Structural

Engineering

DESIGN OF SLABS, BEAMS AND FOUNDATIONS REINFORCED AND POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE




SAFE is the ultimate tool for designing concrete floor and foundation systems. From framing layout all the way through to detail drawing production, SAFE integrates every aspect of the engineering design process in one easy and intuitive environment. SAFE provides unmatched benefits to the engineer with its truly unique combination of power, comprehensive capabilities, and ease-of-use.



Laying out models is quick and efficient with the sophisticated drawing tools, or use one of the import options to bring in data from CAD, spreadsheet, or database programs. Slabs or foundations can be of any shape, and can include edges shaped with circular and spline curves.



Post-tensioning may be included in both slabs and beams to balance a percentage of the self-weight. Suspended slabs can include flat, two-way, waffle, and ribbed framing systems. Models can have columns, braces, walls, and ramps connected from the floors above and below. Walls can be modeled as either straight or curved.

Mats and foundations can include nonlinear uplift from the soil springs, and a nonlinear cracked analysis is available for slabs. Generating pattern surface loads is easily done by SAFE with an automated option. Design strips can be generated by SAFE or drawn in a completely arbitrary manner by the user, with complete control provided for locating and sizing the calculated reinforcement. Finite element design without strips is also available and useful for slabs with complex geometries.



Comprehensive and customizable reports are available for all analysis and design results. Detailed plans, sections, elevations, schedules, and tables may be generated, viewed, and printed from within SAFE or exported to CAD packages.

SAFE provides an immensely capable yet easy-to-use program for structural designers, provideing the only tool necessary for the modeling, analysis, design, and detailing of concrete slab systems and foundations.

Otte is the Sole Singapore SAFE distributor as well as the Sole Malaysia SAFE distributor. You may also contact Otte for any other Computers and Structures products.

Advanced Nonlinear Analysis, Cracked Analysis, Creep and Shrinkage

SAFE Performs a full 3-Dimensional linear static analysis. Advanced Nonlinear analysis such as iteration for uplift, Nonlinear cracked analysis and Nonlinear cracked analysis with creep and shrinkage.

Design and Report

SAFE is able to produce a report for each element that you wish to design according to your code requirements such as BS8110-97, CP65-99, EC2-2004 etc. Output such as your slab design based on either finite element design or strip-based design is available to print as your output. Beam design plots and other useful plots such as a punching shear plot can easily be made available. A cracked width contour plot of your slab is also available according to EC2.

Otte is the Sole Singapore SAFE distributor as well as the Sole Malaysia SAFE distributor. Other Computers and Structures Products such as SAP2000, CSiBridge, and ETABS are also distributed by Otte.