Concrete Pad Foundations
Interface Regions
- MasterKey Concrete Pad Foundations design shares the following common interface regions with the MasterKey Concrete Beam design;
- MasterFrame tool bar
- Quick Buttons
- Editor Area
The Pad foundation design can be entered by either;
Selecting a base node in the frame graphics area. The base nodes are indicated by a black coloured point at one end of the member. The selected foundation is highlighted in red.
Selecting Pad mode, whereby the lowest base node number is highlighted.
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MasterKey Concrete Pad Foundations Design Features
- Bi-axial bending
- Eccentric columns
- Automatic Live load reduction
- Automatically detects service and ultimate loading cases
- Soil pressure design for the serviceability limit state loading cases
- Reduced area analysis under base uplift
- Bi-axial uplift on base
- Top steel as bars or mesh
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- Full punching shear design for the 9 failure zones
- Automatic zoning of reinforcement in wide-pad foundations
- Selectable curtailment methods
- Starter bars automatically detailed for concrete columns
- Stub columns
- Integrated pad foundation bar scheduler
- Printer output including dimensioned and detailed pad foundations on plan and section
- Option to design mass concrete pads or strip footings
- Surcharge
- Additional wall loads