Wall Design S-Concrete

ADAPT-Builder includes interoperability with the S-Concrete wall design application providing the user with additional design code selections and non-prismatic wall shapes (thickened boundary elements). For more detailed descriptions of the underlying design tools within S-Concrete, refer to the S-Concrete documentation found within the HELP menu when opening the application separate from ADAPT-Builder.

Note: A license capable of batch processing and a copy of S-Concrete is a prerequisite to be able to use S-Concrete in conjunction with ADAPT-Builder.

To use S-Concrete as the wall design engine:

  1. Open an S-Concrete wall model and set the design parameters to use for the wall design including the design code to design by.

  2. Save the SCO file and exit S-Concrete.

  3. Go to Wall Design ribbon and click on the Wall Design Manager icon.

  4. In the Wall Design Manager click on the Design Parameters tab.

  5. Set the Design Tool input to S-Concrete.

  6. Click on the Select an SCO template file input and navigate to the SCO file you created with the design criteria you want to design with.

Once the above procedure is done you can code check or design the wall design sections and the S-Concrete engine will be used.

When using S-Concrete as the wall design engine there are differences in the options of the Wall Design Manager and viewing of Wall Design Results. Click the + sign to expand the corresponding topic below to see a list of the new settings along with a description of each. For instructions on how to use these tools refer back to the main topic for each window. Click on the link at the end of the section to go to the main topic.

Wall Design Manager

The Wall Design Manager has different options when S-Concrete is the design tool. The locations that have different options and the description of those options are shown below. Click the + sign to expand and view the different options.

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The Wall Design Manager image is broken into five parts as described below.

  1. Wall Design Section List - The wall design section list at the left edge of the window identifies each pier and the top and bottom design sections of walls belonging to each pier. Nomenclature for the wall design section names is described in Section 10 of this document.

  2. Single Selection – This checkbox, when selected, limits the user to select only 1 design section at a time. If the box is unchecked, multiple design sections can be selected at the same time. Reinforcement input items that don’t contain the same values when multiple sections are selected will show ellipses (…..) until the values of all selected sections are identical. If more than 1 design section is selected, the graphical design section window will not render an image and the warning shown below will appear.

  3. Graphical Design Section Window – This window allows the user to view the selected design section with accompanying zone and panel reinforcement and dimensions. The window can be toggled to different modes as described below.

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    • Reinforcement in the section is shown by bar representation for vertical and horizontal reinforcement and transverse wall ties. Overall wall dimensions and zone dimensions are shown.

    • The graphical image shown is a zoomed view showing detailed zone reinforcement while reducing the panel region. As shown above.

    • The graphical image shown is a full-scale view showing the entire design section. As shown below.

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    • Reinforcement in the section is shown by lump sum approach. The total area of steel and reinforcement ratio in zones and panel and reinforcement are displayed at their individual CGS locations.

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  4. The buttons located at the bottom of the Wall Design Manager window are listed and describes below.

    • Close – Closes the ADAPT Wall Design Manager.

    • Update – Updates the selected design section/s to the values set in the reinforcement input fields after user modification after a section has been designed.

    • Design – Designs the selected design section/s. If reinforcement size and/or spacing is not adequate, the program will update the reinforcement fields necessary to meet the selected codes design requirements.

    • Code Check – Checks the selected design section/s reinforcement and spacing against design provisions for the selected design code.

    • Open in S-Concrete – If selected, the design section and data is opened in S-Concrete. An active license of S-Concrete is required for this option.

    • View Design Summary – Opens the HTML summary document for the selected design section/s after a code check or design has been performed.

  5. Wall Design Manager Tabs; Design Section, Design Parameters, Load Combinations, PM Diagram, and Wall Intersection. Only the tabs that have differences from the main topic are described below.

Design Section

The Design Section tab allows you to define reinforcement for each section type in the Wall Design Section List. The Design Section tab is shown in the image below.

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The following table provides descriptions of the options available in the Wall Design Manager - Design Sections tab. Click on the +sign to expand the table. Click the + sign below to expand the table.

Option Description

Reinforcement:

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Copy Copies the reinforcement for the selected design section(s).
Paste Pastes the copied reinforcement to the selected design section/s reinforcement assignments.

Display:

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Design Status Shows status next to each design section name as “acceptable” or “unacceptable” after the section has been designed or code checked. The status is shown as green or red.
V&T Utilization Shows the status of shear and torsion interaction as “acceptable” or “unacceptable” if the value is less than, equal to, or greater than 1.0. The status is shown in green or red.
N&M Utilization Shows the status of axial force and flexure interaction as “acceptable” or “unacceptable” if the value is less than, equal to, or greater than 1.0. The status is shown in green or red.

Panel Reinforcement:

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Vertical bars

Defines the bar size and spacing of vertical reinforcement (parallel to the vertical wall axis) in the wall panel (that portion of the wall between zones.)

Horizontal bars

Defines the bar size and spacing of horizontal reinforcement (perpendicular to the vertical wall axis) in the wall panel.

No. of Curtains

The number of vertical bar layers in the wall local s-s axis direction.

Zone Reinforcement

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Check box for Zone 1 and Zone 2

If the checkboxes are active and selected, the program considers boundary zone design. If de-selected the program considers only the zone that is selected. Deselecting both means the wall is designed as “zone-less.”

Check box for Symmetric

If zones are considered for design and symmetric is selected, Zone 2 becomes disabled and takes on the same reinforcement as defined for Zone 1.

Number of bars

Not active. Total number of vertical bars is defined by the face bars and curtain assignment for the zone.

Vertical bar size

Defines the bars size for vertical bars.

Tie bar size

Defines the tie (transverse containment) bar size.

Tie spacing

Defines the spacing of the tie bars.

Splice

Active only when checking spacing of vertical bars in zones. Tangential, bearing, radial or mechanical can be defined. See S-Concrete documentation for definitions of each.

Number of Curtains

Defines the number of vertical bar layers in the wall local s-s axis direction.

Number of Face bars

Defines the number of vertical bar layers in the wall local r-r axis direction.

Face bar spacing

Defines the spacing of face bars. The spacing is in the local r-r direction.

Limit zone length

Design parameter that limits the length of the boundary zone.

Fill zone with bars (if applicable)

This option forces reinforcement to be placed at every possible location where a curtain and face bar location intersect from the outer zone edge to the inner zone edge when selected.

Design Parameters

The Design Parameters tab offers different options when S-Concrete is chosen as the design engine. The Design Section tab when S-Concrete is the design engine is shown in the image below.

S-Concrete:

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The following table provides descriptions of the options available in the Wall Design Manager - Design Parameters tab..Click the + sign below to expand the table.

Option Description

Design Parameters:

 
Design tool S-Concrete

Select a SCO template file

When S-Concrete is selected as the design tool, this additional input parameter is required. A .SCO file needs to be saved from S-Concrete in order to define additional design parameters not assigned in ADAPT-Builder. Those parameters and properties defined in ADAPT-Builder which are shared with S-Concrete are mapped to S-Concrete when the application is run for design or code check OR when the application is launched independently. The additional design parameters are taken from the defined .SCO file. For example, the .SCO file contains parameters assigned the Section assignments. Parameters included in this input that are not defined in ADAPTBuilder are Seismic Parameters, Slenderness Effects, Effective Section Properties and Design Constraints.
Design code Design code used is that set in the .SCO file.
Max Utilization Sets the maximum demand/capacity interaction ratio for V&T and N&M.
Geometry:

 
Section type Rectangular or I-Section. The design section graphical view changes according to what is being represented.
Section length Design section length. Taken as the length of the wall that the design section is assigned to.
Section thickness Design section thickness. Value is the panel thickness.
Overall wall height, Hw This is the total height of the wall stack. This is calculated by the program and can be overwritten.
Unsupported wall height, hu This is defined as the wall segment height between slabs. The default is 3ft (3m). The user must override value to correct unsupported wall height.

Reinforcement Properties:

 

Rebar library

Sets the rebar library defined in Criteria>Preferred Reinforcement Size and Material. Value can be American, SI or MKS.

Panel vertical bar material

Sets the panel vertical reinforcement material assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Panel horizontal bar material

Sets the panel horizontal reinforcement material assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Zone vertical bar material

Sets the zone vertical reinforcement material assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Zone horizontal bar material

Sets the zone horizontal (ties) reinforcement material assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Panel Cover

Sets the panel reinforcement cover dimension.

Zone Cover

Sets the Zone Cover dimension.

Design Constraints:

Design constraints are defined in the .SCO file.

 

P-M Diagram

The program will produce axial-flexure interaction diagrams for the code checked or designed section. The available list of theta angles is comprehensive with multiple options. The Design Section tab is shown in the image below.

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The option for Nominal & Probable includes additional graphs representing these additional diagrams.

See the Wall Design Manager topic for additional information.

Wall Design Summary Report

The Wall Design Summary report has a different format when S-Concrete is the design tool.

  1. Go to the Wall Design ribbon and click on the Wall Design Manager icon.

  2. Select the Design Section within the Wall Design Section List that you want to create the report for.

  3. Click on the View Design Summary Report button.

Alternatively, to the above steps you can right click on the design section in the model space and choose Wall Design>View Design Summary.

Note: If multiple design sections are selected, only the HTML file for the first section in the list of selected sections will be produced.

An HTML report will be created and opened within your default web browser. An example of the Wall Design Summary Report created for the designed or code checked section is shown below.

See the Wall Design Results topic for additional information.

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