COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS FOR FRAMED BUILDINGS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS FOR FRAMED BUILDINGS
No Thumbnail Available
Date
1998-10
Authors
HASSAN, KULIYA
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
A computer program for the design of reinforced
concrete shallow foundations is presented. The choice
of the type of foundation is made interactively with
the computer based on experience in design decisions.
The computer program developed was used to design
reinforced concrete foundations such as pads, combined,
strip and raft footings that had been previously
designed using manual methods in order to check its
validity. The results obtained from the computer
program turned out to be optimized versions of the
manually computed results.
The following advantages of the program over
manual design were observed:
• Elimination of tedious arithmetic and the
attendant errors involved in manual calculations.
This results in the accuracy of results
• High speed in the processing of data to produce a
design
• Versatility in handling data
• Optimisation of designs
Description
A thesis submitted to the Post Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of Master of Science Degree in Structural
Engineering.
Department of Civil Engineering,
Ahmadu Bello University,
5iaria.
OCTOBER, 1998
Keywords
COMPUTER-AIDED,, REINFORCED,, SHALLOW,, FOUNDATIONS,, FRAMED BU