ASDIP Retain User`s Manual
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1. Heel Side x Footing Thickness 200 in Tae Langih 400 Sad Cover Toe 200 ft Heel Length 400 A Esekdil Height 16 00 Key Depth 120 in Backili Slope Angle 0 0 deg Key Thickness 120 ri Top Siem Height Packi Hoighi At the top of the page you may specify the dimensions of the stem which may be either of constant thickness or tapered The taper may occur either at the toe side or at the heel side and the program internally calculate the results accordingly Likewise the dimensions of the toe heel and key may be specified as well The backfill may be either sloped or flat and the backfill height may be smaller than the stem height if desired ASDIP Retain internally checks the dimensions and validates the input data ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 19 Restrained Retaining Wall Loads The Loads tab lets you enter the loads acting on the retaining wall as shown below Different sub tabs facilitate the load data input ces css sos TO amaa Reni Gera _ Basta Surcharge Concentrated Wind amp Seismic Banche Surcharge Coreene Wed Seme Gackt Denety 00 pa Under Surcharge 1000 p Earth Pressure Theey 8 AP Stee Pressure oo pal riem Freton Angie 20 deg Depth 100 Ja Yatar Table Hegh 500 A md 200 A ka ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 20 ASDP Retain allows you to specify several load cases2. Paste It will place the clipboard contents in the current position Design Menu Units Sets the system of units for the current calculation otherwise it uses the default Criteria Sets the design parameters to be used in the calculation Report Menu Print It will show the Print dialog box Print Preview Help Menu Contents Shows the Table of Contents of the Help file where you may select by topic Index Shows the Index tab where you may select by keyword Search Shows the Search tab where you may find a word in the Help file About Shows the ASDIP Retain information dialog ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 25
3. amp 120 in Stem Fericecement Provided Two Curtains Vertical Bar Site 88 120 in at Bacidil Side Hooked Conorete Gower 20 in 7 Cut off Atemate Bars Ld 285in Leh 13 3in Cutoff Length 700 ZA Toe Toe Reirforcemert Provided Herd Heal Reinfortement Provided Hook st End F Hook inte Stem TC Hook st End CU Hook st Toe Bar Size 6 30 ng Bar Size 86 v 120 nm Concrete Cover 30 in Concrete Cove 20 in Ld 232m lih Id in Ld 1 lin Lih 14 2 Footing Transv Bar Size 4 120 m T E Key Key Renforcement Provided Bar Size Hd wo i Ld 114in Lih SS in Cutall Lengih Toe bars ASDIP Retain fully complies with the provisions of the latest edition of the ACI 318 The Reinforcement tab has been designed to allow the user specify the reinforcing steel for the stem the toe the heel and the key A number of controls are provided to completely customize and optimize the steel reinforcement The program calculates the capacity of the reinforced concrete and checks the development length of the rebars either straight or hooked You may specify to cutoff alternate vertical rebars in the stem and see the effect immediately in the capacity diagrams generated by the program All changes are reflected graphically ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 16 General tab The General tab contains information about the calculation that may be of interest to the designer or to someone else who re
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5. Size 4 x amp 120 in Ld 11 4in Ldh 95in Cutofl Length ASDIP Retain fully complies with the provisions of the latest edition of the ACI 318 The Reinforcement tab has been designed to allow the user specify the reinforcing steel for the stem the toe the heel and the key A number of controls are provided to completely customize and optimize the steel reinforcement The program calculates the capacity of the reinforced concrete and checks the development length of the rebars either straight or hooked You may specify to cutoff alternate vertical rebars in the stem and see the effect immediately in the capacity diagrams generated by the program All changes are reflected graphically ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 22 Design Criteria The Design Criteria dialog box may be invoked by selecting Design Criteria from the menu bar and specifies the requirements and limitations that the retaining wall has to comply with It has two tabs one for Stability and one for design conditions as shown below W Wal is restrained against siding N Treat uniform surcharge as DL O Neglect soil cover for toe design lf Treat strip surcharge as DL W Neglect bearing for heel design 7 Neglect seismic of wall sefweighi v Use vertical component forbearing Include passive in overtuming The Stability tab sets the minimum required safety factors in overturning and sliding failure mod
6. a basement In such a wall the overturning is prevented The stem acts as a fix pin beam and the heel and toe of such a wall act as cantilever beams The backfill pressure is generally the At rest condition rather than the Active condition The design involves two major steps the first one is the evaluation of the stability of the whole structure under the service loads which includes the settlement and sliding failure modes and the second one is the design of the different components such as the stem heel toe and key for bending and shear under the combined factored loads The program computes the soil bearing pressures and analyzes the stability of the structure In addition it performs the concrete design based on the Ultimate Strength Design Method of the ACI 318 The lateral pressures are calculated either per the At rest Rankine Coulomb or Equivalent Fluid theories Seismic design of the backfill and water table is considered Load combinations per the ASCE 7 Sor Shee Felonies Cora rae Teve fart 20 n Vetcal Bor See BE E 100 nm afen Sk Meki leh 100m SEG DOM GLOME TAN SLAMLITY CHECK Ste eitt 1700 retumi Safety Forte MASS 110 v Veica Bar Sora Aor HE 165 m ni Becki Se Hooked Lah a Lin Sham Thickraea Tee i a thira Safety Facite 138 100 v Cuba Largh MO in Concrete Cos ad Bak lOO n Sio Thunes Bot 20 n STABEJTY CHECK IS OM Trane Bar Sa a E WG mn Each 5S Fearg Teria 20 m Tas Langer 400 SHEAR FORCES kel Tee l
7. as briefly described below e Backfill tab Here you can specify the properties of the soil behind the retaining wall The earth pressure theory can be either Rankine Coulomb or Equivalent Fluid The program calculates the active pressures accordingly The height of the water table may also be specified in this tab e Surcharge tab ASDIP Retain support a uniformly distributed surcharge applied at the top of the backfill In addition a strip pressure may be specified to model a footing exerting a pressure against the wall e Concentratedtab You may specify up to two concentrated loads one dead and one live acting at the top of the stem ata given eccentricity e Wind amp Seismic tab The wall may be exposed to a uniform wind suction pressure acting at the front face of the stem Also if the retaining wall is located in a seismic zone you may specify the horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients Kh is the ground acceleration factor used in the seismic design K Sps 2 5 Restrained Retaining Wall Materials The Materials tab is designed to Geometry Load Messi Reinforcement Genera enter the information about the stem and the footing as shown Stem Concrete Strength fe 40 ksi For both the stem and the Rebar Strength fy no ka footing you are required to specify the concrete and the rebars strength In addition the Footing allowable soil bearing pressure Concrete Strength fe 40 ks and the friction coefficien
8. open a calculation a predefined module template is retrieved where you may enter your input data and see immediately the results associated with the change that you have just done All the modules in ASDIP Retain have two tabbed controls as shown below The left tabbed box is dedicated to the input data whereas the right tabbed box shows the tabs associated with the results To enter input data simply select the corresponding tab at the left side and use the text boxes and controls designed for that purpose ASDIP Retain has been designed with multiple types of controls in order to enter data the easiest way Among the controls provided we have buttons text boxes labels combo boxes ratio buttons check ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 8 boxes tabs tree views dialog boxes menu bars and tool bars All these combined elements create a rich user interface File Edit Design Report Help 3 B Froperties AISC AISC Sections GEOMETRY hm Me O User defined WIOX1D0 Width Length Width Length Steel Column 10 30 11 10 i WIOKIDO ee rm A Til a 17 ri 17 FEN How to See the Results In ASDIP Retain the results are always current which means that as soon as you change any of the input data fields the results are updated accordingly To see the results simply click on any of the tabs located at the right half of the screen as shown below M a Glance tions GEOMETRY BASE PLATE DESIGN di Width
9. ASDIP STRUCTURAL SOFTWARE ASDIP Retain User s Manual ASDIP retin STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE Table of Contents Welcome to ASDIP Feanor 3 LNG CUTS CA 5 SEE tit 3 How O Stata New PO sene 4 How to Open an Existing Pro ect 4 HOW O Savea POCO EE EE EEE 5 How to Specify the Units for a Project cccccsssceceeesseecceesssseeeeeessseeeeeessseeeeeessseeeeeens 5 How to Enter User and Project Information 5 How to Set Preferences for a Project 6 How to Authenticate the License iii 6 How to Create a Calculation 7 How to Run a Calculation a aannnna 8 HOW 10 BAGN TIE INPUT Dale iii AEE aleli Se ek ne 8 How to See the Results 9 How to Preview the Report 10 Project Manager Main WINdOW li 11 Calculation Main WindoW ii 11 Cantilever Retaining Wall Overview 12 Cantilever Retaining Wall GeoMetry nn 13 Cantilever Retaining Wall Loads nn 14 Cantilever Retaining Wall MaterialS ccccccsccccessecceseecesseecesseecesseecssseeeesseeeeses 15 Cantilever Retaining Wall ReinforceMent nn 16 EE 1 EEE 17 Restrained Retaining Wall Overview 18 Restrained Retaining Wall Geometry nn 19 Restrained Retain
10. Length Steel Strength Fy 360 ksi i Steel Column 1030 1110 in Rigid Plate Analysis Y Fu I Fil a 17 FEN 177 nk NA Til a na a Ar No i id The three tabs are described as follows e At a Glance tab Shows a summary of the results with the most relevant information that fits in one screen height No scroll bars The user can see at a glance if the design passes or fails If necessary you may prefer to see the Detailed tab e Detailed tab Shows a more detailed report of the calculations with more in depth results It is intended for a more laborious checking of the step by step calculations The results are organized by topic for easier reading and consist of values and text messages always up to date Individual checks show either OK or NG for pass or fail respectively e Graph tab Shows graphic images related to the calculation either a plan elevation detail or diagram ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 9 How to Preview the Report ASDIP Retain generates a pre formatted report that can be printed out To preview the report simply select Report Print Preview from the menu bar To printout the report select Report Print from the menu bar The preview window provides several buttons to multi page views zoom and print as shown below amp JO Fair L JANI PE o eb p Big LE MN Jen LE eta MM LIN Va Mur Alea ora A on Saba Lao m Hema ire Rei ee dir s biu
11. ciples that apply or might apply to the usage of and results of the Software In no event shall ASDIP Structural Software s total liability to you for all damages losses and causes of action whether in contract or otherwise exceed the amount paid by you for the Software How to Start a New Project When you start ASDIP Retain the Project Manager pops up From there you may either create a new project or open an existing one If you are working in a project and just want to create a new one select File New from the menu bar ASDIP Retain will ask you to confirm in case that you haven t saved your previous project The new project will have the calculation tree empty From there you may start creating calculations How to Open an Existing Project ASDIP Retain projects are saved with the extension rdp To open an existing project in the Project Manager select File Open from the menu A new dialog box will pop up to let you specify the location of the requested file When an existing project is retrieved all the information and calculations saved with that project will be retrieved as well so that all the information regarding that specific project is brought Up ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 4 How to Save a Project ASDIP Retain projects are saved with the extension rdp To save a project in the Project Manager select File Save from the menu If the project has been saved previously it will be saved di
12. e 6 To install a new license enter your company name and the license key you received on purchasing the product and click the Install button The Save and Load License buttons can be used to save Testore the installed license to a file for backup Company Name Youy Company Name License Key ASDFKJADOEIROPIMVMAMVMKJASDF License Status Mo License Installed Computer ID JAVIER MSI In this dialog box you enter your company name and the license key that you just received in your email inbox When you click the Install button the program connects to our web server and authenticates the license for you Note that you have to have an internet connection to do the authentication Once the authenticated license is installed on your computer the application can be run without contacting the authentication service Basically your license will be linked to your computer name not to your hardware This will allow you to upgrade your hardware without invalidating your license provided you keep your computer name Two authentications are granted with your license which means that you may authenticate your license in two different computers as a maximum for example your desktop and your laptop If you try to authenticate the license in a third computer an error message will show up How to Create a Calculation Structural Engineering is all about calculations isn t it ASDIP Retain is a software that allows you perform calculations and manage them To c
13. em Also if the retaining wall is located in a seismic zone you may specify the horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients Kh is the ground acceleration factor used in the Mononobe Okabe equations K Sps 2 5 Cantilever Retaining Wall Materials Geometry Loads Materials Reinforcement General The Materials tab is designed to enter the information about the stem and the footing as Stem shown Concrete Strength fe 4 0 ksi Poe ere z For both the stem and the footing you are required to Ferg specify the concrete and the Concrate Strength fe 40 ksi rebars strength In addition NARA the allowable soil bearing an al nl pressure and the friction Ripa Bearing Frem 40 e coefficient at the bottom of the Friction Coefficient 050 Makes footing are required Depih to Negleci Passive 100 ff Click on the Values button to see typical values of the friction coefficient for different underlying soils Depth to Neglect Passive refers to the distance that the program will ignore in the calculation of the E E o passive pressure Basically it s E a conservative measure to 22 account for the soil that is disturbed ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 15 Cantilever Retaining Wall Reinforcement The Reinforcement tab has been included to enter all the required information to design the anchorage of the base plate to the foundation as shown below stem Transv Bar Size Ha
14. eometry Stem Height 16 00 Stem Thickness Top 120 in Stem is tapered Sen Ticiness ta 200 in Footing Thickness 200 in Toe Length 40 Sod Cover amp Toe 2 00 ft Heel Length 400 R Backi Height 1800 f Key Depth 120 n Backi Sope Ande 100 dea Key Thickness 120 in Tep Backhill Hesght KD FT Sod Toe Bot Heel Length 1 facidi Creat 50 p Ma Moren at Ema HI kh Cart Pease Theory Coder Ate Manent Cocagty Mato udi v iam Partono Srog mi deg Dreri Langh Ei OMO f Hor Saimir Ca kh ni Jy Con 0001 EHeE Manger Meni Mi H WAS SOL BEARING PRESSURES Met Cassoty Fate ds Ao Best Pore a iD ff Cimiteri Longhi Fata 048 v Br Premiure ui Toe 15 bal a Hel Cob VAD BEAN PRESSURES ASE DU Mimara best My 215 HALA Total Fagers Largih SET Z Mori Capac Fats US v Raini Eccertutr IE 8 Drapa Length Fista av RESI TANT OUT GO MENE TRD KER 15 A Use the Geometry tab to enter information of REINFORCEMENT DESIGN Ste Cont 0501 GE the dimensions of retaining wall as shown At the top of the page you may specify the dimensions of the stem which may be either of constant thickness or tapered The taper may occur either at the toe side or at the heel side and the program internally calculate the results accordingly Likewise the dimensions of the toe heel and key may be specified as well The backfill may be either sloped or flat and the backfill height may be smaller than the stem height if desired ASDIP Retai
15. es both for non seismic and seismic load combinations The Conditions tab sets the criteria for a number of situations that affect the calculations of the wall such as the way to treat the surcharge the seismic load the bearing pressure etc File Menu New Open Save Save As Go to Project Manager Exit ASDIP Retain File New This command is only available in the Project Manager and it will clear all the information from previous projects such as the user and project information and calculations Remember to save your work before you start a new project otherwise it will be lost ASDIP Retain will ask you to confirm in case that you haven t saved your previous project ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 23 File Open This command is only available in the Project Manager and it will retrieve all the information contained in a file previously saved in ASDIP Retain The Open Project dialog box will pop up so that you may specify where the file is located File Save This command is only available in the Project Manager and it will save all the information regarding your project in a file with extension rdp which is the default extension for ASDIP Retain projects If the project has been saved previously it will be saved directly otherwise the Save Project dialog box will pop up so that you can specify the location of the file File Save As This command is only available in the Project Manage
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17. gn However they cannot replace the judgment of an experienced engineer who must select the structural types and appropriate loads and interpret the results ASDIP Retain fully complies with the latest edition of IBC and the ACI 318 The load combinations are per the ASCE 7 License Agreement IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not copy install or use this software until you have carefully read this agreement which provides the following terms and conditions for its use Copying installing or otherwise using the software indicates that you have read understand and accept the terms of this Agreement If you do not accept this Agreement then return the software and accompanying items to us within 30 days of purchase for a refund GRANT OF LICENSE The software and data accompanying this License the Software and related documentation are licensed not sold to you by ASDIP Structural Software You own the CD or any other media on which the Software is recorded but ASDIP Structural Software retains full and complete title to the Software and accompanying documentation and all intellectual property rights therein Subject to the License Restrictions below you are granted a personal non exclusive license to use one copy of the Software and any updates thereof on a single computer at a time You may authenticate your license in a second computer but not in a third since only two authentications are granted You may ma
18. ia Partine Parsi Herd Hand Harite Prde bipi Lorh im hi ies Fata H gen at Ered Hog nio Shen ago at Ered Hook at Toe sal Cover Ton JE Heen uz 140 07 r Ber Sire 56 e WS n E Bar Sca B6 120 nm East acer Anga OG deg Toe tii EE Osi v i i Tur key Depih mh n tier 146 rud on Concrete Cover IOO n Concoste Cover 20 if haa Key Terini 126 n SHEAR FORCES ARE OK FREE TELET i ide 17 1 be ME DIMENSIONE ARE OK Footing Tranev Bor Soe mi E 10 n TM REIMPOACEMENT DESIGN BACHAILL PROPERTIES bee Lamb Sel BH E Kor Bay Ferlorveneni Provided Egcadil Centa ii psi biie Masen bl Eme 66 k A o Bar Sina s 120 n Earth Pressure Thenery M Fed Maret Copacty Fate om hers Ld Tie tao tn noel Fehr drole 20 deg Ciernniopreoni Ler Rabo aT vs Her Same Cont kh 0 20 Tam con 14016 bru ber rt Mu HE kee THL BEARING PRESSURES Mornar Capacty Futa om v i i Ho Bang Fremre O kw Carrstopimant Lang Fata Oak F Z Max Presne at Toa 15 kal seg Combo 140 3 BEARDA PRESSURES ARE OK pm Morante My 277 oki z Toti Foonng Langh 67 Moment apaoty Bata on Festet boost ai reset Lenge Fato ao F RESM TANT METAN MOLE PRD RENFORCEMENT 15 E ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 18 Restrained Retaining Wall Geometry Use the Geometry tab to enter the information of the dimensions of the retaining wall as shown below Stem Height 1700 Stem Treckness Top 120 in AL Stee is tapered Stem Thickness Bot 20 0 in Taper
19. ine 8 x 2 100 ino absah Sale fka Lih 133 EEE Cutoff Length 70 Conorste Cover ai Bsk 30 in Trane Bar Ste na 20 n Esch Ste Tos Toe Renforcement Prownded Hagl v Heel Rerforcemert Provided Hook at End U Hook into Stem Hook at End Hook st Tos Bar Sie 86 100 n o B Ba Sre 86 120 nm Concrete Cover 40 nn Concrete Cover 20 n Ld m in da 142 Ld 171im Ldh 4 in Focting Tanav Bar Size 84 120 in 1 8 o a FE A ke PU j m 3 E on to Rey Feri ooemeni Pmmaded Bar E ey Fanan Pride Comb 0 50 1 6H E Bar Sre sa 120 m Ld 114in Ldh s35in Coll Length Cantilever Retaining Wall Overview Retaining structures hold back soil or other loose material where an abrupt change in ground elevation occurs The retained material or backfill exerts a push on the structure and thus tends to overturn or slide it or both The cantilever is the most common type of retaining wall and is used for walls in the range of 10 to 25 ft in height The stem heel and toe of such a wall acts as a cantilever beam The design involves two major steps the first one is the evaluation of the stability of the whole structure under the service loads which includes the overturning and sliding failure modes and the second one is the design of the different components such as the stem heel toe and key for bending and shear under the combined factored loads The program comp
20. ing Wall LoadS iii 20 Restrained Retaining Wall Materials 21 Restrained Retaining Wall Reinforcement i 22 PESTO e OR ANOA TT 23 SER ETE e tt 23 EN 23 FEN IO EE ENE EEE 24 RER ENE SEE a A A KER IVA RIVA 24 ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 1 AEE EEE EE EEE 24 File Go to Project Manager 24 Fie Bm et Beal NN 24 SINE 25 IE RR A 25 PETN ini I aan 25 FONN 25 PN a E a A NE E N nee MAM A RN VEM 25 ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 2 Welcome to ASDIP Retain Frequently the design process involves an iterative procedure of selecting preliminary proportions of structural elements and then checking the suitability of this solution otherwise new member properties are used until the algorithm converges in an optimum design This repetitive and tedious procedure may become time and effort consuming ASDIP Retain is a collection of calculation modules that carefully combine the latest building code provisions and proved design and analysis methodologies to perform many of the cumbersome calculations most commonly used in any structural design office ASDIP Retain is an integrated system that combines the flexibility of Windows Forms to effortlessly develop either an optimized design or a quick investigation All the modules have been assembled to help the designer obtain specific results from procedures common to structural steel desi
21. ke one archival or backup copy of the software for your own use However because the Software is protected by the copyright laws it is illegal to make additional copies or otherwise duplicate the Software by any other means including electronic transmission to give copies to another person or to modify adapt translate rent sub license loan resell for profit distribute create derivative works based upon or network the Software or any part thereof LICENSE RESTRICTIONS The software contains copyrighted material trade secrets and other proprietary material protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions You may not reverse assemble reverse compile or otherwise reverse engineer any of the Software components You will not remove any copyright notices from the Software screens and printouts ASDIP Structural Software does not grant any express or implied right to you under patents copyrights trademarks or trade secret information ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 3 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES The Software is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind If the media on which the Software is furnished are found to be defective in material or workmanship under normal use within a period of thirty 30 days from the date of receipt ASDIP Structural Software s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be the replacement of the media This offer is void if the media defect results
22. l add individual calculations to the project and will organize them in an expandable tree view similar to the Windows Explorer tree view You may add as many calculations as you need and they will be organized properly for future reference How to Run a Calculation Once you have created a calculation you can run it by double Base Plate clicking on the corresponding node at the tree view in the Project i i Base plate of column C 3 Manager Alternatively click on the node to highlight it and then i i Base plate of column A 1 click on the Open button This will retrieve the calculation module z Steel Column Once there you may enter the input data and see the results ET When you close the calculation sheet you will be sent back to the Steel Beam Project Manager which will have the latest information about your Beam BM calculation with all the changes that you have just done i Beam BM 3 i Beam BM4 If you have multiple calculations in your project you can jump to any of them and edit it as needed by simply double clicking the corresponding node in the tree as explained above When you save your project all the information about all your calculations will be saved as well The next time that you open that project all the calcs will be there a 1 i ici imi i i i i i i i SE ROE NOE ROME OE NOE NOM BOM ROME NOE ROM NS BOSE NONE m m m oa nal How to Enter the Input Data When you
23. n internally checks the dimensions and validates the input data ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 13 Cantilever Retaining Wall Loads The Loads tab lets you enter the loads acting on the retaining wall as shown below Different sub tabs facilitate the load data input Londo bero Fierforcement Gorec Londo esel Fiefoncement Gere Esci Suchape Concentrated Wind Seismic Bacidil Surcharge Concentrated Wind Seme intenal misian Angle 20 deg Yisa Table Hog 500 ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 14 ASDP Retain allows you to specify several load cases as briefly described below e Backfill tab Here you can specify the properties of the soil behind the retaining wall The earth pressure theory can be either Rankine Coulomb or Equivalent Fluid The program calculates the active pressures accordingly The height of the water table may also be specified in this tab e Surcharge tab ASDIP Retain supports a uniformly distributed surcharge applied at the top of the backfill In addition a strip pressure may be specified to model a footing exerting a pressure against the wall e Concentrated tab You may specify up to two concentrated loads one dead and one live acting at the top of the stem at a given eccentricity e Wind amp Seismic tab The wall may be exposed to a uniform wind suction pressure acting at the front face of the st
24. nformation is also saved with the rest of the calculations that belong to the project vom OT Project Use Project Company Name SPECTRA Engineering PSC Project Title ABC Building Lead Engineer Your Name Location XYZ City US Email Address myname mycompany com Description Three story braced frame Phone SO 90 90 Project ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 5 How to Set Preferences for a Project ASDIP Retain allows you set project preferences in order to customize your program and improve your experience Although not mandatory these settings will affect the way the program looks and the way your Reports will be generated You may set the preferences in the Settings Menu of the Project Manager and they consist of two dialog boxes as shown below One is for the Title Block definition that will be included in the Report and the other is to specify the display screen All this information may be saved as default so you don t need to enter it again in the future When you start ASDIP Retain the Preferences dialog box shows up You may instruct the program not to show it at startup by checking mark the corresponding check box The Title Block information is mostly used as a header in the Report and it consists of basic information about your company or any other text you may want to include in your Report You may also specify your company logo The display screen may be either Standard width or Widescreen displa
25. r and it will save all the information regarding your project in a file with extension rdp which is the default extension for ASDIP Retain projects The Save Project dialog box will pop up so that you can specify the name and location of the file File Go to Project Manager This command is only available in the Calculation modules and it will close the current calculation sheet and will take you back to the Project Manager From there you may either open another calculation or save your work It has the same effect as clicking on the X at the upper right corner of the calculation Note that all your input data and results are not lost they are still in memory If you open your calculation again you will see all the information there File Exit ASDIP Retain This option will close and terminate the application ASDIP Retain will ask you to confirm in case that you haven t saved your project If you accept the program will close immediately ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 24 Settings Menu Units Sets the system of units of the whole project Information Enter basic information of both the user and the project Preferences Sets different options to customize your experience with ASDIP Retain License Lets you authenticate your license Edit Menu Undo It will reverse the last command Redo It will reverse the last undo operation Copy It will store the highlighted text in the clipboard
26. reate a calculation simply click on any of the calculation buttons in the Project Manager The dialog box shown below will show up E Base Plate i i Base plate of column C 3 Base plate of column A 1 E Steel Column SEE i ke Column A 1 Base plate of column C 3 El nel Beam i Beam BM 2 Beam BM 3 Calculation Name ad Beam BM 4 ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 7 Enter the calculation name or a short meaningful description of the calculation When you click the Add button the calculation tree at the right half of the Project Manager reflects the change by adding a new node under the corresponding calculation branch You may continue adding calculations to the tree or you may open the calculation that you just created Think of this as a paper folder on your desk where you are putting your hand calcs and sketches together Imagine that you are designing a cantilever retaining wall by hand and that you ended up with some pages of calcs If you are a little bit organized you will put these sheets in a paper folder labeled with the project name Then imagine that you continue designing by hand another wall of the project and several more Add all these paper sheets to your binder If there are several types of walls in the project your binder will have to be organized further ASDIP Retain organizes the set of calculations for you in an electronic version of the situation described above The Project Manager wil
27. rectly otherwise a new dialog box will pop up to let you specify the location of the file When a project is saved all the settings and calculations will be saved as well so that all the information regarding that specific project will be ready to come up when you open the project in the future When you save the project the file name which is also the project name will be appended to the title in the Project Manager How to Specify the Units for a Project In ASDIP Retain you may work with any of the following three units systems e US Imperial units customarily used in the United States in ft kip ksi e SI The International Standard system of units cm m N MPa e ME Metric units mostly used in Latin America cm m Tn Kg cm2 You may specify the desired units system in two different ways e Directly in the Settings Menu of the Project Manager This will affect the units of the whole project The default is US e In the Design Menu of the individual calculations This setting will affect only that specific calculation and it may be useful if for some reason you need to calculate something in other units different to the rest of the project How to Enter User and Project Information When you work in a project it s a good practice to provide all the information regarding the designer and the project itself ASDIP Retain provides two dialog boxes for this purpose in the Settings Menu of the Project Manager as shown This i
28. t and keeping the common information updated and active All basic file operations such as Start a new project Open an existing project and Save a project are only possible in the Project Manager In addition the expandable tree calculation view is a great way to visualize all the calculations in a project Calculation Main Window Being ASDIP Retain a structural design package the calculation modules are the essence of the software All the modules have been designed and developed with a deep understanding of the needs of structural engineers A typical calculation main window is shown below A typical calculation main window is basically composed of the menu bar at the top and immediately below is the tool bar Below that is the work area which consists of two tabbed panes the left pane is designed to enter the input data and the right pane shows the results of the calculation The different tabs have a specific purpose depending of the calculation module The current version of ASDIP Retain includes the following calculation modules e Cantilever Retaining Wall Design e Restrained Retaining Wall Design ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 11 asd ASDIP Retain Resti gie g r Design Report Help Ga e m Geomety ere rio Hem S m Reniorcemeri Cansrela Cover fort 20 A Vertical Bar Sie xh amp 100 at Front Side Hooked Uh Win Stem Pressures pat Z i i Comb 00041 6H E Vertical Bar S
29. t at the Rebar Strength fy 600 ks bottom of the footing are Allow Beanng Pressure 40 ksi required ar 045 skes Click on the Values button to Depth to Neglect Passive 200 fi see typical values of the friction coefficient for different underlying soils Depth to Neglect Passive refers to the distance that the program will ignore in the calculation of the passive pressure Basically it s a conservative measure to account for the soil that is disturbed Shom Depth to Neglect Passo ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 21 Restrained Retaining Wall Reinforcement The Reinforcement tab has been included to enter all the required information to design the anchorage of the base plate to the foundation as shown below Stem Stem Rarforcement Concrete Cover st Fori 2 0 in Vertical Bar Sze 6 10 0 in at Front Side Hooked Ldh 10 0in Vertical Bar Sze 8 100 in at Bacil Side Hooked Leh 1331 Cutoff Length 700 Ot Concrete Cover al Back 30 in Tans Bar Sue a4 120 in Each Side Toe Toe Ranforcement Provided Heel Heal Reinforcement Provided O Hoek at End Hook into Stem Hoek at End Hook at Toa Bar Size 6 v 100 in Bar Size 6 v 120 nm Concrete Lover 30 in Concrete Cover 2 0 in Ld 22 in Ldh 14 2 in Ld 17 lin Lih 14 2 in Footing Tranav Bar Size fi 120 n T E Key Key Rerforcemeni Provided Bar
30. utes the soil bearing pressures and analyzes the stability of the structure In addition it performs the concrete design based on the Ultimate Strength Design Method of the ACI 318 The lateral pressures are calculated either per the Rankine Coulomb or Equivalent Fluid theories Seismic design as per the Mononobe Okabe approach Load combinations per the ASCE 7 ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 12 Fam Torey bar bee SA 120 n Sten Fiarfozenei Prowded Fi Tes Corana Verica Bar Sine SB E 120 ino at Back Sd Mogli Casse Cover 20 T Cat of Abete Bars desi he ih Culo Lergih HO Mm Tos Foe Pori re ioni Frisviod Verd Hel Parissa Pradai Hekit bes F Peka Ged Hook Ted Bor Size 6 8 120 nm Hodi si Ere Br Ss pe 10 n Comore Cover 10 in Cones Cover 20 nm ld s Zi in uh s Min La a 17i in bra Min Footing Trana Bar Sre low 120 a 0B kar nej Beman Perde for r mr 120 n Le Mai Lihi 95 Magica Oetaied Graph SEL TON GEE TRY HTABILITY CHECK Ser Hog oo E Ovetuming Safety Factor 248 315 Store Thickness Tap 120 in Sachs Safety Factor 165 5150 y Sem Theor ot 200 im STAGE CASE OK Footirea Thines ao in Toe Langh im SHEAR FORCES kA Hassi Lareih un Mi die Bata Sad Cons IP Toe 260 K te 4 rh oat v Beddi Ste Avola 166 dea Tee ha us de Fan Key Dept wo m wen ne a om Shoat Mey Theia 120 im SHEA FORCES ARE DE AREAS ARE OG BACKFILL PROPERTIES Cantilever Retaining Wall G
31. views the calculation as shown below Company SPECTRA Engineering PSC Project Tour Propect Mama Engineer Your Name Desorption Beam M 1 Notes You may type here any natnuction lo the reviewer Company The company name was setup when you installed the license and cannot be changed Project Since the project name is common for all the calculations of this project it can only be specified in the Settings Information menu command of the Project Manager Engineer When you create a calculation the engineer s name is brought from the user information that you entered in the Project Manager Since two calculations of the same project may be done by two different engineers this text can be edited in your calculation Description By default this is the calculation name that you entered when you created the calculation This text however can be changed to a more meaningful description if desired This text will be copied into the report Notes This text is intended to provide any information to the reviewer or a remainder to yourself in the future ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Page 17 Restrained Retaining Wall Overview Retaining structures hold back soil or other loose material where an abrupt change in ground elevation occurs The retained material or backfill exerts a push on the structure and thus tends to overturn or slide it or both Sometimes the movement of the wall is restrained at the top as in
32. y depending of your monitor Basically the Standard width display fits the screens with a 4 3 ratio such as the common desktop monitors Widescreen display works better in flat screens with 16 10 ratio such as many laptops and some LCD monitors Display Company Name SPECTRA Engineering PSC Select the display ratio at startup Text li ddress 123 O i Ine ddre x Sore Ve Standard width display Text line My City US Widescreen display e g City F include logo This setting will take place immediately Save as default Save as default C Do not show at startup n E Do not show at startup How to Authenticate the License When you download and start using ASDIP Retain what you are actually running is an Evaluation version which is fully functional for 15 days The only limitation during this period is that you cannot printout your calculations and you cannot save your project otherwise it is the full version that you will permanently have if you authenticate your license To do so you need to order the program by visiting our web site www asdipsoft com Then an email will be sent to you with a license key which will convert your Evaluation version into the Full version To install your license either select Settings License in the Project Manager or select Install License in the Evaluation dialog box at startup The dialog box shown below will show up ASDIP Structural Software www asdipsoft com Pag
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