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ShortColEC2 - investigation of reinforced concrete column section

ShortCol computes ultimate strength of reinforced concrete column subjected to combined axial force and bending moment. Ultimate strength is found from strain compatibility analysis assuming equivalent rectangular concrete stress distribution. In addition, ShortCol calculates transformed properties of fully cracked reinforced concrete section at ultimate limit state.

• Shortcol analyses rectangular or circular shape concrete sections
• Rebar wizard quickly generates various typical and irregular bar layouts
  
• Column design conforms Eurocode 2 (1992-1-1, 2004)

• Does not consider column slenderness and second order effects
• Considers only uniaxial bending about horizontal axis
• Does not perform service load analysis
• Uses only unconfined concrete properties
• Accepts only bonded to concrete reiforcing steel