Design Aids
Simplified Design of Steel Members (Order form 60K PDF)
by Geoff Bird and Martin Feeney : SESOC 1999
This design guide has been produced to meet the demand from practising structural design engineers for a document which assists users to become familiar with design using the limit state Steel Structures Standard NZS 3404:1997. The emphasis is on assisting and explaining how to use the provisions which apply to the common problems encountered in routine design. The principal aim is to assist designers who are new to limit state steel design to carry out basic design of steel members as simply and quickly as possible.
Design Charts for Reinforced Concrete Beams (225K PDF)
By Doug. Mackenzie
These charts provide a quick means of determining the required area of reinforcing for singly reinforced rectangular beams in flexure. First published in Vol. 17 Nos. 1 and 2 of the SESOC Journal, they are reproduced here as a single document.
SESOC | SOILS
Program Features
Rectangular and circular pad foundations
Strip footings both free and with wall restraint
Pile foundations with vertical and lateral load solutions for:
Concrete Round and Square
Composite Steel Circular sections
AS and BS Structural steel sections with corroded and protected section values
Hollow steel circular sections with corroded and protected values with plugged and unplugged bases
Timber poles
Cantilever concrete and concrete block retaining walls with reinforcing design
Mass walls with graphical interface for any shape design
Timber Pole retaining walls with timber design to NZS 3603
The Society has prepared the SESOC | SOILS program for the benefit of members and with the view of promoting the Limit State design methods for foundation and retaining structures now required in the building code document B1/VM4.
Where the requirements of the code are specific the program does in every case seek to deliver the acceptable solution to the problem. Document B1/VM4 does not provide however, either in its verification methods, or in its informative appendices, information for the solution of every problem and situation. Where the code does not give a guide the program seeks to deliver an alternative solution.
The program also has an Options/Defaults page which allows the designer wide scope in selecting his own design criteria. Load factors are at present based on the requirements of AS/NZS1170. Defaults are set to the suggestions in the informative section of B1/VM4 or other generally accepted criteria. Soils testing or specific circumstance may require variation from these settings.
Where possible the program gives complete design answers such as: yield moment values, corroded and non-corroded for steel piles. Ultimate moment values for treated timber poles based on NZS 3603. Concrete and reinforcing design for cantilever and concrete block retaining walls to NZS3101.
SESOC members may download the programme in the Members area.
Members are reminded that this is a "living" program concept and improvements come from the feed back that you give. Ground ties for pole walls and top support for the concrete cantilever walls are in the pipeline to be incorporated as time permits. Apart from costs the work is mostly voluntary and even where time has been paid much uncharged time has been donated.
Credits:
Engineering concepts and advice: Dr. M. Pender :: Dr. S. Shanmuganathan
Programing and Design: Mr. Esli. J. Forrest
Assistant programmers: Mr. In-Tai Huang: Mr. Jimmy LinProgramming advice and help: Dr. S. Manoharan :: Mr. Geoff Bird
Program Checking and Testing: Mrs. Thombi Mupariwa :: Miss Payal Shah :: Compusoft Engineering Ltd.
Besides those mentioned above much work and time has been given by others, including all those who worked on the first version. A big thank you to all involved.