What's New in AdSec 8.2
AdSec 8.2 is a minor upgrage to AdSec 8.1 with a number of improvements to calculations
and display of results. Minor interface enhancements have also been included.
Design codes
Support has been added for AS3600 : 2009 and BS EN 1992-1 with PD 6687.
Analysis
The crack width analysis to Eurocode has been significantly improved so that crack
width can now be calculated for most single component sections.
Interface Enhancements
A new family of commands is available for the convenient organisation of windows
within the AdSec window. These resize and reposition the current window to fill
the respective zone of the GSA window, typically toggling between half, one-third
and two-thirds occupancy. The following commands are offered:
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| Top-left |
(Ctrl+Num 7) |
Top |
(Ctrl+Num 8) |
Top-right |
(Ctrl+Num 9) |
| Left |
(Ctrl+Num 4) |
Middle (full) |
(Ctrl+Num 5) |
Right |
(Ctrl+Num 6) |
| Bottom-left |
(Ctrl+Num 1) |
Bottom |
(Ctrl+Num 2) |
Bottom-right |
(Ctrl+Num 3) |
What's New in AdSec 8.1
AdSec 8.1 is a minor upgrage to AdSec 8.0 with a number of improvements to calculations
and display of results. A few interface enhancements have also been included.
Analysis
- A more rigorous approach to AS3600 strength calculations has been implemented.
- Faster and better chart calculations.
Interface Enhancements
- Tools have been introduced to allow sets of loads to be generated and
reinforcement around the perimeter of a section
- A history feature has been implemented to allow tracking of editing of
the model.
What's New in AdSec 8.0
Design Codes
The existing design codes have been extended so that AdSec now includes:
- UK: BS8110: 1997 (2005)
- USA: ACI 318 and ACI 318M 2002 and 2005
- Australia: AS 3600 : 2001
- India: IS 456 : 2000
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Code of Practice 2004 (including amendment 1 - 2007)
These include code specific concrete and rebar grades and material curves. ACI strength reduction factors can be calculated from:
- ACI 318-02 Fig R9.3.2
- ACI 318-02 Fig RC.3.2
- ACI 440.2R-02 Fig 9.1 (for sections incorporating FRP)
For the full list of design codes, refer to the Functional Specification
User Material Curves
User material curves are now part of the material data directly rather than through a reference to an external module. This makes it easier to manage the data and allows for user material curves to be extended including concrete materials as well as reinforcement materials.
Interface Enhancements
- The material tables have been replaced with a material view which presenting materials in a tree style. This provides:
- Single point of access for all materials.
- Context sensitive menus.
- Copy / paste materials.
- Direct editing using the relevant material wizard.
- Direct viewing of material curves.
- Revised material wizards to present all the material data in a more coherent and consistent form.
- Replacement of the general reinforcement table with reinforcement wizard.
- Copy reinforcement from wizard in a spreadsheet format for external editing and paste back the results
- Uses elements common with the reinforcement definition in the New Model Wizard
- Wizard allows reinforcement to be added & deleted, modified, ?
- Text format allows for easier cut/paste of reinforcement
- Intelligent shifting of reinforcement for creating second rows/rings of reinforcement
- Point, line, arc, circle and (for circular & rectangular sections) perimeter reinforcement can be defined
- The user defined reinforcement option has been extended to include a perimeter option in addition to single bars, lines, arc and circles.
- A dockable object viewer has been introduced for display of properties.
- The template reinforcement has now been extended to include the following section shapes:
- I section
- General I section
- Taper
- Channel
- Angle
- Elliptical
- Recto-circular
- There have been a number of enhancements to the Graph views to give you more control over the display of the data
For details of all the changes in AdSec 8.0, refer to the AdSec Change Log.
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