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DCALC programs are composed of the
following groups:
(To download a
PDF file of an example calculation's output, click on
underlined calculation titles)
1.
BRIDGE DESIGN CALCULATIONS:
ABUTMENT :Designs a cast-in-place
concrete bridge abutment on spread footing or pile footing.
(Produces DesignCAD
details)
BEARINGS
:Designs elastomeric expansion, low profile steel fixed and steel
pot bearings per the Illinois DOT Bridge Manual.(Produces
DesignCAD details)
BRIJBEAM :Design bridge beams or
plate girders per AASHTO, by either service load, load factor or
LRFD design methods.(Produces DesignCAD details)
CBRIDGE :Calculates moments, shears
and reactions for composite and non-composite bridges with variable
I, 1 to 6 spans. Service, load factor and LRFD.
DCBRIDGE
:Collects and computes bridge geometry information, used by
the bridge design programs. Optional interface with DesignCAD
to collect geometry information.(Produces DesignCAD
details)
DECK :Designs transverse deck reinforcement
per LRFD code using equivalent slab strip method.
GIRDER
:Computes section properties and stresses for steel beams and plate
girders.
INFLUENC :Computes influence line coefficients
for bridges from 1 to 6 spans.(Produces DesignCAD details)
LOADER :Computes beam
loads for the design of steel and prestressed concrete highway
bridge beams/girders.
PCBRIDGE :Designs a precast
prestressed concrete girder, simple and continuous
spans.(Produces DesignCAD details)
PIER :Designs a standard highway bridge
pier with 1 to 10 columns, spread footing or pile
footing.(Produces DesignCAD details)
SPLICE :Designs a bolted field splice
for steel beams and girders in non-composite regions.(Produces
DesignCAD details)
2. BRIDGE DETAILING
CALCULATIONS:
BEAMELEV :Computes top of beam
elevations for fabrication, camber diagrams and bearing seat
elevations - steel and PPC bms.(Produces DesignCAD
details)
DECKELEV :Computes 10 foot bridge deck
elevations adjusted for beam deflections, required for setting
concrete forms.(Produces DesignCAD details)
ELEVS
:Computes elevations for any point on a vertical curve and
cross-section.
PARABOLA :Fits a parabola thru a known
given points and slopes, to be used for calculating vertical
curves.
3. DRAWING
PROGRAMS:
2D-TO-3D :An interface with DesignCAD, allowing the user to
create a 3D document from a 2D document.
DC-DCALC :A
detail production tool to be used with DesignCAD. Automatically
generates routine structural details.
DRAWLIST :A drawing
list manager. Maintains records of CAD files, quality
control/checking and job progress.
4. CONCRETE DESIGN
CALCULATIONS:
BEAMBRG :Checks the end bearing
capacity of a concrete beam and design reinforcement if necessary,
per PCI and ACI.
COLUMN
:Computes column interaction diagrams for reinforced concrete
columns, biaxial loading.(Produces DesignCAD
details)
CONCBM :Designs a concrete beam with
constant or variable section for a variety of spans arrangements,
per the ACI 318 code.
CORBEL :Designs a concrete bracket
or corbel, using the PCI Design Handbook procedure, per the ACI 318
code.
DAPPEDBM :Designs a concrete beam with a dapped end,
using the PCI Design Handbook procedure, per the ACI 318
code.
SPANDREL :Designs a concrete beam for a given shear,
torsion and moment, with or without post-tensioning, per ACI
318-95.
5. PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN
CALCULATIONS:
PCBEAM :Designs prestressed
concrete rectangular, L-beam, inverted-T, box, hollow core, single
and double-T beams, per ACI 318-95.
PTBEAM :Designs
post-tensioned concrete framed beams and one-way slabs for
buildings, per ACI 318-95.
PTCRACK :Computes the stress in
mild reinforcement in a partially post-tensioned or prestressed
beam.
6. STEEL DESIGN CALCULATIONS:
BASEPL :Designs a steel base plate
for axial load, uplift or moment, or analyzes a base plate for
biaxial moment (AISC ASD/LRFD)
BRACKET :Designs a bolted
or welded steel bracket supporting a concentrated load, per AISC ASD
or LRFD specifications.
HAUNTCH :Designs a steel tube or
wide flange beam embedded in a concrete column or wall, acting as a
steel hauntch.
STLBEAM :Designs a steel wide flange beam
or plate girder, composite or non-composite, per AISC ASD or LRFD
specifications.
STLBMCOL :Steel beam column design, using
AISC, for W, S, H shapes, double angles, pipes, tubes and WT
shapes.
STORSION :Analyzes a steel beams for combined
bending and torsion, per AISC ASD specifications. Typically for
lintel beams.
7. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
CALCULATIONS:
BEAM
:Computes shears, moments and deflections for a variety of spans,
for a beam with constant or variable I.
DYNAMIC :Computes
the natural frequencies and modal shapes of plane frames, space
frames and plane grids, using the structure modeled in the FRAME
program.
FRAME :Plane frame,
space frame and plane grid structural analysis using the Finite
Element Stiffness Method.
MODAL :Computes the dynamic
response of a multi-degree-of-freedom system to forced excitation or
support movement.
OSCILATE : Dynamic analysis of a simple
oscillator subject to either sinusoidal or general
excitations.
PLATE :Computes moments and reactions in
rectangular plates using the Finite Element Stiffness
Method.
SECTPROP:Computes section properties of complex
shapes, comprised of any combination of polygons, circles, voids and
steel shapes.
SURFLOAD
:Computes Boussinesq stresses caused on surface loadings on an
semi-infinite plate.
8. SUBSTRUCTURE DESIGN
CALCULATIONS:
BIAXIAL :Calculates
pressure under a spread footing for biaxial loading, accounting for
uplift.
BORING :A program
for entering soil boring log information into a database, to be used
by other DCALC substructure design programs. (Produces DesignCAD
details)
GLOBSTAB
:Computes factor of safety for global rotational failure for an
embankment, wall or abutment using the method of
slices.(Produces DesignCAD details)
LATPILE :Compute moments, shear,
pressures and displacements for a laterally loaded pile.
MSEWALL :Computes overturning and
sliding stability, and bearing pressure for a mechanically
stabilized earth wall.
PILE:
Computes the capacity of a driven pile using the Modified IDOT
Static Method of Estimating Pile Length.
PILEWALL :Designs a permanent or
temporary soldier pile wall with or without tiebacks, in sand, clay
or rock.
RETWALL :Designs a
cast-in-place concrete retaining wall on spread footing or pile
footing, level or sloped backfill.(Produces DesignCAD
details)
SETTLE
:Computes settlement of footings, caissons and embankments using a
numerical integration solution of Boussinesq's equation.
SHORTPIL :Designs a laterally
loaded short piles using Broms method. For small foundations, such
as for lights and signals.
SHTPILE :Designs sheet piling, with
or without tie-backs. Uses two methods of design - classical and
FEM.
TIEWALL : Designs a
permanent or temporary soldier pile wall with grouted ground anchors
in sand or clay (for walls in cuts).
9. MASONRY DESIGN
PROGRAMS:
MASONRY :Designs a brick or block
masonry cantilever or braced masonry wall using UBC
specification.
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