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home: software: pcaColumn v4.10: general features
Software features/options
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
- English (in.-lb) or SI (metric) units
- Online help
- User-controlled screen color settings
- Ability to save defaults and settings for future input sessions
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