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Technical Features

Support for ACI 318-05/02/99 & CSA A23.3-04/94 design standards
Design and investigation run options
Uniaxial or biaxial flexure combined with axial load
Rectangular, circular, and irregular section geometry
Non-slender and sway or non-sway slender columns
Complete P-M and Mx-My interaction diagrams
Customizable view of interaction diagrams
Superposition of interaction diagram from a different run
Factored, unfactored, axial, and control points loading
Graphical input for irregular sections
Imports geometry, reinforcement, and loads from text files
Exports section to DXF files
Exports P-M diagrams, Mx-My diagrams and 3D failure surface to TXT and CSV files
GUI (Graphical User Interface) and batch (command prompt) mode runs
Reports neutral axis location and maximum steel strain corresponding to section capacity
Reports strength reduction factors in text output

Program Features

Graphical user interface or command prompt for batch mode
Binary (COL) and text (CTI) input file format options
10,000 reinforcing bars within a section
10,000 exterior points that define the geometric outline of the cross section (pcaSection module)
10,000 interior points that define an opening in the cross section (pcaSection module)
5000 factored load entries, each consisting of an axial load, a moment about the x-axis, and a moment about the y-axis
50 service load entries, each consisting of dead, live, wind and earthquake axial loads, moments at column top about the x and y axes, and moments at column bottom about the x and y axes
50 load combinations test

General Features