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Concrete Floor Slabs
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    SAFE OVERVIEW  
   


MODELING
• Object Based Graphical Interface
• Model Templates for Typical Slabs and Foundations
• Arbitrary Geometry and Loadings, including Variations in Thickness
• Automated Mesh Generation
• Beam/Wall Line Objects
• Slab/Foundation Area Objects with Thick & Thin Plate Options
• Automated Soil Spring Supports
• Editing with Move, Mirror and Replicate
• Accurate Dimensioning with Guidelines and Snapping
• Quick Draw Options for Object Creation
• Selective Data Input On-Screen with Right-Button Click
• Area, Line and Point Loading
• Draw Command for Easily Adding Openings to Floors
• Powerful Grouping and Selection Options
• User Controlled Design Strips
• Integrated Generation of Detailing Model (requires CSiDETAILER)


ANALYSIS
• Slabs and Foundations Modeled with Area Objects
• Beams Drawn as Members – Automatically Meshed into Elements
• Orthotropic Bending with Thick and Thin Plate Behavior
• Beams with Flexural, Shear and Torsional Deformations
• Column, Wall or Soil Supports
• Thickness Variations, Drop Panels and Openings
• Stiffness Effects of Walls
• Automated Cracked Property Calculations
• Nonlinear No-Tension Soil Model
• Slab Discontinuities Due to Construction Joints or Elevation Changes
• Automatic Meshing with Fast Equation Solvers
• Variations in Soil Modulus of Subgrade Reaction
• Multiple Load Cases


DISPLAY
• 3D Graphical Displays
• Deformed Shapes
• Loading Diagrams
• Animation of Deformed Shapes
• Slab Displacement, Moment, Shear and Bearing Pressure Contours
• User Controlled Stress Averaging for Contours
• Beam Moment and Shear Diagrams
• Tabular Display of Model Input & Output
• OpenGL Viewer
• Reaction Force Diagrams
• Integrated Strip Moment and Shear Diagrams
• Graphical Display of Required Reinforcing for Slabs and Beams
• Preparation of Reinforcing Detail Plans (requires CSiDETAILER)


DESIGN
• Slab and Beam Concrete Design for American, British, Canadian,
  Indian, New Zealand and Euro Codes
• Evaluation of Punching Shears
• Automatic Reanalysis for Cracked Condition
• Twisting Moments Included
• T-Beam Effects
• User Controlled Design Strips