General information about ARSA interface
- User interface
- System configuration (set of materials, code settings)
Definition of bar structure – 2D Frame
- Geometry definition
- Library structures
- Supports definition
- Bar releases
Load definition
- Definition of loads & load cases
- Weather conditions (2D frame)
- Definition of manual/automatic combinations
Results analysis
- Presentation of results as diagrams/tables
- Settings and modification of tables
- Alternative ways of results presentation
Preparation of calculation report
- Screen captures
- Calculation report settings
- Modification of screen captures
- Updated upon printing and JPG Screen captures
- Generation of external reports (MS Word, OpenOffice)
Steel structure
- Definition of design & buckling length parameters
- Definition of lateral buckling length parameters
- Definition of SLS parameters
Verification and design of steel profiles
- Calculation parameters
- ULS and SLS verification
- Steel design group definition
- Steel profile optimisation
RC beams design
- Beam importation vs Manual definition
- RC design parameters
- Reinforcement pattern
- Calculation note
- Drawings and their parameters
RC column design
Spread footing design
Definition of RC slab geometry
- Contour definition
- Openings
- Thickness and material definition
RC slab supports
- Definition of supports (Nodal, Linear and Planar)
Slab loads
- Surface and linear loads
- Load combination
Slab structure meshing
- Coons and Delauney’s meshing
- Mesh refinement (Manual and automatic emiters)
- Uniform meshing
Slab results
- Understanding results
- Maps, Isolines and values in final elements
- Panel cuts
- Size of the supports and results
- Table form results
Required reinforced of RC slabs
- RC design parameters
- Design (Elasticity and FEM deflection verification)
- Understanding results (Maps/Isolines/Values & Tables)
Provided reinforcement of RC slab
- Provided reinforcement parameter
- Zones of provided reinforcement
- Calculation note
- Drawing generation (Drawing templates)
- Elasticity/FEM deflection verification for reinforcement
- Punching verification