Concrete Strut and Tie Software

Engineering Software general discussion
#1

Does anyone have a strut and tie analysis/design program to recommend for design per ACI?

Thanks,

#2

Check for a program called CAST… it’s old enough it has whiskers, almost.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268592706_CAST_Computer_Aided_Strut-and-Tie_design_tool

Dik

#3

Thanks, dik. I knew about this one. Would have been nice if they kept it up to date.

#4

@Macgruber22 @KootK From his postings, KootK is pretty much up with strut and tie… He may have a better handle.

Dik

#5

The only other offering that I know of is this one: Link. It’s bloody awesome. That said:

  1. Kind of expensive unless you’re doing SnT on an almost industrial scale ($1500).

  2. Some things appear to be in Korean. A demo would probably establish where or not that would remain the case for a commercially purchased version.

On a separate note, how wonderful that you can “summon” someone to a thread like this within this system.

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#6

…and thanks for the reply.

Dik

#7

IDEA StatiCa is awesome. I stumbled across it, used some of the demos. Pretty pricy, but it is current and quite sophisticated. It does STM stuff in the concrete module but theres also a steel module that will do some pretty slick component based FEA. Worth checking out. Also some excellent videos and resources on their websites. Quite impressive software.

https://www.ideastatica.com/

#8

Thanks for the info, and welcome to the group…

Dik