight, which in turn affects the seismic load. In the preceding lecture on structural design of masonry, we have seen examples of unreinforced masonry elements. Modeling and design of concrete masonry shear walls.
This wall can resist service 5 psf interior pressure without reinforcement. As a result, even though plenty of wall exists above the openings none of the lintels may be designed for the larger openings due to shear failures resulting from the limited lintel heights. Afaik etabs 2016 has the capabilty to design cmu concrete masonry units shear walls only. This module allows the design of masonry shear walls including multistory.
Ncmas structural masonry design software is a powerful tool for masonry. Use this software to design walls, columns, lintels and pilasters for all design loads. Does anyone have an opinion on a good design software that would cover all these situations using updated code checks. The newest version of ncmas structural masonry design software is now available. Masonry design software structural engineering general. Slender masonry wall design provides design analysis according to 1994 ubc section 2108.
Since our start in 1994, ies engineers have helped thousands of people, just like you, with innovative structural analysis and design tools. The design is carried out in accordance with aci 53011 requirements. The prescriptive seismic detailing requirements for each of three reinforced masonry shear walls types, ordinary, intermediate, and special, are explained, with particular attention to special reinforced shear walls. The software are nice and easy on all win tabletphone. Example of masonry shear wall design instructional material complementing fema 451, design examples design of masonry structures 12 4 context in the nehrp recommended provisions design seismic loads load combinations chap. Latest version of structural masonry design software now. Learn to design masonry more effectively with risa software. It also does not allow for the design of special boundary elements, but it does incorporate the checks to verify that special boundary elements are or are not required.
Asdip concrete is a structural engineering software utilized by engineers for reinforced concrete design of members, such as biaxial columns, continuous beams, and outofplane bearing walls this structural concrete design software is based on the latest aci 318 and tms 402 provisions. Shear stress is determined by fv va nv where anv is net shear area. Calculation modules shear walls masonry shear wall. For buildings assigned to seismic design category d, masonry shear walls must satisfy the requirements for special reinforced masonry shear walls in accordance with standard section 12. The software includes the design of walls loaded outofplane, walls loaded in plane shear walls, masonry and precast. The prescriptive seismic detailing requirements for each of three reinforced masonry shear walls. Design of walls, columns, beams and straight arches made of masonry. The requirements for both the design for overturning and the design for shear are explained. Retainwall a retaining wall engineering design software. A cmu wall is just a structural member just as a reinforced wall or precast segment is.
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