Substructure Help

Footing Design

Ag

Area of footing

Ix

Moment of inertia with respect to global X-direction

Iz

Moment of inertia with respect to global Z-direction

d

Distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of tension reinforcement

dv

Effective shear depth used in LRFD shear calculations

Mmax

Factored moment at critical section/checkpoints

Asb-prv

Provided steel area at bottom

Asb-eff

Effective steel area at bottom, after considering development length

Asb-req

Required steel area at bottom

Ast-prv

Provided steel area at top

Ast-eff

Effective steel area at top, after considering development length

Ast-req

Required steel area at top

fs-t

Cracking/fatigue stress at top

fs-b

Cracking/fatigue stress at bottom

Ratio fs-t

Ratio between cracking/fatigue stress at top and allowable stress

Ratio fs-b

Ratio between cracking/fatigue stress at bottom and allowable stress

Vu

Factored shear force at section

phi*Vc

Shear strength provided by concrete, having ϕ factored considered

Bo

Perimeter of critical section for two-way shear

Ao

Area within perimeter of critical section for two-way shear

Avg.d

Average distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of tension reinforcement

Avg.dv

Average effective shear depth

Cap Design

Quantity

Number of steel bars used in design

Bar dist

Distance between center of steel bar to edge of cap

As total

Total steel area

From

Starting location of steel bar

To

Ending location of steel bar

Loc

Location of design section from start of current member

AbsLoc

Location of design section from left end of cap

H

Height of cap

Mmax

Maximum moment at design section

Mmin

Minimum moment at design section

Mn

Resisting moment, which has φ factor considered

Comb

Combination number

Asb-req

Required bottom steel area

Asb-prv

Provided bottom steel area

Asb-eff

Effective bottom steel area, after considering development length

Ast-req

Required top steel area

Ast-prv

Provided top steel area

Ast-eff

Effective top steel area, after considering development length

Vu

Factored shear force

Tu

Factored torsion

Phi*Vc

Shear capacity of concrete section, which has φ factor considered

Phi*Tcr

Torsion capacity of concrete section, which has φ factor considered

Av/s

Required stirrup area per unit length

Alx Alt

Additional longitudinal steel due to shear and torsion (in addition to the provided steel)

Smax

Maximum stirrup spacing

fs-t

Cracking/fatigue stress at top

fs-b

Cracking/fatigue stress at bottom

Ratio fs-t

Ratio between cracking/fatigue stress at top and allowable stress

Ratio fs-b

Ratio between cracking/fatigue stress at bottom and allowable stress

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Warning flag if code requirement is not satisfied