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Complex Concrete Columns
Steel/Concrete
Composite Sections
Arbitrary Rebar Placement
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MODELING
• Integrated Object Based Drawing Environment
• Reinforced Concrete and Composite Columns
• Drawing Tools for Rectangular and Circular Columns
• Polygonal Shapes
• Solid, Hollow and Flanged Parametric Shapes
• Standard Steel Database Shapes
• Merge Any Number of Shapes to Create Complex Sections
• Add Reinforcing Bars Anywhere in the Cross-Section
• ASTM, Metric, or Imperial Rebar Sets
• Quick Design Wizard
• No Limit on Number of Load Combinations
• Sway and Non-Sway Conditions
• Layout Multiple Columns Simultaneously
• Alignment Tools for Accurate Shape Placement

ANALYSIS
• Generates Capacity Interaction Surfaces
• Moment-Curvature Curves for Any Arbitrary Shaped Column
• Built-in Stress-Strain Curves for Concrete and Steel
• Model Confinement of Concrete
• Calculates Effective Length Factors
• Moment Magnification
• Axial and Moment Applied Loads
• Rebar Stresses
• Analysis includes Slenderness Effects
• Cracked Section Stresses
• Calculation of Neutral Axis for Specific Loading
• Calculates Load Point Location for a Given Loading
• Generates All Cross-Sectional Properties

DISPLAY
• Cross-Sectional Plan Views with Dimensions
• User Defined Material Colors
• Capacity Interaction Surfaces and Diagrams
• Load-Moment Curves
• Moment-Moment Curves
• Moment-Curvature Curves for Different Axial Loads
• Plot Stress Contours for Combined Loading
• Plot Stresses Along Any Arbitrary Line
• Graphical Displays of the Neutral Axis and Load Point Location
• Overlay Multiple Data Plots
• Color-Coded Rebar Stresses
• Reports of the Analysis and Design Results

DESIGN
• Concrete Column Design for American, British, and Canadian Codes
• Capacity Curves
• Automatically Sizes Member Based on User Specified Parameters
• Slenderness Effects for Both Sway & Non-Sway Conditions
• Moment Magnification
• Regular or Irregular Rebar Patterns
• Composite Design