December 20, 2018
How to Create and Apply A Custom Rebar Layout
Applying a Custom Rebar Layout in RISA-3D: To begin creating a custom rebar layout, simply click the Custom Rebar Layout button located in the Advanced tab of the ribbon toolbar.
Why RISAFoundation is Essential for Today’s Engineers? Incorporating RISAFoundation into your foundation design process is more than just a time-saver—it’s a powerful tool for enhancing the accuracy and quality of engineering deliverables. By automating the most tedious and error-prone aspects of foundation design, RISAFoundation enables engineers to focus on solving complex challenges and developing innovative solutions. Check out some real-world applications where RISAFoundation could be used to streamline workflows and automate critical tasks, making projects more efficient and reliable. Real-World Applications: RISAFoundation in Action 1. High-Rise Building Foundations in Seismic Zones Consider a project involving a high-rise building located in a seismic region, where the foundation must resist both vertical and lateral forces. In this scenario, an engineering team could leverage RISAFoundation to model a 20-story building's foundation. With automated load combination handling and the seamless integration of lateral forces imported from RISA-3D, the team would be able to evaluate various design options efficiently. By analyzing detailed outputs, they could optimize the thickness and reinforcement of a mat foundation, meeting seismic requirements while saving on materials. 2. Large Industrial Equipment Foundations Imagine a foundation design for a large industrial project requiring support for high-capacity equipment, such as a crane at…
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Applying a Custom Rebar Layout in RISA-3D: To begin creating a custom rebar layout, simply click the Custom Rebar Layout button located in the Advanced tab of the ribbon toolbar.
RISAFoundation v11.0 includes two new tabs in the Safety Factors results spreadsheet that breakdown the slab’s stabilizing and destabilizing forces for each category. The new Overturn/Resist by Category and Sliding/Resist by Category tabs make it easy to understand how the program calculates the...
RISAFoundation can apply soil overburden to a mat slab to account for the weight of the soil above the foundation. Simply enter a Soil Overburden pressure value for your foundation design in the Slabs spreadsheet. The soil overburden load is utilized to help the mat slab resist overturning during...
The 2015 NBC compliant codes have been implemented into RISA-3D v17.0, RISAFloor v13.0 and RISAFoundation V.11.0!
The 2016 edition of ASCE Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-16) is now available in RISA-3D v17.0, RISAFloor v13.0, and RISAFoundation v11.0!
RISAFoundation includes the added ability to enter a passive pressure for slabs. The passive pressure represents soil pressure along the perimeter of the slab and will contribute to the sliding resistance of the slab.
For concrete column members, the load combination producing the maximum shear code check is reported in the Detail Report and corresponding Results spreadsheet. Since concrete is evaluated based on a batch solution, this can be useful when shear governs the design.
Concrete pile design is now incorporated in the pile cap results in RISAFoundation. With the addition of axial pile design in RISAFoundation v10.0, the program can model concrete pile shapes and design the reinforcement, or the user can also apply their own custom rebar layout. Now you can get a...
RISAFoundation has the capability to consider seismic loading for retaining walls.
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