BIMware MASTER EC2 Reinforcement is dedicated to conduct calculations for the necessary reinforcement areas or maximum capacities of concrete sections and RC elements beams and columns. The Expertise module allows a user to verify RC sections of any shapes with arbitrary defined reinforcement.

All calculations are conducted in accordance with the recommendations of the EUROCODE 2 (EN 1992-1-1) with possibility to consider national annexes for the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Italy.

An additional module “Expertise” analyses stresses and distribution of compression and tension zones for a given loads, section and reinforcement. Section and zone parameters calculation is based on section triangulation.

Design scope:

• calculations of necessary reinforcement areas for a user-defined section shape and size with given internal forces
• calculations of maximum capacities - internal forces for a user-defined section shape and size with given reinforcement areas
• calculations of required reinforcement area for a given external load on a beam, or a given internal forces diagram, with a typical static scheme
• calculations of required reinforcement area for a given external load on a column
• calculations of cracks and deflections (SLS conditions)
• verification of construction conditions such as: minimum and maximum reinforcement ratio, diameters of used bars, minimum cover thickness etc.
• reinforcement design for an untypical section shape
• verification of RC sections with arbitrary defined reinforcement

Design & Analysis - key features

• calculations in accordance with the EUROCODE 2
• extensive material database (concrete, reinforcement)
• geometrical imperfections and second order effects
• crack calculations
• impact of shrinkage and creep of concrete taken into account
• longitudinal and transversal reinforcement calculations

• Analysis of RC sections of any shapes with arbitrary defined reinforcement 
• Two modes of section shape definition: shape generator or user-defined coordinates
• Distribution of any number of bars in a section
• Precise definition of each bar location
• Analysis separately for ULS and SLS
• Section and zone parameters calculations are based on section triangulation

Multi-span beams – calculation of reinforcement 

• Fast definition of geometry
• Fast definition and modification of a load
• Definition of load cases
• Static calculation
• Diagrams of moments and shearing forces
• Definition of longitudinal and transversal reinforcement
• Auxiliary drawings of reinforcement 

RC sections – calculation of reinforcement

• reinforcement design based on loads
• analysis of section capacity based on information about its reinforcement 
• calculation of deflection for beam sections
• copying of loads from the external sources 
• concrete equivalent for section analysis with rheological parameters taken into account New!
• calculations for one of given engineering matters (depending on section type):
  • axial force
  • simple bending
  • axial force with bending
  • axial force with biaxial bending
  • shear and torsion
• calculations for many different section shapes:
  • rectangular
  • L- shape
  • T- shape
  • H-shape
  • circular
  • polygonal

• graphic presentation (visualization) of beam reinforcement
• export of beam drawings to the DXF format
• definition of a list of loads and creation of a load envelope based on this list
• analysis of reinforcement for a list of loads
• user-customized distribution of internal forces “point by point” (it allows defining a user-customized envelope of forces)
• reinforcement data export to the ADD format
• calculations for different section shapes:
  • rectangular
  • L- shape
  • T-shape
  • H-shape

RC columns – calculation of reinforcement

• column reinforcement design based on defined load cases
• reinforcement definition for several column sections at once (automatic or user-defined)
• second order effect  taken into account
• interaction diagrams: N–My, N-Mz, My-Mz
• calculations for different section shapes:
  • rectangular
  • circural
  • polygonal

User Experience - advantages

• fast analysis and capacity calculation of reinforced elements
• intuitive interface and effective design of structural elements
• calculations performed easily and repeated if necessary
• legible calculation notes that can be saved and then modified in the RTF format
• documentation generation in a different language from an UI language
• several language versions: English, French, and Polish
• Microsoft Windows 8 compatible
• access to the BIMware Platform cloud (to store a model, share data and results)

European Funds – for development of innovative economy Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund