RF-PUNCH Pro | Features

000133 23 August 2016 General RF-PUNCH Pro Concrete Structures Eurocode 2

In addition to the National Annexes (NA) listed above, you can also define a specific NA, applying user‑defined limit values and parameters.

Complete and reasonable presetting of input parameters
Punching shear design on columns, wall ends, and wall corners
Optional arrangement of an enlarged column head
Automatic recognition of punching node area from the RFEM model
Detection of curves or splines as boundary of the control perimeter
Automatic consideration of all slab openings defined on the RFEM model
Structure and graphical display of the control perimeter before calculation starts
Qualitative determination of punching shear reinforcement
Optional design with unsmoothed shear stress along the control perimeter that corresponds with the actual shear distribution on the FE model
Determination of the load increment factor β by full plastic shear distribution as constant factors according to EN 1992‑1‑1, Chap. 6.4.3 (3), based on EN 1992‑1‑1, Fig. 6.21N or by user‑defined specification
Integration of design software by the shear rails producer (Halfen)
Numerical and graphical display of results (3D, 2D, and in sections)
Punching shear design with or without punching shear reinforcement
Optional consideration of minimum moments according to EN 1992‑1‑1 when determining longitudinal reinforcement
Design or dimensioning of longitudinal reinforcement
Complete integration of results in the RFEM printout report