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If you are finding
that concrete design
is not as intuitive,
not as productive,
and not as profitable
as steel design,
then
you need RAM Concrete.
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RAM Concrete is the only fully integrated concrete analysis, design
and drafting package for structural engineers. While other software
may make the same claims, no other package actually delivers by
allowing you to model an entire concrete structure. With RAM Concrete,
you can efficiently model both gravity and lateral systems; perform
complete gravity and lateral load generation and distribution, including
live load reduction and skip loading per ACI-318; design and detail
reinforcing requirements for beams and columns per ACI-318, and
produce complete CAD files for floor framing plans, frame elevations,
as well as beam and column schedules.
 RAM
Concrete allows you to provide your clients with the level of service
they demand in today’s fast-track world. Quickly compare alternative
design schemes with RAM Concrete’s accurate material takeoffs.
Produce detailed drawings and accurate cost estimates even in the
most preliminary stages of your projects. Just like RAM Steel has
been doing for well over a decade, RAM Concrete will make you more
productive and allow you to service your clients better, from conceptual
design through construction.
RAM Concrete is absolutely the most exciting technology in
concrete design that I have seen in my eight years at CRSI.
- Tom Tietz, Western Regional Manager, CRSI. |
A complete production tool, RAM Concrete automates the most time-consuming
design tasks. It dramatically increases productivity by significantly
reducing design time, allowing for more creativity through the quick
exploration of design options. As well, it produces comprehensive
calculations, custom CAD drawings and material take-off quantities
from your designs.
RAM Concrete will provide the same types of benefits that
engineers have enjoyed for years with RAM Steel. Now engineers
can look at concrete as a design option in as little as a
few hours.
- Jim Schwamman, Vice President, CECO Concrete, LLC |
RAM Concrete is fully integrated into the RAM Structural System,
the only system in the world which allows for complete analysis,
design and drafting of the lateral and gravity framing systems of
both steel and concrete buildings as well as their foundations.
RAM Concrete
Features
 Modeling
- Quick modeling of gravity and lateral concrete framing systems
- Special commands to ease modeling of pan-joist systems
- Automatic calculation of T-shaped beam sections taking into
consideration adjacent slab conditions
- Model creation with the ease and power of the industry-leading
RAM Modeler
- Integration with the RAM Structural System means reduced learning
curve for current users
Analysis
- Automatic calculation of member section properties, including
effective flange widths for T-sections and material properties
per ACI 318
- Automatic or manual user-definition of beam lines for skip
loading
- Automatic Finite Element model creation for gravity force analysis
per ACI 318
- Automatic gravity load distribution and live load reduction
- Automatic live load skip loading for column forces incorporating
ACI 318 Section 8.8
- Automatic live load skip loading for beam forces incorporating
ACI 318 Section 8.9
- User control of torsional stiffness for analysis
- Graphical display of applied loads and analysis results
- Comprehensive reports of beam gravity design envelopes and
column design forces
- Completely integrated with RAM Frame for generation of lateral
loads and forces
- Building codes supported include IBC 2000, BOCA 1999, SBC 1999,
and UBC 1997
Column Design
- Automatic load combination generation per major building codes
and ACI 318
- Slenderness considered per ACI 318 Sections 10.11 through 10.13
including automatic effective length and K-factor calculations
- Automatic column force generation from gravity and lateral
analysis
- Exhaustive consideration of ACI 318 prescriptive and strength
specifications for reinforcing design including spacing, bar cover,
and reinforcement ratios
- Preliminary design fully automated and performed to user-specified
design criteria
- Automatic reinforcing selection for multiple bar layouts for
shear, axial and bending.
- Fully interactive design and revision of reinforcing layouts
for longitudinal and transverse reinforcement
- Automatic biaxial moment interaction curve generation and display
- Graphical display of all automatically generated load points
in interaction curve
- Graphical display of current design state of all concrete columns
- Detailed and concise summary design output
- Reinforcing and material takeoff reports
- Base plan and Column schedule DXF output
Beam Design
- Automatic load combination generation per major building codes
and ACI 318
- Automatic beam force envelope generation from gravity skip
load forces and lateral analysis forces
- Exhaustive consideration of ACI 318 prescriptive and strength
specification for reinforcing design including spacing, bar cover,
and reinforcement ratios
- User specification of design and detailing criteria to control
automatic design of reinforcing
- Preliminary design fully automated and performed to user-specified
design criteria
- Fully interactive design and revision of reinforcing, including
quantity, size, location and end conditions of all bars
- Graphical display of capacity and demand envelope for moments
and shear along full length of beam lines
- Graphical display of reinforcement layout along beam length
- Immediate update of capacity curves for user change in reinforcing
- Graphical display of current design state of all concrete beams
- Detailed and concise summary design output
- Reinforcing and material takeoff reports
- Floor plan and Beam schedule DXF output including grouping
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