MasterFrame: Concrete Slab Design - Overview

The Concrete Slab Design module is an additional design module which adds to the analytic capabilities of the Masterframe and Masterframe FE modules to enable the design of concrete slab structural elements. The Slab Design module allows the user to set up regions within slabs modelled as FE surfaces and define a basic quantity of reinforcement and then to design the reinforcement in peak regions and strips and also to design for punching shear around the head of columns and at the ends of walls where they intersect with slabs. The Concrete Slab design will identify the critical forces within the various regions, using the results of the frame analysis, allowing the user to define the reinforcement required for these forces. The module also allows for an auto design to be carried out, providing tools to allow the user to control the reinforcement either through specifying allowable bar diameters and/or bar spacings.