Hi Peter & Nick,
By the sounds of it, you are on to a good idea. Clear design calculations that show all the steps is a must have.
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In all cases the LF value relates to unfavourable effect on overturning safety factor. Therefore:
ULS ovt. LF self weight (table on the left): Since own weight has a stabilizing effect, use a smaller value, e.g. 0.9 or 1.0 (depending on your design code).
LF ULS ovt. (loading table on the...
Allow me to quote from the program Help:
LFovt: Load factor to use for overturning stability check. More information.
LFULS: Load factor to use for calculating bending moment, shear and reinforcement at ultimate limit state analysis.
The "more information" link shows the following:
Analysis...
I did not know that! It makes sense as a way to harness the cloud without re-developing everything from scratch. I can imagine that being a welcome addition for folks that use Apple or Linux desktops. I wonder if Enercalc is using Amazon AppStream that hooks in to S3 storage buckets?
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One-way shear is real. Sure, it may not be the critical case, but one cannot just ignore it.
If this was my design, I would:
Check both one-way shear (allowing for shear enhancement) and two-way shear.
If it's a deep pile cap (slab), then use the strut-and-tie method. With a shallow cap, the...
I wonder if their focus has perhaps shifted to their ENERCALC CLOUD product? But even then, there is no excuse if users are reporting bugs in your product and you don't fix it.
@Lomarandil You are indeed missing the mark. This was my first post as a member of Eng-Tips; you spotted that correctly. But I don't know the OP and have not heard of his Sliderule product before yesterday. I have a passion for software development and that is what drew me to responding this...
Mathcad and the other mentioned software are made for calculations. No question they are very powerful, especially in the hands of someone that knows how to drive them. However, if you are combining smart calculations with the simplicity and formatting features of Word, then I think there is...
