High Rise Buildings Bearing Walls software

[fortes]

I'm a "retired" structural civil engineer.
I'm a autodidact programmer too.
I have a basic knowledge in QBasic and QickBasic.4 program language.
And I know how to use BPW Windows Pascal language too.

I'm looking and needing help for a Software Source Program to design STRUCTURAL BEARING WALLS for High Rise Buildings.

Fortes

 

Sorry, I am new here. My boss asked me about AutoBPW, but I didn't know what it is. Could you give me some information about it?
Thanks a lot.
redbub

 

[svanels]

Borlands Pascal for Windows Steven van Els
SAvanEls@cq-link.sr

 

[ludvik]

Sorry for the extremely delayed response(I just subscribed to this forum).

If I wanted to model any wall I would do so using traditional shell elements. Any modern general purpose structural analysis package will do this (eg SAP, STAAD, Microstran, ANSYS, ADINA etc).

If you insist on writing your own software, I suggest that you buy a textbook on finite element methods (these are common in any university bookstore...my favorite is Finite Element Proceedures by Bathe).

I would only suggest writing your own software in the instance that you would like to model some particular behavior that is not covered by the major packages. More powerful packages like ANSYS will even model concrete cracking (though you may not want to spend US$23,000 a year on the license).

Also, I would recommend FORTRAN or at least Visual Basic in preference to QBasic or Pascal. VB and Fortran are pretty similar to QBASIC, so you should not have to much trouble with that.

Let me know if you have a more specific query.

Michael

 

[terryc]

1) I completely agree with above : find a general purpose s/w to see if it matches your needs

2) If you want to develop your own software, you CAN use Delphi's Pascal : it will provide you with high performance, easy to learn components, both graphical and technical. Look up

http://www-rab.larc.nasa.gov/nmp/fNMPhome.htm

You'll also get lots of help from pascal newsgroups.

You CAN also use Fortran90 or '95 for the computations and
link them up to Delphi.

By the way Delphi 6 personal edition is FREE : 0$

Hope this helps

 

Tks to people interested.
Finite element sometimes is an work so complex and not easy to verify results obtained.
I'm a 40th graduated Civil Engineer. An old war horse.
I know well how to use VB, Delphi, C++ and so on.
I prefer QuikBasic 4.0 (in 32 bits) because in my understanding line-by-line devellopment is better to WORK and CONTROL the results, simultaneously. My option is an Width 80,50 Screen with best results.
Now I have finished my 2nd version, now in BPW, with limits in: h(max)= 10' x 12 stories. I'm so satisfied with results too.
Two conjugated BPW files:
1st to design thickness, reinforcing, etc.
2nd to verify tensions in every wall (old German Prof. Zaliger is so nice to do it).
Then I use LZexe to compress. Then my small HandHeld CPU works so well, is a cream. No problems.
I renewed my tks to all interested Folks
Try it and give me oppinion in return, please.

"old" Fortes
(structural)

P.S. Instead of personal oppinions. Anybody have a personal software ?