Getting Started

 

 

 

MasterKey Masonry Design is an interactive program for the design of reinforced and unreinforced masonry columns, stiffened and unstiffened, single and cavity wall panels with or without openings to BS 5628 and EC6 and IS 325.

 

 

 

 

 

Design Features


 

 

Note:- underlined design features below are only available in the full version, all other features are available in both full and PowerPad versions.

 

Reinforced and unreinforced masonry walls and columns

Stiffened (piers) and unstiffened single-leaf and cavity walls

Support conditions for free, simple, continuous and partially fixed

Advanced Yield Line and Vertical Load analysis

Line load at free edge

Load bearing and infill wall panels (wind)

Materials and workmanship can be selected from the built-in library

Uniform, triangular and line lateral loads

Concentrated vertical point loads on top of wall

Horizontal shear force and horizontal wind moment in the plane of the wall

Internal load factoring with an option for non-critical panels

Option to observe or disregard the H/L limits

Option to share the horizontal loads between the inner and outer lead

Option to place pier in tension or compression

Up to 10 openings in one panel

Analyse with wind posts in panels, in inner or outer leaf or cavity

Various options to customise the viewing and printing of results

Input test result compressive and flexural strengths

Design to British Standard or EuroCode

 

 

 

Operational Features


 

 

Easy to use, very fast with powerful editing facilities

Toolbar for quick access to program options

Built-in library of material properties and strengths

Fast navigation facilities to display any part of the output

Built-in on-screen training

Full summary of design data is displayed with clear warnings of non-compliance

Automatic transfer of data from one design to another for rapid analysis and design of similar panels

Clear and concise output with selective printing

 

 

 

 

Primary Program Interface Regions