To start RAM Foundation
RAM Foundation is a foundation design program using the superstructure analysis and design results to help analyze and design the foundation substructure.
Note: Before a design can be achieved in RAM Foundation, column and/or wall forces must be available. Forces on gravity members can come from RAM Steel Column or from RAM Concrete Analysis and forces on lateral members come from RAM Frame. Without available forces, RAM Foundation will open but foundations will not be designable.
Column and Wall loads and sizes as well as base plate dimensions are automatically transferred from the database to the RAM Foundation module.
RAM Foundation designs single column footings with uniaxial or biaxial moments and continuous footings using an elastic foundation model. The analysis takes into consideration the fact that the soil under the footing can only take compression forces. The program optimizes both the footing size and reinforcement, and then provides an interactive method of modifying the design to suit the engineer's needs. Numerous output reports are available which are designed to be included with the Building Calculations.
