Structural Engineering Design Software

  Dear ASDIP Customer: The design of concrete continuous beams may be time-consuming. After defining the loads, it's necessary to perform the beam analysis in order to find the shears and moments along the beam, and then design the reinforcement to provide the required strength, How do you generate the shear and moment diagrams? Is the shape of the cross section important? How do you calculate the strength? I have prepared a blog post with a brief overview of the engineering background and a short video, where I discuss the required steps in a typical concrete continuous beam design.  Y ou are invited to read this blog post and watch the video. Concrete Continuous Beams: A Structural Design Challenge Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Best regards, Javier Encinas, PE ASDIP Structural Software www.asdipsoft.com

Planning out the details and the designs of all the foundation of a building is not an easy task. Regardless of whether you have to create a design for the concrete column or beam, you have to make complicated adjustments to your project. But, what will happen if you make an error? Well, you will have to complete all the design altogether. Thus, to avoid this situation, you should look for a concrete foundation design software that eases the process.

Dear ASDIP Customer: The design of  spread footings subject to vertical loads and biaxial bending may be cumbersome and time-consuming, particularly for large eccentricities and partial bearing conditions. In such cases, the calculation of bearing pressures, shears, and moments may become very complex. This blog post discusses the complexities that arise when biaxial large eccentricities are present in the design of spread footings. It explains the difficulty in the calculation of shears and moments. A short video shows graphically the design of such footings using ASDIP FOUNDATION.  Y ou are invited to read this blog post and watch the video. Spread Footings Under Biaxial Bending: A Complex Design Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Best regards, Javier Encinas, PE ASDIP Structural Software www.asdipsoft.com

  Dear ASDIP Customer: The design of combined footings may be time-consuming. You have to consider the loads at both columns and size the footing to calculate the bearing pressures, punching shears, bending moments, and then design the reinforcement, check development lengths, minimum steel, etc. The design is even more difficult if the footing es trapezoidal and eccentric. But what about if you could model your combined footing in a software, enter the loads, and then be able to modify any of the variables involved in the design, check graphically the calculations  immediately , and optimize your design as you go? This is exactly what I have done in a new blog post with annotated screenshots and a short video, where I show a step-by-step design example of an eccentric trapezoidal combined footing from scratch.  Y ou are invited to read this blog post and watch the video. Eccentric Combined Footing Example Using ASDIP FOUNDATION Your ...

Dear ASDIP Customer: The calculation of the passive pressure is very important in the design of retaining walls to prevent sliding problems. However, this calculation may be affected by some external factors that can be overlooked easily. Are you calculating the passive pressure correctly? I have prepared a new blog post with a short video, where I discuss the calculation of the passive pressure and the factors that may affect the end result.  Y ou are invited to read this blog post and watch the video. Retaining Walls: Are You Calculating the Passive Pressure Correctly? Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Best regards, Javier Encinas, PE ASDIP Structural Software www.asdipsoft.com

Building construction includes many complex steps requiring a different set of skills to come up with the solutions. Civil engineers are responsible for providing a reliable and well-designed structure of a building after considering all the requirements and factors. These designs then used to form a physical structure with the construction process. For the construction to be perfect and done without any issue, it is necessary that you have a flawless designed ready for each and every part of the building. The structures are consists of many components, including beams, columns, and others — the composite beam design software help in designing a perfect and reliable plan for the building. Accurate results With the software, you get various internal tools and options that make it easier to get precise results. While using the software you don’t have to make the calculations on your you can leave that to the software, and it will give you the accurate values without making any...

  Dear ASDIP Customer: Cantilever retaining walls may be sensitive to sliding problems, and for poor soils, this failure mode can actually control the design. The calculation of the sliding safety factor may be incorrect if the designer is not familiar with the code provisions. I have prepared a new blog post with screenshots and a short video, where I discuss how to calculate the sliding safety factor using ASDIP RETAIN.  Y ou are invited to read this blog post and watch the video. Cantilever Retaining Walls: How to Calculate the Sliding Safety Factor Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Best regards, Javier Encinas, PE ASDIP Structural Software www.asdipsoft.com