Design of Stepped Foundations, Elevator Pits and Horizontal Soil Springs with ProtaStructure Suite 2024

Design of Stepped Foundations, Elevator Pits and Horizontal Soil Springs with ProtaStructure Suite 2024

ProtaStructure Suite 2024 has come with hundreds of new features! The second session of our special webinar series exploring this brand-new version focused on the design of stepped foundations, elevator pits and horizontal soil springs. One of our most experienced technical support engineers, Volkan Öğüt, has explained how to model stepped foundations, elevator pits, strip footings, raft foundation and horizontal soil springs through a live demonstration.  

Webinar Outline
  1. Introduction to Project-Delivery with ProtaStructure Suite
  2. How to Assign Supports to Columns
  3. How to Change the Bottom Elevations of Columns and Shearwalls
  4. Insertion of Foundation Beams
  5. Building Analysis
  6. Insertion of Strip Footings
  7. FE Foundation Analysis and Review of the Results on Analytical Model
  8. Insertion of Slab Patch Panels & Patch Reinforcement
  9. Column Punching Check
  10. Design of Strip Footings
  11. Generation of Detail Drawings with ProtaDetails


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