SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer™ Release 2.0
Custom Features Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Screen Shot-1 Screen Shot-2 Screen Shot-3 Screen Shot-4 SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer™, a Software Package for Limit State Design of Isolated / Combined Rectangular / Square/ Circular/ Trapezoidal R.C. Footings as per IS:456-2000.
Presently, this is on MS-DOS® platform and controlled through a Windows® 95/98 User Interface.
You can download the Trial Version of RC-Design Suite! from the Downloads section.
- Design of Footings for Masonry Walls and Concrete Walls.
- Design of Rectangular, Square and Circular Isolated Footings.
- Design of Rectangular and Trapezoidal Combined Footings.
- Design of Footings with Flat or Sloped Sections.
- Design of Footings with or without Pedestals.
- Automatic or Indepnedent Design of Pedestals and Dowel Bars.
- Rectangular or Square Isolated Footings for Circular Columns, with/without Circular Pedestals.
- Circular Isolated Footings for Rectangular/Square Columns with/without Rectangular/Square Pedeastals.
- Combined Footings with Mixed Rectnagular, Square or Circular Columns with/without Pedestals for one or two columns.
- Provision for using two different types of Rods each for Flexural Steel.
- Proportioning of Isolated Footing Size based on Equal Projections from Column Faces, based on a given Length to Width Ratio, or based on a Fixed Length or Width.
- Proportioning of Combined Rectangular Footing Size based on Equal Projections from Column Centres, based on a given Length to Width Ratio, or based on a Fixed Length or Width.
- Proportioning of Combined Trapezoidal Footing Size based on Equal Projections on Left & Right, based on Fixed Width and Projection at Left, based on Fixed Width and Projection at Right, based on Fixed Length of Footing, and based on Fixed Widths at Left and Right.
- Built-in Database for Bearing Capacity of various types of Soils such as Rocks, Cohesive Soils and Non-cohesive Soils.
- Facility to specify User Defined Safe Bearing Capacity.
- Facility to specify Safety Factor for Ultimate Bearing Capacity.
- Design of Masonry Wall Footings for Axial Load.
- Design of Concrete Wall Footings for Axial Load and Bending.
- Design of Isolated Footings for Axial Load, Uni-axial and Bi-axial Bending.
- Design of Combined Footings for Axial Load and Uni-axial Bending.
- Facility to specify User Defined Factor for Self Weight of Footing.
- Automatic or Independent check for Shear Stresses.
- Provision for using two sizes of rods, each for Main Steel and Distribution Steel.
- Automatic or Indepndent Design for Development Length.
- User-changeable Global Parameters such as Partial Safety Factors for Concrete and Steel, Factor of Safety for Forces, Maximum Strains in Concrete & Steel and Young's Modulii for Concrete and Steel.
- Standard Concrete Mixes as well as User-Designed Mixes.
- Fe250, Fe415 and Fe500 Grades of Steel for Main Reinforcement.
- Fe250, Fe415 and Fe500 Grades of Steel for Distribution Reinforcement.
- Automatic Design and Provision for Minimum Reinforcement in case of lesser or zero Forces.
- Automatic Provision for Reinforcement in Central Band and Edge Bands for Isolated Rectangular Footings.
- A host
of Utilities for computing the following:
- Effective Depth of Footings.
- Effective Cover for any given Number & Size of Main Rods consisting of upto ten layers.
- Spacing of Rods for given Size and Area.
- Total Area of Steel for any Spacing & Size of various Groups of Rods, upto ten groups.
- Graphical Display of Footing Section with Outline, Rods, Dimensions and other details including two types of Rods each for Main Steel and Distribution Steel.
- An Input Status Window to instantaneously display the Status of various parts of Input such as Layout, Section, Material, Working Forces and Global Parameters.
- An Output Status Window to instantaneously display the Status of various phases of the Run such as Flexural Design, Shear Check and Development Length Calculations.
- Facility to View or Print various parts of Output such as Flexural Design, One Way and Two Way Shear Check, and Development Length computation. (Top)
Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers!)
Q. What are the functions of SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer?
A. SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer is meant for Limit State design of masonry wall or concrete wall footings, Isolated Rectangular or Circular Footings and Combined Rectangular or Trapezoidal Footings subjected to Axial Load and bending as per IS:456. You also have a choice of providing a pedestal for Isolated or Combined Footings. Moreover, the footing section can be flat or sloped in case of Wall footings or Isolated footings.
Q. If a pedestal is assumed, will the design be done automatically?
A. Yes. If you assume a pedestal and specify the pedestal projection from the column face, SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer will design the dowel bars and also check for bearing stresses as per IS:456. Moreover, the depth of pedestal will also be optimized in order to save the volume of concrete for the whole footing.
Q. Is shear design for stirrups included in SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer?
A. No. It is not a common practice to provide stirrups in footings. But SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer carries out detailed shear calculations for one-way shear and punching shear.
Q. Is the design interactive in nature?
A. Yes. In fact, you can choose from four methods for proportioning the length and width of the footing. During the solution phase, you will be prompted to provide your own values for the length and width against the required values shown.
Q. Will SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer arrive at a safe depth automatically?
A. Yes! If the given thickness or depth of footing is inadequate, the section will be revised automatically in order to give you a section which is safe in flexure and shear.
Q. Does it design eccentric footings or "shoe" footings?
A. No. The present version does not design footings which have eccentric columns. However, you can design footings with combined axial load and uniaxial or biaxial bending maintaining a symmetrical geometry. Please note that the next upgrade will include design of isolated footings which have unsymmetrical geometry.
Q. What is the input required to be given for designing a footing?
A. The type and shape of the footing, dimensions, Concrete Grade (either standard or user-designed mix), steel grades & rod sizes and the working forces and moments.
Q. What is the output produced by SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer?
A. The output for a design problem contains detailed reports on design for flexure, design for pedestal (if provided), check for one-way shear, check for punching shear and design for bond. (Top)
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