spColumn Features
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Technical Features
- Support latest American, ACI 318-19/14/11/08/05/02 & Canadian, CSA A23.3-19/14/04/94 design codes
- Auto Design of regular (rectangular, circular) concrete sections with/without Design Trace
- Design/Investigation of Uniaxially (P-Mx or P-My) or biaxially (P-Mx-My) loaded columns
- Uniaxial or biaxial flexure combined with axial load
- Design/Investigation of Non-slender (short) columns & Slender columns in sway and non-sway frames including second order effects
- Complete & customizable P-Mx (about X-Axis) or P-My (about Y-Axis) interaction diagrams including nominal and factored section capacity for uniaxial runs with superposition of interaction diagram from a different run
- Factored, service, axial, and control points loading
- spSection module for advanced flexible graphical input of irregular sections with irregular reinforcing patterns
- spResults module for viewing and exporting input and output data
- spReporter module for generating, viewing, exporting, and printing reports
- sp2D/3D View module for viewing and navigating 2D diagrams and 3D surfaces
- Imports geometry, reinforcement, and loads from text files
- Import/Exports section from/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
- Reinforcement design based on either minimum number of bars or minimum reinforcement area
- Calculates k by implementing exact formulas used in Jackson and Moreland Alignment charts
- Reports first-order and magnified (second-order) moments for slender columns
- Reports neutral axis location and maximum steel strain corresponding to section capacity
- Reports strength reduction factors in text output
Program Capacity
- Up to 10000 reinforcing bars within a section
- Up to 10000 exterior points that define the geometric outline of the cross section
- Up to 10,000 interior points that define an opening in the cross section
- Up to 10000 factored load entries, each consisting of an axial load, a moment about the x-axis, and a moment about the y-axis
- Up to 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
- 5 load cases and up to 50 load combinations
- Up to 16 bars in a user-defined rebar database
- Customizable results report
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