Information Requirements for Design and Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Frames in Multiuser Environments

The design and detailing of reinforced concrete frames is a complex process that requires intensive real-time information exchange between various design tasks. The monolithic behavior of concrete, differences in the geometric representation of structural members during the analysis and design stages, and design code requirements throughout the process add new dimensions to the problem. Additionally, especially in large projects, reinforced concrete structures are designed and detailed by several engineers simultaneously. These complexities can be resolved and the overall quality of the design can be improved by identifying information requirements for managing the design information between the design and detailing tasks, and thus between structural engineers. In this paper, requirements for managing information for multiuser design and detailing of reinforced concrete frames are identified, and a prototype information model has been implemented based on existing literature. The means of performing design computations on a standard basis and the requirements of a multiuser design have also been integrated into the abstraction of objects in the library. Definition of high-level classes that integrate multiple structural components, parametric relationship between components, and separating shear and flexural design tasks were determined as the main requirements for such a model.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000174
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers
• Authors:
  • Anil, Engin Burak
  • Unal, Gokhan
  • Kurc, Ozgur
• Publication Date: 2012-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 465-477
• Serial:
  • Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0887-3801

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete structures; Frames; Information management; Real time information; Reinforced concrete; Structural design; Structural members
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Materials; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01449680
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Oct 22 2012 9:01AM