Concise Beam 4.60q

A practical CAD application with advanced engineering capabilities that you can use to design and test standard or unique concrete beams

Concise Beam is a useful application developed to make design of precast concrete beams. It makes a load analysis and design checks in accordance with the latest edition of ACI 318, CSA A23.3 & S6, AS3600, or NZ3101.1. Key code parameters can be customized to simulate other design codes. The beam can be conventionally reinforced, partially or fully pretensioned. It can model any cross-sectional shape and will allow the cross-section to vary prismatically (step-wise) over the length of the beam. the application also includes a graphical editor that allows the user to describe any cross-section, including voids.

Concise Beam currently works in two-dimensions using beam theory (b-region) but also accounts for torsion along the beam. The user can work in metric or U.S. Customary (Imperial) units, with a variety of individual units (i.e. mm, cm, m), and switch back and forth at will. Libraries of industry standard cross-sections and materials are provided with Concise Beam. The standard libraries can be modified, extended and customized by the user.