Civil Engineering Pack vs xsec

Complete civil engineering toolkit with 12 modules, 500+ calculations, engineering references, saved history, and PDF report sharing — supporting both SI and USCS units. Perform advanced calculations across structural engineering, concrete design, hydraulics, soil mechanics, beam analysis, surveying, foundations, road construction, timber engineering, bridge engineering, and more. NEW REFERENCE LIBRARY Access integrated engineering references directly inside the app for faster design checks and field calculations: • Steel sections, ASTM/AISC material grades, rebar grades, and concrete mix classes • Beam and structural engineering references • Hydraulics and hydrology references including fluid properties, pipe materials, runoff coefficients, channel linings, and pipe fittings • Soil and earthwork references • SI and USCS engineering reference systems • Quick searchable engineering standards and properties Structural Engineering (58 Calculators) • Calculate shear capacity, critical ratios, slenderness, and safety factors • Analyze compressive and flexural stresses for compact and non-compact sections • Design structural elements subjected to axial, shear, and flexural loading • AISC-based steel design calculations Concrete Engineering (56 Calculators) • Water-cement ratio and modulus of elasticity • Tensile and compressive strength calculations for beams and columns • Reinforcement stress analysis and extreme fiber stress calculations • Concrete mix references, rebar grades, and ACI design limits Beam Engineering (56 Calculators) • Beam stress, load, and deflection analysis • Bending moments, shear forces, and section modulus calculations • Multiple material and loading condition support • W-sections and steel section references included Hydraulics & Waterworks (94 Calculators) • Capillary rise, viscosity, and kinematic viscosity calculations • Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressure analysis • Bernoulli equation, flow velocity, head losses, and energy calculations • Fluid properties, pipe materials, runoff coefficients, and fitting references Column Construction (56 Calculators) • Slenderness ratio and axial load capacity • Effective length factor and stability analysis • Compression member design calculations • Stress and moment interaction checks Foundations & Piles • Pile capacity and settlement calculations • Stress distribution and soil bearing analysis • Load-bearing capacity evaluation for different soil conditions • Deep foundation engineering tools Surveying (33 Calculators) • Inclination and temperature corrections • Error propagation and probable error calculations • Survey measurement adjustment tools • Standard deviation analysis for survey data Soil Mechanics & Earthworks (60 Calculators) • Void ratio, porosity, and degree of saturation • Plasticity index and shrinkage index calculations • Relative density and compaction analysis • Soil property references and earthwork engineering tools Roads & Highway Construction (37 Calculators) • Circular and parabolic curve design • Radius, tangent, chord, and superelevation calculations • External distance and median line analysis • Highway geometric design tools Timber Engineering (55 Calculators) • Beam section and fiber stress analysis • Horizontal shear stress calculations • Radius of gyration and moment of inertia • Timber structural design calculations Bridge Engineering (58 Calculators) • Bridge load distribution and stress analysis • Dynamic load factor calculations • Truss, suspension, and beam bridge calculations • Moment and shear capacity analysis Unit Converters (32 Parameters) • Pressure, area, force, energy, velocity, and more • Fast SI ↔ Imperial conversions • Engineering-focused unit conversion tools

Beam and column cross-section analysis of reinforced concrete, prestressing etc. Metric or inch-pound. Any shape: input X,Y per corner or bar. Any materials: input a sequence of stress/strain coordinates for each. Any loading; biaxial or not. An innovative cross-section analysis algorithm that is very universal is used. The enterprising design professional can take full advantage of their knowledge of the materials: • to design innovative concrete members, • to assess the remaining strength in irregular shaped surviving parts of deteriorated or damaged beams or columns. The algorithm is described by Thompson, P. J., Discussion of "Ultimate Strength Domain of Reinforced Concrete Sections under Biaxial Bending and Axial Load", ACI Structural Journal, Nov-Dec 2013, pp 1109-1112. There are established computation methods for a variety of cross-section shapes: rectangular, circular and Tee are examples. Also the established methods use a variety of shapes for the stress/strain relationship of concrete: the rectangular stress block, the parabolic stress block, linear, cracked linear are examples. With most of these established methods, if the input to the application is the same as that input to the established method then the results from the application will be the same as those from that established method. Several of the worked examples are taken from previously published articles and illustrate this point. The material description facility is completely general. Material descriptions can be prepared for any locale and any standard design code document. Also once prepared they can be copied from one job to the next. This is one of the benefits of the file read/write facilities in the application. There is a comprehensive user guide and some worked examples on the internet at xsecweb.com.