BEST-SFD | Reinforced concrete column Option fire design

The program FUNDA from RIB is our choice for the dimensioning of foundations of all kinds. We regularly use the time-saving load transfer from the support program BEST. The quality of the results had been convincing for years. Now we see the new ergonomics of operation and expression as further highlights.

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Scheunemann, Ingenieurteam Trebes, Kiel

Overview

Fire design in compliance with DIN, EN according to national annexes for DE, AT, SK/CZ and UK
Consideration of biaxial bending with axial and shear forces
Standard x-sections: rectangular, circular, U-shaped, H-shaped and torus shaped
Consideration of thermal strains in fire design
Automatic generation of load combinations
User-defined reinforcement arrangement, Simple reinforcement draft
simple and clear evaluation of results

Benefits

The option for the consideration of high-temperature stresses facilitates an essential enhancement of functionality with regard to the regular column design and in particular provides the following advantages:

efficient consideration of the standard fire stress according to uniform temperature-time-curves
simple acquisition of moveable columns with arbitrary support
continuous verifications for columns with unlimited member hights / slendernesses
clear output of results from thermal and mechanical analysis as well as hot design.