Mat3D is a general multi-pier mat foundation analysis/design tool for soil or pile supported foundations.
Download DocumentationMat3D is a general multi-pier mat foundation analysis/design tool for soil or pile supported foundations. It has the following features: Allows multiple system of units for input and output - English, Metric and SI; Supports ACI 318 and BSI 8110 building codes; Considers buoyancy effects in the calculation of bearing pressures, stability ratios and pile capacities for footing/pile cap design; Accepts unlimited type and number of load cases; Accepts unlimited type and number of factored and unfactored load combinations; Analyzes/Designs pile cap on square, and rectangular regular and irregular pile patterns; Designs square, rectangular, octagonal and circular piers; Provides multiple choices of longitudinal rebar arrangement in piers; Analyzes/Designs square, and rectangular footings/pile caps; Considers wide beam shear and punching shear in footing/pile cap design; Provides positive and negative moment reinforcement in the footings/pile caps; Provides multiple choices of footing rebar arrangement; Allows the user to change the footing rebar size and spacing; Accepts anchor bolt arrangement on piers for display on sketches and construction drawing; Generates material quantities; Creates user-specified sections through the piers and the mat on the fly; Generates detailed design sketches of foundation plan, elevations and sections through the pier showing reinforcement; Interfaces with Autocad, Microstation and SmartSketch to produce detailed construction drawings; Generates a summarized and a detailed input and output report; Design sketch of a mat plan and a user-defined section through piers. A 30 day evaluation version is available on the WWW.
Category | Deep Foundations |
Licence Type | Commercial |
Operating Systems | Windows 95/98 |
Developer | Dimensional Solutions, Inc. |
Developer Website | http://www.dimsoln.com/ |
Developer Email | [email protected] |