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Specifically designed for reinforced concrete shear wall checks and design.

This dedicated tool will get you out of the 'black box' and into high-quality wall design in short order with its no-brainer learning wizard, and power-user interface.Automate the difficult tasks for wall design with QuickConcreteWall. Click for larger image.

Reports are excellent! Full equations and intermediate data are available for complete checking. A one-page report is also available for quick results.

Very graphical, very easy to use.

Key QuickConcreteWall Benefits:

  • Checks reinforced concrete walls for in-plane forces
  • Supports ACI 318-02 and IBC 2003 specifications
  • Handles special seismic requirements of ACI Chapter 21
  • Details rebar, including special boundary elements
  • Checks for shear, moment and axial loads, and load combinations
  • Excellent reports show sketches and all equations
  • Concise summary of all checks, hyperlinked to actual equations
  • Built-in interactive tutorial gets you up-and-running quickly
  • More...Full Features List

General

  • Checks concrete walls for in-plane forces.
  • Checks according to IBC 2003 and ACI 318-02 specifications.
  • Checks special seismic requirements (ACI Ch. 21), including special boundary element detailing.

Input Model Options

  • A rectangular wall, or wall with columns at the ends.
  • Reinforcement: Specify horizontal & vertical bars, column longitudinal bars (if columns), and ties.
  • Specify extents of special boundary elements (seismic provisions).
  • Specify manner in which horizontal wall bars are embedded into columns (or boundary elements): straight, hooked, or not at all.
  • Option to have crossties on every column longitudinal bar, or only as required by code.
  • Specify whether or not column longitudinal bars use a tangential lap splice.
  • Enter the design displacement for seismic design (when seismic provisions are to be used).

Loading Capabilities

  • Supported loads:
    • shear
    • in-plane moment
    • axial loading.
  • There is no limit on the number of load sets that can be entered.
  • Load combinations & factoring performed automatically.
  • Custom load combinations can be entered.
  • Optionally include the self-weight of the wall.
  • Specify shear loads at the top of the wall or at the base.

Checks Performed

  • Wall minimum reinforcement (horizontal & vertical) of ACI Ch 14.
  • Wall reinforcement max spacing (horizontal & vertical) of ACI Ch 14.
  • Wall shear strength according to ACI Ch 11.
  • Wall & column detailing requirements of ACI Ch 7.
  • Wall flexure/axial interaction strength per ACI Ch 10.
  • Wall shear strength according to ACI Ch 21
    (when seismic provisions are to be used).
  • Wall steel ratio/spacing according to ACI Ch 21
    (when seismic provisions are to be used).
  • Special boundary element detailing & related checks of ACI Ch 21.

Results

  • Concise summary of all checks, showing which failed, which passed, and the required/capacity ratio.
  • All check & calculation equations shown graphically. All program calculations can be followed and verified manually.
  • Context-specific drawings of the wall (or portions of it) shown next to each group of calculations.
  • Interaction diagram plotted, along with the point corresponding to the loading for each individual load case.
  • Results for each load combination can be viewed, with easy identification of the combination that controlled.
  • Calculates development and splice lengths for wall & column bars.

User Interface

  • Built-in interactive tutorial leads you though step-by-step instructions on how to use the program; it doesn't get any easier than this.
  • Drawings update instantly with input change
  • "Check summary pane" indicates which checks passed & which failed.
  • Each check in the summary is a hyperlink taking you to the exact calculations behind the checks.
  • Intuitive, easy-to-follow presentation: Distinct views for entering inputs and for viewing detailed results, with items further organized using a tabbed display.

Reports

  • Full-color reporting for a professional look and easy reading
  • Detailed design sketch included
  • Echo of inputs
  • All detailed calculation displays that are shown in the user interface, including equations, context-specific sketches, check summary, etc., are also available in reports.
  • Extremely customizable: You can choose to print just a summary, include full calculations, all load combinations, or just those that controlled, along with many other options.
  • Heading displays name and company information, and also an optional logo image.

Options

  • Complete units flexibility - English or Metric.
  • You can specify the color used for everything shown in the drawings.
  • Preference setting for startup screen size.

Get started easily with the criteria view and an optional wzard tutorial. Click for larger image. Beautiful graphics convey your wall layout while the check summary on the right shows whether things are passing or failing checks. Click for a larger image.

Automatic load factoring and combinations are provided. Click for larger image. See the details and adjust parameters for the Special Boundary Elements in the wall. Click for larger image.
View the summary of checks in a list before you investigate any trouble-spots. Click for larger image. See all the detailed calculations with formulas, intermediate values and checks made! Click for larger image.
Get the interaction diagram and see where your loads place the wall on the diagram. Click for larger image. Beautiful and concise reports insure you have a professional presentation to clients. Click for larger image.

What's the Big Idea in the "Quick" Products?

Transparency! Verifiability!

IES Quick products get you out of the black box with Transparent Reporting. The software presents hyperlinks from every check to the complete check details including full algebraic expression of the code formula, substituted values, intermediate results, final results and "OK" or not! This checking and verification output is available on-screen and in a detailed report. (Summary reports provide a more concise output if you simply need to document the input and results.)

A sample of exposed calculations on-screen in the "Checks View" window!

With most software products you either have to take the output on faith or go through laborious calculations to verify that the program is correctly doing what you want. Not so with the IES Quick Products. The software does the work, but you can check it every step of the way, and so can your checkers, the building-department people, or anyone else who needs to know.

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