Column and Wall are the significant vertical structural members in a building structure. Column Reinforcement Design Tab can be loaded by selecting the "Columns"under the Design tab. Design settings of columns and walls are explained in detail in the following sections.
The "Column Section Design" form can be accessed by clicking the “Column Section Design” option under the “Design” pulldown menu in the Graphic Editor. ProtaStructure can design rectangular, circular and polyline columns under uniaxial or biaxial ...
User-defined varying distributed lateral loads can be applied to the individual column and wall member. The span load applied maybe used to simulate : Soil Pressure on basement wall Hydrostatic load As an alternative to defining wind load (other than ...
This design guide discusses the Column Design to Eurocode 2 Design Code BS EN 1992-1-1:2004. The topics covered in this design guide are: Braced Square Column Example Bracing (Unbraced) and Slender Square Column Example Braced Circular Column Example ...
If you would like to generate the column/wall forces to excel format, please go to Design Tab > Columns > Reports > Columns forces listing, to generate the forces in notepad first. Then copy all the data into Excel and use the function "Text to ...
To use mesh reinforcement / BRC for shear wall design, these are the steps : In Building Analysis menu > Edit Materials > Shear walls > Longitudinal Web Bar > Pick a Fabric Rebar Click Rebar Diameters and choose the diameter to be used in the design. ...