Concrete Calculator™

· ACI 318-14 and ACI 318-19 American reinforced concrete standard
· CSA A23.3-04, CSA A23.3-14 and CSA A23.3-19 Canadian reinforced concrete standards
· ECP 203-2018 Egyptian reinforced concrete standard
· Eurocode 2-2004 European reinforced concrete standard
· CSA S6-19 and CSA S6-14 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Codes

The Concrete Calculator™ is a simple and powerful tool allowing users to analyze and design reinforced concrete beams, slabs and columns cross sections as well as reinforced concrete footings. The Concrete Calculator™ enables swift and effortless analysis or design of reinforced concrete sections without the need to create and assess an entire structural model (joints, members, load combinations, etc.).

It is an easy and productive tool for the analysis and design of reinforced concrete cross sections. It allows to determine the resistance or the reinforcement of a section in mere seconds. The reinforcement bars are selected from the built-in bar libraries. The bar libraries can be used independently from the design standard (Canadian reinforcement bars can be used with the American ACI standard for example).

The Concrete Calculator can be used in French or English with metric units, imperial units or any combinations of metric and imperial units.

The Concrete Calculator covers:
· Strength and reinforcement of rectangular, T, L and I sections in bending
· Tension and compression reinforcement of beam sections
· Reinforcement for shear and equilibrium and compatibility torsion
· Strength and reinforcement of one way slabs
· Strength and reinforcement of columns in compression and bi-axial bending
· Interaction diagrams for columns

•The program designs the required reinforcement bars of rectangular, T, L and I beam sections as well as one-way slabs in pure bending.
•The program allows to design for a user defined reinforcement ratio and provides compression reinforcement when required.
•It designs the required reinforcement bars of rectangular, T, L and I beam sections in shear and torsion.
•The program allows to design using straight or inclined stirrups as well as series or bundled bent bars.
•The program accounts for axial forces, equilibrium torsion as well as compatibility torsion.
•It designs the required reinforcement bars of rectangular and circular column sections in combined compression and bending or tension and bending.
•The program allows to specify a target reinforcement ratio and calculates the optimal column dimensions.
•Second order effects such as lateral drift and member stability are taken into account when requested.
•The interaction diagrams for the calculated reinforcement bars are also provided as output.
•In situations where the reinforcement is known, the program calculates the resistance of the cross section and corresponding data such as stresses in concrete and reinforcement bars and reinforcement ratios.
•Libraries of standard metric and imperial material properties are available.
•Customized materials can also be created.
•Large number of solved problems and references are available.

The analysis and design can be carried for beams and columns subjected to bending, shear, torsion and axial loads for various section shapes.

The Concrete Calculator allows to design a reinforced concrete section according to the known forces and moments acting on this section or to calculate the resistance of a section when the dimensions and reinforcement are known.

The Concrete Calculator™ covers:
– Strength and reinforcement of rectangular, T, L and I sections in bending
– Tension and compression reinforcement of beam sections
– Reinforcement for shear and equilibrium and compatibility torsion
– Strength and reinforcement of one-way slabs
– Strength and reinforcement of columns in compression and bi-axial bending
– Interaction diagrams for columns

Rectangular section in pure bending
T section in pure bending
L section in pure bending
I section in pure bending
One way slab in pure bending
Rectangular section in compression and bi-axial bending
Circular section in compression and bi-axial bending
Rectangular section in shear and torsion
T section in shear and torsion
L section in shear and torsion
I section in shear and torsion

The Concrete Calculator™ allows to perform the analysis or design of up to six different section shapes depending on the type of load selected. The Input Data consist of entering the section shape, the dimensions, the applied loads, the required design parameters and the design standard.

The type of loads (compression, bending, shear, etc.) for which the analysis or design can be made is different for each shape.
– Rectangular section
– Pure bending
– Compression and bi-axial bending
– Shear and torsion
– T section
– Pure bending
– Shear and torsion
– L section
– Pure bending
– Shear and torsion
– I section
– Pure bending
– Shear and torsion
– Circular section
– Compression and bi-axial bending
– One way slab
– Pure bending

The Concrete Calculator™ allows to perform the analysis or design for up to six different types of loads depending on the selected section shape. The section shapes (rectangular, T, L, etc.) for which the analysis or design can be made is different for each type of loads.

Pure bending
– Rectangular section
– T section
– L section
– I section
– One way slab

Compression and bi-axial bending
– Rectangular section
– Circular section

Shear and torsion
– Rectangular section
– T section
– L section
– I section

The Foundation Calculator allows users to quickly and easily design reinforced concrete footings without the need to create and analyze a complete structural model (joints, members, load combinations, etc.).

The supported footing types are isolated square and rectangular footings, strip (wall) footings and combined footings. The input data consist of entering the type of footing, the applied loads, the required design parameters, the design standard, the type of column (or wall) and optionally the dimensions.

The reinforcement bars are selected from the built-in bar libraries. The bar libraries can be used independently from the design standard (Canadian reinforcement bars can be used with the American ACI standard for example).

The Foundation Calculator currently supports the following design standards:
– ACI 318-14 and ACI 318-19 American reinforced concrete standard
– A23.3-04, A23.3-04 and A23.3-19 Canadian reinforced concrete standard
– ECP 203-2018 Egyptian reinforced concrete standard
– Eurocode 2-2004 European reinforced concrete standard

The Foundation Calculator allows to perform the design of four different types of footings. Each type of footing can be designed with a certain type of column.

– Isolated square footing
· Reinforced concrete column
· Steel column

– Isolated rectangular footing
· Reinforced concrete column
· Steel column

– Strip footing
· Reinforced concrete wall

– Combined footing
· Reinforced concrete column

The Foundation Calculator allows to perform the design of footings according to three types of columns or wall. Each type of footing can be designed with a certain type of column.

Reinforced concrete column or wall
– Isolated square footing
– Isolated rectangular footing
– Strip footing
– Combined footing

Steel column
– Isolated square footing
– Isolated rectangular footing
– Combined footing

• Verification results are accessible for a specified model.
• Result summaries are directly displayed on the screen for each member of the model.
• Detailed report and executive report (critical values) as selected by users.
• Graphical or numerical visualization of results.
• A customized list of input data and results can be printed.
• All graphics and numerical results can be printed or copied to the clipboard for use by external programs.